Events Step Back in Time weekend, Christmas market, Shakespeare in the Park
Guided tours Monthly behind-the-scenes tours
About this property
Canons Ashby has been the home of the Dryden family since it was first built, and has survived almost unaltered since c.1710. It is a romantic property, with every inch – from the stone-flagged kitchen and dairy to the intimate interiors with their fascinating wall paintings and delicate Jacobean plasterwork – steeped in atmosphere. The house sits among beautiful gardens, where you can enjoy colourful herbaceous borders, an orchard featuring varieties of fruit tree from the 16th century and a surprisingly grand church – all that remains of the 12th-century Augustinian priory from which the house takes its name.
