Hestercombe Gardens
Hestercombe House & Gardens, Taunton, UK
Description
A stunning, 50-acre complex of gardens and a 16th Century country house on the edge of the Quantock Hills.
Spanning three centuries of garden design it features a Georgian Landscape Garden (designed 1750s), the Victorian Shrubbery, and the Edwardian Formal Gardens (early 1900s) which are the result of a partnership between Gertrud Jekyll and Sir Edward Lutyen.
The secret landscape garden, which Coplestone Warre Bampfylde laid out in the late 18th century lay undiscovered for more than 100 years and boasts acres of lakes, temples, combes and woodlands that lay undiscovered for more than 100 years.
Location information
Type of Location
| Gardens |
| Historic |
| Rural |
Address details
| Property address | Hestercombe House & Gardens, Taunton, UK |
| County | Somerset |
| What Three Words | fancy.arena.tanks |
| Approx travel time from Bristol | 1 hour 10 minutes |
| Approx travel time from London | 3 hours 30 minutes |
Property details
| Property status | Operational |
| Access | |
| Access restrictions | Access would need to be arranged around peak visitor times and events. |
| Noise | None. A rural location. |
| Parking | Gravel parking for approximately 260 vehicles across two car parks. |
| Parking detail | Free parking on site and open to the general public daily. |
Representative and contact details
| Representative type | Owner |
| press@hestercombe.com | |
| Website |
Film location
| Address | Hestercombe House & Gardens, Taunton, UK |