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Montacute House

Montacute House
Montacute

TA15 6XP

tel: 01935-823289
fax: 01935 826921

Area: Somerset
Show Map Location:
Overview Map (30 Km)
Detailed Map (1.5 Km)

Visitor Information

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Montacute House
Somerset
All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

1 Mar - 14 Mar 08, 11-4, Wed - Sun
15 mar - 2 Nov 08, 11-6, Wed - Mon
5 Nov - 21 Dec 08, 11-4, Sun only
Special opening of house for Mothers' Day, 2 March. Closes dusk if earlier. Last admission 30mins before closing

Parties / Coaches: Yes
15+

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
Must book in advance.

House Open for Viewing: Yes
15 Mar - 2 Nov 08, 11-5, Wed - Mon
View this house at StatelyHomes.com

National Garden Scheme days: Yes

Best Times of Year to Visit:
Mid to late Summer

To see:
Borders

Admission Prices

£8.50, child £4, family £21.10. Groups £8.30. Garden only, 15 Mar-2 Nov: £5.10, child £2.50. Garden only (5 Nov-31 Jan 09) £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 2006 - Children's play area and a nature trail in the gardens and park.

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

National Collection:

Description of Garden

Designer:

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

Restaurants:
On-site

Inns & Pubs:
King Arms, Montacute
Pelips Arms- in the village

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Yeovil
Montague Village

- Somerset

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*Information Updates
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(Most recently requested in Jan - Feb 2008)

The garden information above was last updated on 18/02/2008

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