Elton Hall

Om museet

A house has stood at Elton since the twelfth century, and the Proby family has lived at Elton Hall since 1660, having held land in the village from the time of Elizabeth I. Sir Thomas Proby and his wife Frances Cotton built a Restoration house between 1665 and 1668 that incorporated the medieval chapel and gatehouse of the earlier manor house. In the eighteenth century the Earl of Carysfort gave the building its Gothic character, which can still be seen on the south front, and further alterations were made between 1855 and 1860 by the architect Henry Ashton.

The collection is a blend of two houses, because the contents of Glenart Castle, the Irish seat of the Carysfort family, were brought to Elton in the early 1920s. It includes French furniture, an important private library with a notable group of English bibles and prayer books, and paintings from the early Renaissance to the nineteenth century, among them works by Gainsborough, Constable, Reynolds, Landseer and Millais. Portraits of Oliver Cromwell, Charles I and Charles II recall the political upheavals of the seventeenth century.

The present gardens follow a design of 1911 and were largely restored and replanted by Meredyth Proby over about forty years, with hedging, topiary, a flower garden, a lily pond and an orangery created to mark the millennium. They won the Historic Houses Garden of the Year Judges' Choice Award in 2021. The family still lives at the Hall and opens it to visitors on selected days in the summer season.

Højdepunkter

• Paintings by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Constable and Millais
• Library with an outstanding collection of English bibles and prayer books
• Portraits of Oliver Cromwell, Charles I and Charles II
• Private chapel in the undercroft of the medieval chapel
• Award-winning gardens with topiary, flower garden and orangery
• Gothic south front of the house

Permanente udstillinger

• The house and collection – Rooms including the chapel, Marble Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room and library, with paintings, French furniture and portraits of the Proby family.
• The gardens – Restored gardens with a lily pond, flower garden, orangery, shrub garden and topiary.

Entrépriser & rabatter

The prices are for the 2027 open days and apply to the hall and garden together. Tickets are best booked online, with an entry time shown on the ticket, and only card payments are accepted. Members of Historic Houses are asked to reserve a date and time online. Free entry for RHS Partner Garden members applies on Wednesdays and Thursdays only.

Tilgængelighed

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

The Hall is not suitable for wheelchairs, walking frames or pushchairs because it has several flights of steps and very little seating. The garden is accessible to wheelchairs along gravel paths. Parking for visitors with disabilities is provided at Bosworth's Garden Centre, and accessible toilets are available there and at the Hall. Assistance dogs are allowed in the garden. Visitors can call the events office for details of access arrangements.

Børn og familie

• Barnevognsvenlig: findes ikke

Accompanied children under 16 enter free. Pushchairs are not allowed inside the Hall.

Transport & parkering

Elton Hall is 3 miles west of the A1 on the A605, eight miles south-west of Peterborough.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Garderobe

Mulberry Cafe at Bosworth's Garden Centre in the walled garden, by the visitor car park, serves light lunches, cakes and teas every day from 09:00 to 16:30; booking is recommended. The Black Horse, a pub owned by the estate, is a short walk from the Hall. Backpacks and large bags can be left behind the front desk in the Hall. Picnics and barbecues are not permitted.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer
• Bryllupper / vielser

Op til 250 personer.

The Hall is offered for weddings with ceremonies for 40 to 120 guests in the Orangery, Billiard Room, Coach House or on the Well Head Lawn. The Billiard Room seats up to 50 for a wedding breakfast, and marquee receptions in the parkland can hold up to 250 guests. Corporate events, filming and photography can also be arranged through the events office.

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