News from Athelhampton House & Gardens.

Looking for things to do in Dorchester? Dorset’s historic county town offers fascinating museums, Thomas Hardy connections, independent shops and beautiful surrounding countryside. Located just five miles east of Dorchester, Athelhampton House & Gardens offers more than 500 years of history, a Tudor house, five acres of formal gardens and relaxed dining. This guide brings together eight ideas and explains why Athelhampton is worth including in your Dorchester day out. Athelha

Regular visitors to Athelhampton may well have noticed a recent change in the Great Chamber. On the right hand side of the fireplace, beneath a cubist painting by Marevna, sits a new wooden chest: a new addition to the collection of 16th Century furniture at Athelhampton House & Gardens. Merman on the carved 16th Century Chest at Athelhampton House & Gardens Intricately carved, it shows a bizarre collection of mythical creatures across its front. Surly mermen look out at the

When you visit Athelhampton House & Gardens, if you explore the house you'll come across linenfold panelling at every turn. To many people, that term means nothing, and it would have meant nothing to the medieval and Tudor craftsmen who created Athelhampton House, despite their familiarity with it as an object. Linenfold panelling imitates folded linen or paper through relieve carving used on wood. While it originated in Flanders in the 1300s, it spread across Northern Europe