About

Grandey’s Place is a philanthropic venture created to help sustain and nurture the UK’s Heritage Crafts. Many of the UK’s Heritage Crafts are under threat of extinction* and craftspeople themselves often struggle with overly priced but poor working conditions. 

In 2019, with the support of The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust and The Heritage Crafts Association, Grandey’s Place began welcoming craftspeople to light-filled studios set within the tranquil Hertfordshire countryside. Our 20 studios range in size from 250 sq ft to 1000 sq ft and are offered with generous subsidies to those in need of support. 

All our resident craftspeople have painstakingly trained and educated themselves to the highest levels of their respective craft. Grandey’s Place offers them an important sense of community and exposure to an eclectic mix of colleagues approaching the peak of their own respective crafts.

Our craftspeople have worked on projects for some of the country’s most iconic landmarks and institutions including York Minster, the Palace of Westminster and the Royal Academy of Music. Since the inception of Grandey’s Place, they have completed prestigious commissions for the Royal Family, Westminster Abbey, the Royal Albert Hall and more, had work admitted to the permanent collection of the V&A museum, and carried out major fabrication projects for artists such as Sir Grayson Perry. Grandey’s Place and its craftspeople have featured in the national press and on BBC Television.

Grandey’s Place offers visitors the opportunity to ‘Gift a Commission’ and experience the secret world of true British craftsmanship. In addition, Grandey’s Place invites visitors to attend both masterclasses and practical courses led by some of our nation’s finest practitioners. Such  experiences reveal the beauty and mystery of heritage crafts that are, unfortunately, at risk of slowly slipping out of our collective consciousness.

*Please see The Heritage Craft Association’s Radcliffe Red List of Endangered Crafts