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Montacute House tel: 01935-823289 Area: Somerset |
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| Visitor Information | montacutehouse@nationaltrust.org.uk -- email: |
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Montacute House |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
13th March- 31st October 2010 11-5.30pm Wednesday to Monday |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes 15+ |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Must book in advance. |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 12th June |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Mid to late Summer |
To
see: Borders |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Adult £10.00, child £4.70, family £24.70. Groups £8.50. Garden only, £6.00, child £3.00. Garden only (out of season) £2, child £1 | |||
| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
| Other
Facilities: Large park with dog walk. Tours New for 2010 - Women Gardener Exhibition. Available for weddings |
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| Garden Features | |||
| Magnificent Elizabethan Ham-stone house, incorporating National Portrait Gallery exhibition, garden and park; Renaissance manor house filled with historic treasures; Fantastic exhibition of 17th-century textile samplers; Long Gallery boasts Elizabethan artwork from the National Portrait Gallery; Film location for Sense and Sensibility (1995) | English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The garden is a formal garden constructed and enhanced over the years. It is the garden's architecture that gives the property its visual quality. The planting is designed to embellish this idea and add to the whole experience. It is not however a garden which is flamboyant and there is just enough interest for most of the season to add colour and purpose to the garden architecture. | |||
| History of Garden | |||
| Many different people over the last 400 years have tended this garden, the main influences being Pridheum, a little known, but highly thought of, designer of the 18th century. | |||
| Nearby Somerset Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Slipper Cottage (B&B) King Arms, Montacute Pelips Arms, Montacute |
Restaurants: On-site Courtyard cafe |
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| Inns & Pubs: King Arms, Montacute Pelips Arms - Montacute |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Yeovil Montague Village |
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