Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent

Finchcocks is an early Georgian manor house in Goudhurst, Kent. It was run as a music museum and housed a large collection of historical keyboard instruments: harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos, square pianos, organs and other musical instruments. The house and collection were owned by Katrina and Richard Burnett (3). With the Burnetts' retirement in 2015, the museum closed and many of its instruments were auctioned off for charity. Finchcocks was bought by Neil and Harriet Nichols in 2016, who wanted to find a way to keep the music alive, as well as using the property as a residential house for themselves and their two sets of twins. After a considerate restoration, the Nichols' opened Finchcocks' doors to the public once again. Part of the historic manor has been transformed into a contemporary piano school - offering weekend and week-long piano courses for adults of all abilities.