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Garden Name: Montacute House
Last Modified: 24/01/2011
Garden ID: 0015

pic: 0015_Montacute.jpg

Owner: National Trust
Address:
Montacute


Postcode: TA15 6XP
County: Somerset

tel: 01935-823289
fax: 01935 826921
website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-montacute
email: montacutehouse {at} nationaltrust.org.uk

Features: 
Magnificent Elizabethan Ham-stone house, incorporating National Portrait Gallery exhibition, garden and park; Renaissance manor house filled with historic treasures; Fantastic exhibition of 17th-century textile samplers; Long Gallery boasts Elizabethan artwork from the National Portrait Gallery; Film location for Sense and Sensibility (1995)

English Heritage Grade:
I

Opening Times:
5th Jan - 11th Mar; Wed - Sun; 11am - 4pm
12th March- 30th October; Wed - Mon; 11-5.30pm 
2nd November - 31st Dec; Wed - Sun; 11-4pm, 
Open first four Tuesdays in August. Closes dusk if earlier. Last admission 30mins before closing

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Mid to late Summer

To see: 
Borders

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: 12th June

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 15+

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Must book in advance. 

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: 12th March-30th October 11-5pm Wednesday to Monday

Admission Prices:
Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets): a
Adult £10 (£8.90), child £4.70 (£4.20), family £24.70 (£22.20). 
Garden only, (13 March to 31 October): adult £6 (£5.40), child £3 (£2.60). Garden only (3 November to 31 December) (Standard Admission): adult £4, child £2

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
Large park with dog walk.
Tours
New for 2010 - Women Gardener Exhibition. Available for weddings


Designer: 
Description of Garden:
The garden is a formal garden constructed and enhanced over the years. It is the garden's architecture that gives the property its visual quality. The planting is designed to embellish this idea and add to the whole experience. It is not however a garden which is flamboyant and there is just enough interest for most of the season to add colour and purpose to the garden architecture.


History: 
Many different people over the last 400 years have tended this garden, the main influences being Pridheum, a little known, but highly thought of, designer of the 18th century.

Local Inns: 
King Arms, Montacute
Pelips Arms - Montacute

Accomodation: 
Slipper Cottage (B&B)
King Arms, Montacute
Pelips Arms, Montacute

Restaurants: 
On-site Courtyard cafe

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Yeovil
Montague Village