Brockhampton Court is a Grade II listed Arts and Crafts house, near to Ross-on-Wye with many original design features by artists working in the William Morris style.

For more than 20 years it has been the location for a residential care home, but the fine craftsmanship and original pieces created for the house are still in evidence.

Dr Christopher Allen, is proud of the standard of care offered at the home, but also of the stunning location. He told the Ross Gazette that he often shows those interested in the William Morris design movement around the house.

On Thursday, September 7th, Dr Allen was delighted to welcome Herefordshire craftsman Robert Powell to Brockhampton to install an original 1870s lantern. This is typical of the items used at the house in the 1880s, by the designers who were given free rein with money no object, when the new owners decided to turn it into the perfect family home.

Alice Jordon, an American heiress, and her husband, Colonel Arthur Wellesley Foster, of Hornby Castle, Lancashire, married in 1885. Brockhampton Court was a wedding present from the bride’s father.

Dr Allen said that the lantern was from a house in Bath which was going to be pulled down, it was rescued by Dr Allen and delivered to Mr Powell, as a flatpack – it was in about eight pieces. The lantern has been recreated using all the original parts. and then polished to the original copper.

Mr Powell explained that over time this will change to a nut brown as it develops verdigris.