A terraced valley garden complete with grottos, a great lawn, topiary, croquet lawn, an orangery and 17th Century fish ponds, surrounding a Tudor/Jacobean sandstone manor house, home to the Earl and Countess of Sandwich. Used as a location in Jane Austen's Emma, Restoration and Tom Jones. Open March to October.
Mapperton Gardens
Mapperton
BEAMINSTER
Dorset
DT8 3NR
Mapperton
BEAMINSTER
Dorset
DT8 3NR
Telephone
01308 862645
3 Stars
Mar 2009
4 Stars
Feb 2009
3 Stars
Feb 2009