Deene Park

Om museet

Deene Park is a country house in Northamptonshire that has been the home of the Brudenell family for more than 500 years. Sir Robert Brudenell took the lease in 1514, and the family later became the Earls of Cardigan. The house grew over about six centuries, from a Tudor core with a Great Hall enlarged in the 1570s to a Georgian wing for entertaining added in the late eighteenth century.

The house is closely linked with the Crimean War. The 7th Earl of Cardigan led the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854, and his widow Adeline, Countess of Cardigan, inherited Deene in 1864. Uniforms, memorabilia and the story of the horse that rode at Balaklava are part of the visit. Troops were billeted at the house in the Second World War, and in 1943 a crashing American bomber damaged the stained glass in the Great Hall.

Today Deene is still a family home, now of Robert and Charlotte Brudenell, who live there with their son. Visitors see main rooms that are in everyday use, including the Great Hall, Tapestry Room, Bow Room and Drawing Room, with family portraits, furniture, porcelain and books. Volunteer guides look after the rooms on open days. The formal gardens, with a parterre, rose garden, white garden and long borders, lead out to parkland and lakes linked by a canal.

Højdepunkter

• Tudor Great Hall with early seventeenth-century stained glass
• Crimean War uniforms and memorabilia of the 7th Earl of Cardigan
• Lady Cardigan's Victorian ball gown
• Georgian wing built for entertaining
• Formal gardens with parterre, rose garden and long borders
• Old Kitchen Tea Room in the former house kitchen

Permanent udstilling

• The house and the Brudenell family collection – Lived-in family rooms with portraits, furniture, porcelain and books, and Crimean War uniforms and memorabilia linked to the 7th Earl of Cardigan.

Ejer

Deene Park Estate (Brudenell family)

Entrépriser & rabatter

The prices shown are those published for the 2026 season (house and gardens); prices for the 2027 open days had not been published. Historic Houses members enter the house and gardens free with a valid membership card, and RHS members enter the gardens free (house upgrade payable on site); neither is valid on Snowdrop Sundays, special events or group tours. Tickets can be bought on site subject to availability, but booking online is strongly recommended.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Wheelchair access to the house is through the Great Hall door and is limited to the ground floor; motorised scooters cannot be taken into the house. The formal gardens have stone, grass and gravel paths, and some areas are very uneven. Accessible parking bays are in the car park. Only registered assistance dogs are allowed, and they should wear their coloured harness or jacket.

Børn og familie

• Barnevognsvenlig: findes ikke

Prams, pushchairs and rucksack-style baby carriers are not allowed in the house, but side and front baby carriers are welcome. In the gardens the paths are mixed, with some uneven areas. Children aged 5 to 15 pay a reduced price, and under 5s are free.

Transport & parkering

Deene Park is 4 miles north-east of Corby, off the A43 and signposted from the main road. Cars use the Porters Lodge entrance on the A43 (postcode NN17 3EG), opposite the turning for Deenethorpe village; coaches use the North Gate entrance on Kirby Lane (NN17 3EW).

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant: findes ikke

The Old Kitchen Tea Room, in the former house kitchen, serves cakes, snacks and cream teas on public open days. Picnics are welcome on the East Lawn but not on the parterre or in the formal gardens.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Bryllupper / vielser

Weddings are held at the estate; the website lists wedding suppliers.

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