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Petworth House tel: 01798 342207 Area: West Sussex |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth | ||||||||||||
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| Petworth House West Sussex All details updated* as of: 19/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
1 Mar - 12 Mar 08, 11-4, Sat - Wed |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring May Autumn |
To
see: Daffodils and Bluebells Azaleas and Rhododendrons Colours |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| House: £8.60, child £4.30, family £21.50. Groups £7. Pleasure Grounds only: £3.40, child £1.70 |
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| 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 |
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| Other
Facilities: NB Limited Disabled access, wheelchairs available to rent from reception. Only assistance dogs allowed in Pleasure Grounds Spring Plant Fair & Country Market; 21st May, Sunday Guided walks with Head Gardener on Suns, 26th Mar & 9th Apr. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Magnificent country house and park with an internationally important art collection; Set in a 'Capability' Brown landscaped deer park; The Trust's largest art collection; Numerous works by Turner; Petworth itself was immortalised in his paintings; Fascinating servants' quarters with a 'state of the art' Victorian kitchen; Intricate wooden carvings by Grinling Gibbons in the Carved Room | English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The Pleasure Ground is a woodland garden covering 30 acres set in 700 acres of parkland . It incorporates styles from the 16th, 18th and 20th century. A plantation of trees was laid out as the Wizard Earl's Birchen Walks; the temple and rotunda was sited by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and there have been more recent plantings of specimen trees and shrubs. Winding paths meander among mature and juvenile woodland which in Spring is transformed by an amazing display of daffodils, bluebells and blossom. Wild flower meadows team with Wood Anemones, fritillaries and orchids and the Autumn colour, courtesy of plant material specifically chosen for optimum effect, make the pleasure ground a garden with interest virtually all year round. | |||||||||||||
| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| The garden was originally created by 9th Earl of Northumberland - the Wizard Earl, in 1585. He also made the Birchen Walks. Between 1688-93 George London worked on the design of the garden and this was further adapted by 'Capability' Brown between 1751-64. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby West Sussex Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Horse Guards Inn, Tillington |
Restaurants: Petworth House restauant |
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| Inns & Pubs: Stonemasons Arms - Petworth Halfway Bridge Inn, Halfway Bridge Black Horse, Byworth |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Petworth |
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