The Visitor. Covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire
The Visitor. Magazine covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. Since 1983.
A rare piece of Arts and Crafts Furniture is to sold by Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne. “Made by the celebrated furniture maker and designer Sidney Barnsley, this large sofa is a superb example of his work,” says Simon Jones at Lawrences. Full story: Read more
A grant from South Somerset District Council (SSDC) has helped with installation of efficient air conditioning at a community shop and café in Seavington. Seavington Community Shop and Services Association received a grant of £1,000 from SSDC’s Area North Committee towards the cost of their project to install a new system to improve air cooling and temperature regulation in the building. Full story: Read more
A vast range of vintage scientific equipment from a private collector in Sherborne is to be sold by Lawrences of Crewkerne on 6th September 2017. Mark Deavin, a former RAF technician who later worked for the Plessey Marine Research Unit, started collecting scientific instruments in the mid-1940s and has since built up an enormous array of items including mineral tubes, Van de Graaf generators and all kinds of specialist electrical measuring devices. Full story: Read more