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Roses at Athelhampton House & Gardens

When you visit us, it's always worth looking closer at the small details. The outside roses at Athelhampton House & Gardens bloom beautifully through the summer, but inside the house, there are roses blooming all year round.


Carved wooden panel. On the left hand side, at the top of a column, sits a small four petal rose framed by two of its leaves.
Library Rose

In the library, a small rose peeps down from the top of the panelling, almost hidden amongst the carvings covering the walls.


A gilded carved stone rose, with five petals. It sits against a background of grey stone.
King's Room Rose

In the Kings Room, a gilded rose decorates part of the fireplace, this time with the more usual five petals instead of four.


A worn and partially damaged five petal rose carved in wood.
Front Door Rose

A very similar rose, down to the five petals and lattice work decorating the centre, decorates the front door. This is likely the oldest of our roses, dating all the way back to 1485.


A wooden door with a metalwork lock and handle. Twined around the lock is a rose, also in metalwork. The handle is similarly decorated with twining foliage.
Green Dining Room Rose

Twined around the lock on the door to the Green Dining Room sits a five petalled rose, this time with a screw forming its centre - both decorative, and functional!


A carved wooden boss set into the panelling in the Great Hall at Athelhampton. At the centre is a small, four petalled rose, surrounded by four carved leaves that form a square shape in the background.
Great Hall Rose

In the Great Hall sit many flowers on the various wooden bosses decorating the panelling, screen, and roof, and amongst these flowers are roses of both the four and five petal variety.


A small, gilded, wooden, carved rose with five petals. It forms the centre of a decorative boss. Twelve leaves, in four sprigs of three, form the corners of the square.
Great Hall Rose

Come and see if you can spot any other roses at Athelhampton House, and in the Gardens! We're open 7 days a week all year round, aside from a few days over Christmas, and our interior roses bloom all year round.






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