Holme Pierrepont Hall

About the museum

Holme Pierrepont Hall is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house a few miles from Nottingham. It was built around 1500 by Sir William Pierrepont and contains some of the earliest brickwork in the county. The Pierrepont family settled at Holme at the end of the thirteenth century through the marriage of Henry de Pierrepont to Annora de Manvers, and the estate has stayed in the family line ever since.

The family included several well-known figures, among them the Marquess of Dorchester and the Dukes of Kingston upon Hull. In later generations the hall passed through the female line to the Brackenbury family. Georgina Brackenbury, an artist and militant suffragette, and Marie Louise Pierrepont, the last Countess Manvers, were both connected with the house.

Three generations of the Brackenbury family still live in the hall, and they run it as an exclusive-use wedding and event venue. The house, with its reception rooms, family portraits and antique furniture, and its courtyard, east garden and woodland gardens are open to the public for about five weeks in the snowdrop season, as well as for special events and pre-booked group tours.

Highlights

• Tudor manor house of about 1500 with early brickwork
• Charles II Grand Staircase
• Snowdrop displays in the gardens in February
• Family home of the Pierrepont and Brackenbury families
• Georgina Brackenbury, artist and suffragette
• Group tours led by the owner

Permanent exhibition

• Holme Pierrepont Hall house tour – The Tudor family home with its reception rooms, family portraits and antique furniture can be visited in the winter opening season.

Operated by

Brackenbury family

Admission & discounts

Prices are those published for the 2026 opening and include entry to the garden with the house ticket. Payment is on the door, by cash only; advance tickets are not sold. Historic Houses members enter free with a valid card, except on special event days.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The entrances to the house and gardens can be used by wheelchair users, there is a chair stair lift to the first floor and ramps can be placed where needed. Two rooms at the top of the Charles II Grand Staircase cannot be reached by wheelchair. The gardens are flat mown lawns, but the woodland paths are earth and grass and can be muddy, which may be difficult for wheelchair and pushchair users. Accessible toilets are provided. Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome in the gardens.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The hall is about 3 miles from Trent Bridge, off the A6011 Radcliffe Road. Visitors should follow the signs for the National Water Sports Centre and then the brown signs to the hall and ignore sat nav routes via Radcliffe on Trent, which has no access. Local taxi companies can be pre-booked.

Amenities & dining

During the opening season hot drinks and cakes are sold to take away from a catering van on Sundays only.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

Up to 120 guests.

Exclusive use of the house and gardens, with five reception rooms, for up to about 120 seated guests and around 150 in the evening. Funeral receptions, filming and room hire are also offered.

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