Cotesbach Educational Trust (CET), a registered charity established in 2009, hosts and provides
learning opportunities focusing on Heritage, Environment, and the Arts. We have access to a unique
family archive dating back over 600 years, which, thanks to an extensive cataloguing process, we can
now share with the wider community. CET is managed by a Board of Trustees, a passionate team of
volunteers and supported by a small part-time executive team.
We are based in the heart of the rural Midlands, close to the meeting point of Leicestershire,
Warwickshire, and Northamptonshire.
In 2012 we were awarded £672,700 from the HLF, together with smaller match funding amounts
from a variety of funders, to restore three dilapidated buildings, create a second activity space and
re-house our unique archive.
We have a 50 year lease on the buildings and archives, from the Cotesbach Family Trust. Our site
comprises a restored Georgian Grade II listed Schoolhouse, toilets within the Victorian milking
parlour, archive storage inside the Victorian coach house and a new café/teaching space constructed
in oak and glass.
CET objectives are:
• To promote for the benefit of the public the preservation, protection and improvement of
an 18th century, listed Schoolhouse and two adjacent buildings in the grounds of the Cotesbach
Estate by creating an educational resource centre.
• To advance the education of the public, and young people in particular, in the subjects of
heritage relating to the environment, our social history and the arts and the many areas which link
these subjects.
Our outputs:
• Delivering school and community group visit days and activities
• Advancing and providing learning opportunities for the wider community through access to
the family history archive
• Hosting heritage and archive open days
Our beautiful spaces are available for hire.