This is an absolutely delightful and thoroughly enjoyable House to visit in the middle of the Picturesque Dorset Countryside. The house itself is one of the finest and best Tudor Mansions in the UK and is a charming and delightful house to see up close and the architecture is fantastic with the stonework remarkable and amazing showing the outstanding condition considering the age of the building and the interior of The house is just as good with a series of interesting room to see such as The Green Parlour, The Oak Room, The Great Hall, Elizabethan Kitchen, The Marriage Chamber, Mrs Harmsworth's Room & King's Room. Some of the rooms such as The Elizabethan Kitchen, The Great Hall, Marriage Chamber, Oak Room and King's Room retain that lovely Tudor Medieval look about them and Mrs Harmworth's Room has a nice modern early 20th Century feel about it. The great thing about the rooms in the house have a nice transition from The Tudor Medieval period through to the early 20th Century. There are a number of intriguing and interesting items to see in the house such as The 16th Century Armada Chest, The Revolution Chair, 14th Century Medieval Armoire, The 20th Century Copper Bath, Elizabethan Tester Bed and Savanarola Chair all of which are pristine and immaculate and in great condition. The best of these is the 20th Century Copper Bath due its purity but also it's immaculate presentation which is dazzling and mesmerising and the best example of any Copper Bath anywhere that you will see in any Country Mansion. The great thing about the House is that you touch and sit on the furniture where appropriate which is a pleasant difference from any other Country Mansion in the UK and also a wonderful and pleasant experience. Visitors are also allowed to take photographs inside the house, which is excellent to capture its wonderful interesting features. In nearly all of the rooms in the house there are information stands detailing about the room that you have entered into, it's history and its contents and these information displays are throughly informative giving you a full idea of all the rooms and their uses and also how they changed through history. The Gardens themselves are just as tremendous and impressive with a number of areas again to see such as The Great Court, Coronations Garden, Lion's Mouth Garden, Octagonal Pond, Kitchen Garden, Green Court & West Lawn. The Kitchen Garden has some wonderful meadow style borders with a spectacular array from the different colours from the flowers and plants on show and there is also the lovely apple trees and you can wander into the Greenhouse and see some grapes and peaches, which is an awesome sight. The Great Court which is the first Garden you come into as you wander has some spectacular Yew Pyramids which look brilliantly iconic and imposing but add a lovely dynamic to the garden along with an interesting dimension to it. For this reason the Great Court is the best of all the gardens on show. The Green Court offers a lovely water feature in the middle and also fantastic views of the Eastern Front of the house. The Corona Garden is another great garden with great dazzling border displays from the Dahlias on show and there are beautiful coronets on the walls that surround it and these blend in well with the great Dahlia Displays. The West Lawn houses a lovely Medieval looking Dovecote and has great views of the Western Front of the house. As you wander you can enjoy brilliant views of the River Piddle which adds to the Picturesque beauty of the place and the river runs down on the bottom end of the property and this is on top of the great water features in the Green Court & Great Court and also The Octagonal Pond. There is a restaurant selling a great of food at reasonable prices and also a small gift shop selling a small range of souvenirs at affordable reasonable prices. Overall a fantastic and brilliant day out to see a wonderfully preserved Tudor Mansion and excellently preserved gardens. Well worth a...
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