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© Montacute Staff
The East Front of Montacute House and Garden
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Flower border in full bloom
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© Montacute Staff
North garden
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Discover the swings in the park and see how high you can go
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© National Trust
Warriors standing guard
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A house full of glass
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© Staff National Trust/N.Rogers
Wibbly Wobbly hedges
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The Great Hall at Montacute House
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Looking for fish in the fountain pond
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© Staff National Trust/G.Paine
The return of a king to Montacute
Glittering Elizabethan mansion
Montacute House is a magnificent, glittering mansion, built in the late 16th century for Sir Edward Phelips.
There are many renaissance features, and the Long Gallery, the longest of its kind in England, displays over 60 of the finest Tudor and Elizabethan portraits from the National Portrait Gallery collection. The state rooms display a fine range of period furniture and textiles, including samplers from the Goodhart collection.
Montacute's formal gardens are perfect for a stroll and include a collection of roses, mixed borders and famous wobbly hedges. Waymarked walks lead around the wider estate, which encompasses St Michael's Hill.
Don't miss
- Discover the bed used by Johnny Depp in
The Libertine - See the unique Goodhart collection of embroidery samplers spanning centuries
- Use the easy touch-screens to learn about the portraits
- Speak to the experts in new conservation-in-action rooms
- Play a game of croquet on Cedar Lawn
- Stroll the famous West Drive used in
Sense and Sensibility
This year at Montacute
- Welcoming home a lost portrait to the house
- Exhilarating fun in the outdoors
- New things to taste, try and buy
- Music in the park
- Return of the Pantaloons, with the ‘Brothers Grimm’
Join in with all the fun
Find out more about what's on at Montacute over the coming months. We've something for everyone.