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Baby changing facilities
Disabled Access
Disabled toilets
Garden Events

Description

Intimate manor house with walled gardens and estate
Enchanting manor house in the depths of rural Somerset
Tudor great hall and 14th-century chapel
Home to medieval herbalist Henry Lyte
The gardens still grow the plants Lyte cultivated
What's new this year

'Simple food' kiosk serving light refreshments.

Dogs
On leads and only in car park and on river walk

Parking
Free parking, 40yds. Small coaches by prior arrangement only

Education
Suitable for school groups. Children's quiz/trail

Families & children
Baby-changing facilities. Pushchairs admitted. Hip-carrying infant seats for loan

Refreshments
Kiosk serving light refreshments

The house with its 14th-century chapel and 15th-century Great Hall was much added to in the 16th century. In the 20th century it was rescued from dereliction by Sir Walter Jenner who refurnished the interiors in period style. At the same time the garden was laid out in a series of rooms with many contrasts, topiary, mixed borders and a herbal border based on the famous 16th-century Lytes Herbal, which can be seen in the house. Several walks through the wider estate show many features typical of farmed lowland England, including ancient hedges, rare arable weeds and farmland birds.

Events
Spring plant fair on 13 May. Family events in summer