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Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open
26th Feb - 1st Nov; Thurs - Tues; 11am - 5pm
Last admission 30 mins before closing
Pre-booking required for groups.
House open as per property
17th April 24th July
Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets):
Adult £9.50 (£8.60), child £4.15 (£3.75), family £22.90 (£20.80)
Dogs are not allowed in gardens, shaded parking areas and water available. 1st Apr - 30th Sept restaurant open for lunches only weekdays, for lunches & teas at weekends. Batricar (pre-booking advised on 01460 242614), 2 wheelchairs
Beautiful Jekyll-inspired gardens, working kitchen garden and Tudor manor house - now being presented naked; Elegant formal gardens influenced by Gertrude Jekyll; Colourful layout in a series of 'rooms'; Arboretum with vivid golden hues in autumn; Kitchen garden produce used in the restaurant.
Duke of York, Shepton Beauchamp The Shubbery, Ilminster
The Castle, Taunton.
Barrington Oak, Barrington The Royal Oak, Over Stratton Duke of York, Shepton Beauchamp
Ilminster, Chard
An enchanting formal garden influenced by Gertude Jekyll and laid out in series of walled rooms, including the White garden, the Rose and Iris garden and the Lily garden. The working Kitchen garden has espaliered apple, pear and plum trees trained along high stone walls. The Tudor Manor House is currently unoccupied and visitors have the rare experience of seeing the bare bones of a restored Tudor house.
The first large country house acquired by the fledgling National Trust in 1907. Restored in the 1920s by the Lyle family of Tate and Lyle fame.