An early Victorian stately home, built on the site of a Jacobean Mansion. The hall features fine furnishings, paintings, ornate stonework, carved wood panelling and fine state room.
The gardens are renowned for their splendid specimen trees, and for the famous yew maze designed by Nesfield. There are wonderful shrubs and beautiful herbaceous borders and a 70'-long pergola covered in wisteria. The walled and sunken gardens, Paxton's peach cases and ridge and furrow glasshouses, splendid statuary are also renowned. Nesfield's Parterre was renovated in 2014.
For younger visitors there is a new living willow play area, and the maze in the gardens. In the hall, the famous polar bears and large dolls' house will capture imagination!