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Behind the scenes with the team at Winterbourne House and Garden

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    Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Portfolio

    If you could travel back in time to 23  March 1887, you would find the streets of Birmingham throbbing with excitement.  Massive crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of Queen Victoria, who visited the city to celebrate her Golden Jubilee.  As the diminutive monarch was driven along Colmore Row, she passed through the ‘Metalworkers’ Arch’,…

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    Conformity and Subversion: the place of women in late-Victorian Children’s literature

    In summer 2025, Leila Phillips researched books from Winterbourne’s collection as part of a University internship.  Leila’s particular focus was the role of women in late-Victorian Children’s literature. In this blog, we delve into more of her fascinating research. Over the past few weeks, I have had the exciting opportunity to investigate Winterbourne’s collection of…

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    Recipe: Chilled tomato and apple soup

    As the tomatoes are ripening around the Walled Garden, we’ve been searching for a delicious recipe you can try at home with your own harvest. This chilled tomato and apple soup celebrates the wonderfully sweet flavour of freshly ripened, homegrown tomatoes. Ingredients: Method:

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  • We’re a Travellers’ Choice Award winner: thanks to you

    Every so often, something happens that makes us pause, smile, and reflect on how special this place truly is. This week, we received some wonderful news: Winterbourne House and Garden has been awarded a Travellers’ Choice Award by TripAdvisor . That means we’ve had so many great reviews; we’re in the top 10% of things to do…

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  • Recipe: Tennis Cake

    Did you enjoy Wimbledon? We’ve taken the inspiration for this month’s recipe from this longstanding British sporting tournament, with an aptly named ‘Tennis cake’. First appearing in Mrs Beeton’s 1906 Book of Household Management our version is slightly simplified and uses glacé cherries rather than raisins and candied peel, for a bit of a summer…

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