Stanton Guildhouse

Mary Osborn was a Christian social worker in the East End of London. A meeting with Mahatma Gandhi in 1931 showed her the spiritual value of simple hand work, and especially of hand spinning. Between 1963 and 1971 she built The Guildhouse at Stanton, on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment, often working with her own hands. It was to be a place of creative fellowship, dedicated to craft, community and peace.