About

Autumn Family Day at Copped Hall

Sunday 9th October 2022

£10 per person. Friends of Copped Hall (on production of membership card) and Children Under 16 – Free. Friends tickets on Ticketsource are free.

Gates Open 11.00am to 4.00pm

Location

Mansion – Cellars, Stables, Ground and First Floor. Gardens – inc Site of Earlier Houses and Walled Garden. Racquets Court. Access to Cellars and 1st Floor of the Mansion is currently via staircase only. Gardens are undulating/uneven lawn surfaces with some paths on a sloping site. The Walled Garden is also on a sloping site. Very limited access currently for wheelchair users.

Description

Welcome to our Autumn family Day. Visitors are able to explore both the Gardens and parts of the Mansion, including the Stables and cellars, at their leisure. There are no guided tours but Room Stewards will on hand to answer questions and there will be “10 minute Introductory Talks” in the mansion. Tea, coffee, home-made cakes, light lunches and a licensed bar will be available. The Church’s barbeque is also planned. There are stalls, home-grown produce for sale and other attractions including a straw castle for children (of all ages), Johnny Slap and musical entertainment. In addition, there are exhibitions on site and our, ever popular, second hand book shop. The Trust shop will also be open.

Event Queries?

Please contact our Box Office. on 07749 397932
or email: events@coppedhalltrust.org.uk

Buy Tickets

Tickets can be purchased on line:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/coppedhallevents
or by clicking the logo below.
View the event, pay (Friends tickets are free) and print your tickets. 
Both debit and credit cards may be used.

If you are having problems buying tickets,
splease contact the Box Office on 07749 397932
or email: events@coppedhalltrust.org.uk

Access from the gates in Crown Hill (Upshire Road) only. For satnav use postcode: CM16 5HR (Please do not disturb the Lodge owners for entry under any circumstances)

For more information, visit www.coppedhalltrust.org.uk
 

About Copped Hall:

The saving of Copped Hall has been described a number times as a miracle. In reality, it was achieved by a great deal of hard work against overwhelming odds.

Historic country houses in their parkland are one of the great cultural achievements of previous centuries. Very sadly by the 1950s, historic mansions like Copped Hall were being demolished at a rate of one every two and a half days. With their loss the centrepiece and purpose of the gardens, ancillary buildings and parkland was removed. Often all of these parts were destroyed. In the 1980s the planning authorities acted to preserve the excellent established qualities of Copped Hall and its surroundings by making them into a conservation area in 1984. English Heritage followed by listing the older parkland as Grade II*. After much campaigning the Conservators of Epping Forest (The City of London) purchased the freehold of the parkland in order to preserve and restore it. The specially formed Copped Hall Trust eventually purchased the mansion, stables and gardens in 1995.

The Conservators are committed to the restoration of the parkland, the reintroduction of animals and to the preservation of this important wildlife habitat.

The Copped Hall Trust has made substantial progress in recent years. Much work has been carried out clearing the gardens of non-original vegetation. Replacement trees have been planted and lawns re-seeded. Internally, the mansion is to be restored to its 1750s’ form. Since 1998 the Trust has been supported in its work by a Friends organisation which now has more than 1,000 members. From these members a very committed band of volunteers assists with all aspects of the project.