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Houghton Hall tel: 01485 528569 Area: Norfolk |
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| Visitor Information | www.houghtonhall.com -- email: info {at} houghtonhall.com |
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Houghton Hall |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Easter Sun, 24th April - 29th Sept; Wed, Thurs, Suns & BH Mons; 11.30am - 5.30pm, last admission 4.30pm |
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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: June & July. |
To
see: Roses and Herbaceous Borders. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| House & Gardens £ 8.80; Child £3.50; Family £22 Party rate for 20+ Adults £7.80; Child £2.50 Everything but House, Adults £6; Child £2.50; Family £15. Party rate for 20+ Adults £5; Child £1.50 Special Events rates visit website |
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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: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: See own website for special events |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| 400 feet long herbaceous borders Kitchen garden with trained fruit trees Rose garden containing 150 varieties Glasshouse range. |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Houghton Hall, one of the gems of English country houses, was built between 1721 and 1735 by Sir Robert Walpole, Britains' first Prime Minister. The splendid award winning 5-acre walled garden is divided by flowing yew hedges into 'rooms' each with an individual theme. Herbaceous borders run the length of the garden from the glass house on the south facing wall to a Rustic Temple, designed by Julian and Isabel Bannerman, on the north facing wall. The rose parterre with it sunken pool is base on the ceiling design in the White Drawing Room in the Hall. The kitchen garden, dominated by a huge fruit cage designed by the Bannermans', consists of areas of vegetables and soft fruits divided by trained tree fruits. Other areas include pleached limes, cherry walk, wisteria pergola, croquet lawn and areas planted with plum trees and spring and summer bulbs. The garden is interspersed with statues and fountains, the most recent installation being 'Waterflame' designed by Jeppe Hein. Other contemporary sculptures by artists of world renown are located throughout the gardens. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| Original layout by Mrs Pamela Lane-Smith Herbaceous borders and rose garden - Paul Underwood - Previous head gardener. Kitchen garden - Simon Martin - present head gardener Aster Border, Paeony Border and several garden features - Julian and Isabel Bannerman Laburnum garden and Memorial garden - the Marquess of Cholmondeley. |
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