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Rousham House

Rousham House
Nr. Steeple Aston
Bicester

OX25 4QX

tel: 01869 347 110
fax: 01869 347 110

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

Visitor Information

www.rousham.org

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Rousham House
Oxford
All details updated* as of: 25/02/2008

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

Daily all year; 10am - 4.30pm, last entry.

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: Yes
only open by prior arrangement.

National Garden Scheme days: No

Best Times of Year to Visit:

To see:

Admission Prices

Garden: Adult £4; Children under 15 can not be admitted.
House: £4
Groups: min charge £96 (ie 12 people for house and garden at £12 each) any day May - Sept incl.

Onsite Facilities

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: No
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: No

Teas: No
Light Refreshment: No
Picnics: Yes

Dogs Allowed: No
On Lead only: No
Special Events: No

Other Facilities:

Garden Features

William Kent Garden .

English Heritage Garden Grade: I

National Collection:

Description of Garden

Designer: William Kent

Rousham represents the first phase of English landscape design and remains almost as Kent left it. It is one of the few gardens of this date to have escaped alteration, with many features which delighted eighteenth century visitors to Rousham still in situ, such as ponds and cascades in Venus' Vale, the Cold Bath, and seven arched Praeneste, Townsend's Building, the Temple of the Mill, and on the skyline, a sham ruin known as the 'Eyecatcher'. There is also a lovely walled garden with herbaceous borders, a small parterre, pigeon house and espalier apple trees.

History of Garden

Rousham House and its gardens are largely the work of William Kent (1685-1748).

The house, originally built in 1635 by Sir Robert Dormer, is still in the ownership of the same family. Kent added the wings and stable block and made alterations to the interior.

Nearby Oxford Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:
Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston
Falkland Arms, Great Tew

Restaurants:

Inns & Pubs:
Horse and Groom, Caulcott
Falkland Arms, Great Tew
Red Lion, Steeple Aston

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:

- Oxford

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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 25/02/2008

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