It is that time of the year again; the mad rush to buy the last few Christmas gifts for friends and family is well under way. But whilst millions flock to overcrowded shopping centres, a much more peaceful shopping experience can be found at independent outlets like our very own Kilver Court.

We have made a special effort to provide unusual, well priced gift ideas for everyone you could possibly think of: quality clothing, delicious organic food, tasteful homewares, beautiful perfume and unusual furniture are just some of the things you can find in our Emporium and Farm Shop here in Somerset.

Here is a selection of our top picks, as nominated by our staff!

Bottletop bags, purses, clutches and belts: ranging from £35 to around £150

Cabbages and Roses: Scented Candles £20, Flax Notebooks £6.95

  
Crumpet Cashmere: 60% off

Discounted clothing and homewares from Aubin & Wills

Pedlars: Gloves – was £18.95, now £5.50 and Scarf – Was £36.95, now £9.95

Rotary Watches: Ranging from £56 to £276.50 (30% off original prices)

Miller Harris Eau Parfumée: Was £90, now £45

Vintage Clothing at No. 21 

Sharpham Park Spelt Products

Orla Kiely Bone China Mugs: £5.50

SOS Africa is a charity set up by a gap year student from Shepton Mallet which aims to support education for underprivileged children in Africa. As a part of their SOS Africa School Bus Appeal, they are holding an exciting fundraising event at Kilver Court this weekend (10-11th December).

12 daredevil teams from the local area (including some of our Emporium and Café staff),  will take it in turns to abseil down the side of our viaduct over the course of the weekend. 

The SOS Africa School Bus Appeal has an overall target of raising £10,000 in order to afford a school bus that can be used to transport their growing number of pupils to and from school safely. You can follow their progress and make donations on their ‘Just Giving’ page – every penny counts!

It would be great to see members of the public turn out to support the event, which starts at 9am and ends at 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

 

 

We are very proud to welcome design label Drèsd to our growing selection of upcycled furniture and homewares at Kilver Court. The brand will sit comfortably amongst our existing brands, Robert Mills, Saul’s Design, Ed Brookes and No21, all offering an exciting range of eco-conscious recycled and upcycled goods.

We found Drèsd through Cameron, our son, who created the charity Bottletop. Drèsd had created the most amazing chandelier out of bottletops for auction at a great modern art gala dinner that Cameron put on to raise money for his charity.  

Lynn MacFarlane founded Drèsd in order to make a stand against the growing wastefulness of our society, by using waste products to create unique and innovative homeware designs. Her philosophy permeates through everything she does – as well as designing furniture for sale and for hire, she invests her time in teaching children about the environment through art workshops at The Art Factory in Essex.

Every item Drèsd produces is unique and bespoke, and produced in-house. We are lucky enough to have several of their pieces in stock at Kilver Court. They would make great unique Christmas presents for family and friends.

Knitted chair £995
Egg Box Mirrors £85 - £165
Plastic Bottle Lampshade £175 - £225
Flattened Glass Bottles £7.95 - £12.50