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Visit Hestercombe and step back in time as you savour the delights of the unique gardens.Hestercombe is unique in having three complete period gardens. The Georgian landscape, Victorian terrace and the formal Edwardian gardens combine to create one of Britain's premier garden sites widely recognised as being of…
Distance: 8.3 miles away

Magnificent Elizabethan stone‐built house, with fine collections, garden and park. Built in the late 16th century for Sir Edward Phelips, Montacute glitters with many a hrefhttp:www.double‐glazers.co.ukwindowsa and is adorned with elegant chimneys, carved parapets and other Renaissance features, including contemporary plasterwork, chimneypieces and heraldic glass. The splendid staterooms…
Distance: 11.7 miles away

Much Wenlock Priory is the ruins of a large Cluniac priory are owned by the immense Abbey of Cluny in Burgundy, part of a Europe‐wide network. The ruins include a lavabo and decorative chapter house. Toilets: Portaloos, including portaloos for disabled visitors. Shop: Level access.…
Distance: 6 miles away

Created last century around a 17th‐century manor house, the garden features small pools, varied borders and secluded lawns, all neatly enclosed within walls and clipped hedges. There is also an attractive kitchen garden.The beautiful formal gardens stand in two acres, created by Mrs Reiss, who gave the property…
Distance: 12.3 miles away

Jekyll‐inspired garden, working kitchen garden and Tudor manor house. The enchanting formal garden, influenced by Gertrude Jekyll, is laid out in a series of walled rooms, including the White Garden, the Rose and Iris Garden and the Lily Garden. The working kitchen garden has espaliered apple,…
Distance: 5.4 miles away

Welcome to East Lambrook Manor Gardens, the 'Home of English Cottage Gardening'. The garden at East Lambrook Manor is recognised throughout the world as the 'Home of English Cottage Gardening', having been created in the 1940's, 50's and 60's by the late gardening icon, Margery Fish. Mrs…
Distance: 7.6 miles away

Forde Abbey is a treasure in an area already known for its outstanding beauty. More than 900 years of history and romance are encapsulated in this elegant former Cistercian monastery and its 30 acres of exquisite award winning gardens. In the peaceful solitude of its secluded position it…
Distance: 7.9 miles away

Muchelney, the atmospheric and once‐remote 'great island' amid the Somerset Levels, has many rewards for visitors. Beside the clearly laid out foundations of the wealthy medieval Benedictine abbey and its Anglo‐Saxon predecessor stands a complete early Tudor house in miniature. Originally the abbots' lodgings, this charming building includes…
Distance: 11.7 miles away