[1] Helen Osborne was left with debts of £337,000 following her husband's death in 1994.
[2] The Harry Ransom Center in Texas acquired the Osborne's scripts, journals and business papers for $200,000 and the Hurst was bought by the Arvon Foundation in 1998 through the initiative of Grey Gowrie, former arts minister, and a friend of the Osbornes.
[2] The foundation run residential study centres for creative writers and the house underwent a £2.3 million renovation with funds from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
It was opened as The John Osborne Arvon Centre on 28 March 2003 by Gowrie and the actress Maggie Smith.
[3][2] The Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, spoke to students at the house in 2003.