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Stourhead tel: 01747-841152 Area: Wiltshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk | |||||||||||||
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| Stourhead Wiltshire All details updated* as of: 19/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||||||||||
Garden: All year, 9am - 7pm, daily |
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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/June October/November Winter |
To
see: Bulbs, Rhododendrons, Autumn colour, Landscape, Trees and temples |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||||||||||
| Garden and House: £10.50, child £5.20, family £25. Groups £9.90. Garden or house: £6.30, child £3.40, family £15. Groups £6. King Alfred's Tower: £2.20, child £1.20, family £5.40. Groups £2.30 |
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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: (Nov-Feb dogs allowed on short fixed leads only, welcome in countryside areas at all times). Farm shop. Art Gallery. There are waymarked walks and an exhibition about the estate in the reception building, where leaflets of estate walks can also be obtained @£1. New in 2007 - Restoration fo the Gothic Cottage throughout spring/summer. Conservation exhibition in Stourhead House. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||||||||||
| World-famous 18th-century landscape garden and Palladian mansion; Enchanting temples, monuments and rare planting around a tranquil lake; Palladian mansion filled with Georgian treasures, Chippendale furniture and fine paintings; Woodland and chalk downland walks; Spectacular views from the top of King Alfred's Tower, one of the finest follies in Britain; Two Iron Age hill forts to explore; Pelargonium collection in Edwardian greenhouse. | English Heritage Garden Grade: I | |||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Henry Hoare II, of the banking family |
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| An outstanding example of the English landscape style, this splendid garden was designed by Henry Hoare II and laid out between 1741 and 1780. Classical temples, including the Pantheon and Temple of Apollo, and grottoes are set around the central lake at the end of a series of vistas, which change as the visitor moves around the paths and through the magnificent mature woodland with its extensive collection of exotic trees. The house, begun in the 1721 by Colen Campbell, contains furniture by the younger Chippendale and fine paintings. King Alfred's Tower, an intriguing red-brick folly built in 1722 by Henry Flitcroft, is almost 50 metres high and gives breathtaking views over the estate. Much of the 2,650 acres of the wider estate is managed for nature conservation and there are two interesting Iron Age hill-forts, Whitesheet Hill and Park Hill Camp. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||||||||||
| Given to the National Trust in 1946 by the Hoare family. | ||||||||||||||
| Nearby Wiltshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Spread Eagle Inn B&B Search Farm B&B NT Holiday Cottage |
Restaurants: Spread Eagle Inn Red Lion pub (lunches only) NT Licensed restaurant |
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| Inns & Pubs: Horse & Groom, East Woodlands Spread Eagle Inn Red Lion |
Villages / Towns
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