CREDITON Church Music Endowment Fund will present Summer Opera at Downes, Crediton, on Saturday, June 15.

The concert, performed by Staircase Opera, will take place at Downes and all those who attend are advised to take along a chair, rugs and a picnic for the event which will take place whatever the weather!

It will begin at 7.30pm and is a fundraiser for the Music Endowment Fund and ELF, Exeter Leukaemia Fund.

The organisers hope that everyone will be basking in glorious sunshine to enjoy music performed on the Terrace lawn in front of the imposing 17th Century house.

There will be a raffle on the night with a Star Prize from Mole Avon and other super prizes.  Strawberries and Cream will be on sale.  A bar will be available.

Tickets, priced at £20, are available via TicketSource and also available on the gate.

There is free parking and a disability drop off and parking available.  

The Music Endowment Fund is grateful to Henry and Susan Parker for giving permission to hold the event at Downes.

Downes was built in 1692 and the original building was red brick.

Prior to 1860, the east aspect of the house was outwardly Georgian in appearance but James Howard Buller altered it to conform with Victorian taste. In 1910 Tremayne Buller modernised the house.

The grade II* listed Downes Estate was once formerly to General Sir Redvers Buller VC.

(For those who have not seen inside the house, there are tours available but these must be booked.  Email: [email protected]  or telephone 01363 460160.)