Dartington Hall was a social experiment of kaleidoscopic vitality, set up in Devon in 1925 by a fabulously wealthy American heiress, Dorothy Elmhirst (née Whitney), and her Yorkshire-born husband, ...

Mr Fedder said there had been "misinformation about the state of affairs at Dartington Hall". The "turnaround team", led by himself and trust chair Lord Triesman, were focused on rescuing the ...

The Dartington Hall estate, a centre for learning, ecology and the arts, was created in 1925 when American heiress Dorothy Elmhirst and husband Leonard bought the 1,200 acres (486 hectares ...