Athelhampton House is everything one might wish for in an English manor house but its 20 acre gardens are Italian in style. It also has some fairly recent "secret gardens".
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| The house is now in superb condition but needed to be extensively restored in the late 19th Century. |
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| The twelve pyramid shaped yew trees are an oft referred to feature of the Grade 1 listed gardens. |
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| Another pyramid shaped feature of the gardens. |
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| Entrance to one of the garden "rooms" that grace the property. |
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| And inside is this most distinctive garden with imaginative walls and tilting urn fountain. |
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| The River Piddle borders the house and, when not too soggy with rain, provides a tranquil walk in an area left with many natural features. It ends by the 16th century circular dovecote. Wildlife abounds. |
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| The colour combination of foliage and flower, all in immaculate condition. |
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| 40,000 visitors each year! We arrived very late in the day and it was quiet. The gardens, I am reliably informed, are stunning in Spring. It's in the new 2015 calendar. |
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