The National Trust at Wimpole

Since 1976 when the Estate was bequeathed to the National Trust there have been many conservation projects, both buildings and landscape.

  • Re-thatched Great Barn 1980
  • Chinese bridge & Iron bridge reconstruction
  • South Avenue tree planting 1986
  • Reinstated the parterre 1996
  • Dredged the serpentine lakes and built new dam 1995
  • Walled garden pathways 1998
  • Old Rectory Restaurant
  • Stable clock tower 2005
  • Walled garden glasshouse 2000
  • Cherry Orchard Walk 2009
  • Book conservation project 2012-14
  • Tree planting 2014-2024
  • Gothic tower conservation 2015
  • Outer walled garden pathways 2016
  • Keepers Cottage 2015
  • Woodyard Cottage 2016
  • Modern animal barn at Home Farm 2016
  • Thatching of the Great Barn 2016
  • Repair of stable at the Gothic Tower 2017