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| Highlights |  | Audio guide
Adult and family audio tours of the house, £2. Includes free child audio tour |  | Events
Special interest days, children's activities, wine tastings, music evenings, garden workshops, floodlit opening, Christmas events. Manor Restaurant monthly evening openings |  | Guided tours
Guided walks around the garden |  | Country walks
Wildlife interpretation trail |
About this property
Waddesdon Manor was built between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to entertain his guests and display his vast collection of 18th-century French decorative arts. The furniture, Savonnerie carpets and Sèvres porcelain rank in importance with those in the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Louvre in Paris. Outstanding are the portraits by Gainsborough and Reynolds, works by 17th-century Dutch and Flemish masters, and a spectacular silver dinner service made for George III. The extensive wine cellars can be visited. Waddesdon has one of the finest Victorian gardens in Britain, renowned for its seasonal displays, statuary and restored pleasure garden. There is a rose garden, and the rococo-style aviary, newly painted and gilded, houses a splendid collection of exotic birds. Look out for changing displays in the refurbished Coach House and the Woodland Playground.
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