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LHS Talk Wednesday 29 May 2024

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We are delighted that Laura Westbury, who has lived at Compton End for the past ten years, has agreed to talk to us about her research into Compton End and its creator, the prolific local architect Herbert Kitchin.

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Mr Kitchin at Compton End

The transformation of a house and the creation of a garden

With a diversion into the Kitchin family’s friendship with Lewis Carroll
and
What it’s like to live in a Grade II* listed house and garden

7:30pm Wednesday 29 May 2024 at Compton Sports Pavilion
Open to all


Speaker: Laura Westbury

The Westburys moved to Compton End ten years ago having spent 25 years abroad.
Laura is an architect, a lawyer and a published graphic artist. She spent much of lockdown researching the history of the Grade II* listed Compton End and its creator Herbert Kitchin.

Free to attend.

Also a display of watercolours by G.H.Kitchin recently entrusted to the Local History Society, including:

Compton Valley 23 July 1934
Compton End 5 Sept 1931

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