John Goodall tells the story of how a stable was replaced by a splendid Regency seat to create Spetchley Park, Worcestershire, the home of Henry and Kate Berkeley. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
On May 3, 1811 — a little over two weeks before his 18th birthday and almost exactly 200 years to the day since the first family owner of the property died there — Robert Berkeley laid the foundation stone of his father’s new seat at Spetchley Park. The…
