KILWORTHY Kilworthy Farm, Tavistock
SANDRA and Arthur Vallance would like to invite you to the first Kilworthy Festival of Arts and Crafts at Kilworthy Farm, Tavistock.
The farm is a wonderful, historic setting for a festival and many of the farm buildings are Grade 2 listed. These buildings were constructed between 1851 and 1853, so it is not their age that makes them of particular interest, but the fact that their design, layout, and construction is very special and in some ways unique.
Francis, the 7th Duke of Bedford (1788-1861) was a devoted and enthusiastic agricultural improver and had for a number of years invested heavily in the modernisation of the farms on his Devon estate. Kilworthy, one of the largest
holdings was also to be the most expensive project in this programme. The Duke was also known as ‘a most careful housekeeper’ and took a keen personal interest in these alterations,
often touring to see the progress on his visits to Devonshire. In the autumn of 1850, John Benson, the Duke’s agent in Tavistock, together with the estates architect and surveyor, Theophilus Jones, toured other improved farms in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. Kilworthy’s buildings were probably designed shortly after this tour and construction began in the spring of 1851. Also in the grounds is the largest water wheel in England. A leat taking water from the River Wallabrook was dug and a wheel pit and exit culvert excavated. The large
water wheel (9.09m or 30feet diameter by 1.08m or 3feet 6inches wide) was purchased from a millwright and engineer, Oliver Maggs, in Dorset and installed by him. It was built entirely of cast and wrought iron and a system of shafts and bevel gears transferred power onto the horizontal lay shaft visible in the upper storey of the granary /machinery barn. The arts and crafts exhibition will be held in the Old Granary Building which originally housed various barn machines driven from the water wheel.
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As well as local artists and craftsmen exhibiting their work, there will be live entertainment including Tavistock College Jazz Band, Colin Pearse - Dartmoor Poet and more. Also guided talks and tours of the Grade 2 Listed English Heritage grant aided Victorian Barns and Water Wheel. There is a Nature Trail for children and Farm Walk. Home cooked refreshments will be available throughout the day.
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FESTIVAL 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th September
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