News from Athelhampton House & Gardens.

A pause in the weather, and a pause in the season. A view of the Tudor Manor House stood next to the Cedar of Lebanon Blue skies are returning to Athelhampton, if only briefly, slipping through between the passing showers. There are still 37 days until Spring (meteorological Spring, not the equinox!), but the air already feels different. Lighter, softer, and full of promise. The tops of the Yew Pyramids peaking over the Great Court wall The lawns glow, the trees begin to stir

At Athelhampton, the Marriage Chamber has been quietly enhanced. One of more than twenty rooms open to the public, it now welcomes an early seventeenth century Flemish tapestry, newly rehung after many years on the minstrels’ gallery in the Great Hall. The tapestry itself seems to show a pastoral setting, with a scene of a man returning from the hunt. The Tudor bedroom brings together layers of history. Rich Tudor panelling, A fifteenth century Italian Savonarola chair, an

A soft, drizzly Monday at Athelhampton with mist in the historic gardens and drizzle darkening the stone. The paths glisten, the hedges hold their breath, and the house sits quietly at the heart of it all. A misty view of the Pavilion of Winter/Sorrow across the Italian terrace We are open all year round. On days like this, there is a particular pleasure in stepping inside the Tudor manor to warm rooms, gentle fires, and a hot lunch waiting in the restaurant, while the weathe