Stapleton Park: A Closer Look

Damson blossoms, orchards, and the moated medieval manor of Brockhampton Estate form the inspiration behind our Spring 2026 fabric collection with the National Trust. Here’s how our designers carried this landscape into cloth.

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Walk through the sprawling orchards of Brockhampton Estate in April, and you’ll feel like you’re walking through clouds of damson tree blossom. On the boughs, white petals burst through, and as you walk past the gate, you’ll notice on other boughs laden with apple buds like Onibury Pippin, a heritage tree local to the landscape. As you continue exploring, you may notice more fruit trees: cherry, pear, or medlar might come your way.

Look beyond the boughs and into the sky and you may catch sight of house martins, finches, song thrushes, jays or lesser spotted woodpeckers. And at your feet – between the grasses, Ox Eye Daisy, Lady’s Bedstraw, Field Scabious, Common Knapweed or Meadow Buttercup may appear.

All these forms of nature are part of Brockhampton Estate’s orchard, the largest cared for by the National Trust, set within wider woodlands where ancient oak trees still stand. At its centre stands a medieval timber-framed manor house, encircled by a moat, that dates back to the late 14th century.

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This living landscape formed the starting point for Sanderson’s second fabric collection with the National Trust. The collection marks 600 years of the estate and 75 years of its care under the Trust, while reflecting the conservation work affirming its future.

That story of care and continuity is expressed throughout the designs. In Spring Meadow, an embroidered trellis floral delicately depicts many of the wildflowers found on the estate. Among them is yellow rattle, a plant used in meadow conservation at Brockhampton, where grazing sheep tread its seeds into the soil to encourage biodiversity and keep the meadow evolving.

Paradise Woods Toile takes its cue from the estate’s woodland. Hand drawn in our Chiswick studio in the manner of a traditional toile de Jouy, it features house martins, finches, song thrushes, jays and lesser spotted woodpeckers; species cared for by the National Trust conservation team.

In Damson Blossom, the outstretched branches of the damson tree are embroidered in full bloom, while elsewhere, designs draw on the interior life of the manor and its Jacobean furnishings. Embroideries such as Harvest Fruits are worked in varied techniques in the spirit of traditional crewel.

These are just some of the stories behind the embroideries, weaves, and printed fabrics within Sanderson x National Trust Volume II. To carry on the story, from the sale of the Sanderson x National Trust Volume II collection, a minimum of £95,000 will go to the National Trust to help look after nature, beauty and history for everyone, for ever.