Staff at two National Trust properties celebrate top award.

(From Western Daily Press)

Staff at two National Trust properties in Somerset were celebrating yesterday after winning the same prestigious award.

Montacute House and Dunster Castle have been presented with a Sandford Award, a heritage industry standard which pays tribute to the quality of supervised school visits.

The award is open to all historic sites throughout the country and marks high-standards in heritage education, management and administration.

Both sites were chosen to receive the benchmark after being assessed by …