House & garden highlights

Devon

This intimate and intriguing Regency house holds our largest collection of horse-drawn carriages. You can tour the grounds by carriage in the summer.

Buckland Abbey

Seven hundred-year-old Buckland Abbey with its fine 16th-century Great Hall was the home of Elizabethan seafarer Sir Francis Drake. It sits in the secluded and beautiful Tavy Valley.

Castle Drogo

The 'last castle to be built in England', Castle Drogo is dramatically situated above the Teign Gorge. It is one of the most remarkable works of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Coleton Fishacre

This Arts & Crafts-style house with its elegant Art Deco influenced interior sits in a spectacular coastal setting. The luxuriant gardens have a wide variety of rare and exotic plants, a gazebo, fine views and water features.

Greenway

A glorious woodland garden on the banks of the Dart estuary, Greenway is renowned for rare half-hardy plants underplanted by native wild flowers. Its atmosphere of wildness and timelessness makes it a true 'secret' garden.

Killerton

Killerton, a fine 18th-century house, is home to the 'Paulise de Bush' costume collection, with over 9,000 outfits. The delightful hillside garden features rhododendrons, magnolias and rare trees, and offers stunning parkland walks all year round.

Knightshayes Court

This Victorian country house, with richly decorated Gothic-style interiors, was designed by the architect William Burges. The celebrated formal gardens feature lily pools, floral borders and topiary.

Saltram

Saltram is a magnificent Georgian house with Adam interiors, gardens and landscaped parkland. It was used in the filming of the 1995 film 'Sense and Sensibility'.

Cornwall

Antony

This superb early 18th-century mansion is set in grounds landscaped by the renowned Georgian garden designer, Repton. The formal garden is the setting for the National Collection of Day Lilies.

Cotehele

Cotehele is an atmospheric medieval house set in extensive grounds running down to the River Tamar and Cotehele Quay. The house contains superb collections of textiles, armour and furniture.

Glendurgan

This beautiful sub-tropical valley garden, created in the 1820s, contains many exotic trees and shrubs. The laurel maze, dating from 1833, is certain to baffle. The garden leads to the tranquil sandy beach and rock pools at Durgan.

Lanhydrock

Lanhydrock is one of the most fascinating and complete late 19th-century houses in England. The extensive servants' quarters provide the ultimate picture of 19th-century 'life downstairs'. The garden features a fabulous collection of spring-flowering magnolias and bluebell woods.

St Michael's Mount

One of England's most famous and dramatic coastal attractions, this iconic island rises gracefully to the church and castle at its summit. Accessible on foot at low tide across a causeway, at other times it is reached by a short evocative boat trip.

Trelissick

The tranquil garden of Trelissick, set on many levels, contains a superb collection of tender and exotic plants and commands panoramic views down to Falmouth and the open sea.

Trerice

A 'hidden gem', Trerice is an Elizabethan manor house famed for its 'barrel-roofed' Great Chamber. Its fine interiors are complimented by a delightful garden.

One of the stunning magnolias which are a feature of the gardens at Lanhydrock, Cornwall

The National Trust

House & garden highlights