Lovely situated house and grounds. The Art collection is wonderful. When we visited nearly each room had a guild who knew the history of the paintings. So fascinating. Dont let the fact that there is no cafe ( it does have nice public toilets in the house) put you off. . It's so close to the town centre with plenty of eating places. Plenty of places for the kids to run around outside but no swings or slides. If you are a art fan, then I think it's a underrated venue, and well worth a visit even if your not!

Holy sleeper hit on gardens. This place had a great capability brown design garden with gorgeous views past the ha-ha’s. You can go quite far down the north allee, and have a great walk with the sheep and deer.

Nice place to visit, we're historic house members, if not it might be a bit pricey considering you don't actually see a huge amount of the house. The gardens are absolutely lovely though though. 😊 There are also plenty of peacocks to have a look at . 😊😊

A really unique manor. The outside and inside architecture reveals very beautiful details of the English History. The Methuen family is the owner of the property and it's fascinating to see how they preserved the court and the artifacts that are placed inside. Inside the manor you can see a rich collection of paintings and other artifacts from different periods of English History. One of the main things that impressed me is the interior architecture of the ceiling, especially in the big living room. The only downside was that we weren't allowed to see the first floor only the ground level is available for visitors.

The interior of the home is very lovely, but as an art exhibition it is barely passable because of the dim lighting. Really, no lighting at all. They seem to depend mostly on natural light coming through the windows and most of the paintings were very difficult to see. That part was so disappointing. Also, no photography allowed, so I have no examples of the crepuscular environment. With photography actually encouraged in so many wonderful national galleries all over Europe, I can't imagine the logic of no photography in a place like this. The staff were all super friendly and very knowledgeable, so that helped a little, but we paid a great deal to see art that was largely displayed in the shadows. The grounds outside actually need six stars IMHO. Fantastic, well-maintained, varied from wild to formal and massive. The gardens are actually worth several visits.