Montacute House
Montacute House is a glorious Elizabethan mansion in Somerset, built in the 1590s from golden Ham Hill stone and barely altered since. Its long east front is one of the finest in England, and inside, the great gallery stretching the full length of the top floor displays a collection of Tudor and Jacobean portraits from the National Portrait Gallery. The formal gardens and surrounding parkland add to a sense of aristocratic calm.
- Superb Elizabethan façade in golden stone
- Longest Elizabethan long gallery in England
- Tudor and Jacobean portrait collection
Best for lovers of Elizabethan architecture and Tudor portraiture.
Things to see at Montacute House
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- The Long Gallery
- Sunken Parterre Garden
- Twin Pavilions
- Great Hall Stone Screen
- Clipped Yew Avenues