Petworth House and Park

Over het museum

The history of Petworth stretches back almost 900 years. A medieval manor house stood here, and its chapel still survives from the fortified great house of 1308–9. For centuries the estate belonged to the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland, whose ties to the crown led to imprisonments in the Tower of London, among them the 9th Earl, known as the Wizard Earl, who was held for almost 17 years after the Gunpowder Plot.

The present baroque palace was created from the 1680s by Lady Elizabeth Percy and her husband Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, who commissioned painted ceilings, carvings by Grinling Gibbons and fine interiors. In the 18th century Lancelot 'Capability' Brown designed a new park and garden landscape. The state rooms are arranged as they were in the time of the 3rd Earl of Egremont, who hung them densely with pictures; J M W Turner painted a watercolour of the Square Dining Room here in 1827.

Over the centuries the Percy, Seymour and Wyndham families assembled one of the most significant art collections in the United Kingdom, with works by Turner, Van Dyck, Blake and Gainsborough and the earliest surviving English globe, dated 1592. The house is now cared for by the National Trust, while Lord and Lady Egremont continue to live in part of it. Across the courtyard, the Servants' Quarters and Historic Kitchens show life below stairs.

Hoogtepunten

• State Rooms with one of the finest art collections in National Trust care
• Paintings by Turner, Van Dyck, Blake and Gainsborough
• The earliest surviving English globe, dated 1592
• Carvings by Grinling Gibbons
• Historic Kitchens in the Servants' Quarters
• Pleasure Garden and 700-acre deer park designed by Capability Brown

Vaste collectie

• State Rooms and art collection – Grand state rooms arranged as they were in the time of the 3rd Earl of Egremont, displaying works by Turner, Van Dyck, Blake and Gainsborough, Grinling Gibbons carvings and the 1592 English globe.
• Historic Kitchens and Servants' Quarters – The kitchens and service rooms across the courtyard show life below stairs at Petworth.

Opgericht

1688

Beheerder

National Trust

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Prices without Gift Aid. From 2 March to 31 October the adult ticket costs £21.00, the child ticket £10.50 and the family ticket £52.50. From 1 to 27 November and from 9 January to 28 February the adult ticket costs £15.00, the child ticket £7.50 and the family ticket £37.50, and over Christmas (28 November to 3 January) £18.00, £9.00 and £45.00. National Trust members enter free. Car parking costs £4 at the main car park and £3 at the north car park for non-members (free for members).

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The rooms in the house are on the ground floor with level access; there are steps to the bedrooms, the chapel and the higher viewpoint at the Grand Stairs. Some rooms in the Servants' Quarters have steps, and the Audit Room Café can be reached by lift on request. The Pleasure Garden has some uneven and sloping paths and the park has uneven terrain and steps. A mobility buggy runs from the main car park (700 yards from the house, up a steep incline) to the house courtyard and can take wheelchairs. Six wheelchairs can be borrowed. There are 12 designated bays in the main car park and accessible toilets at the main car park and in the Servants' Quarters. Induction loops are at all tills. A Braille house guide with tactile images and a large print guidebook are available from house reception. Assistance dogs are welcome throughout; other dogs are allowed only in the garden and park.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk
• Verschoonruimte

A free family map shows picnic spots, deer-spotting areas and hill-rolling slopes. Activities run in the school holidays, such as trails, storytelling sessions and the Little Antlers toddler sessions. Sensory bags can be borrowed from the main car park reception or the house reception. Pushchairs are welcome inside and outside, although some paths are uneven. Baby changing and accessible toilets are at the main car park and in the Servants' Quarters, and breastfeeding is welcome anywhere.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Both car parks are on the A283; from the A272 drive north away from the centre of Petworth and follow the brown signs for Petworth House (main car park) or Petworth Park (north car park). Sat nav postcode GU28 9LR for the main car park.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel

The Audit Room Café in the Servants' Quarters (open from 10:30) serves drinks, cakes and lunches, with a takeaway option. A shop in the Servants' Quarters and a house shop sell homeware, gifts and art books, and a second-hand bookshop is also in the Servants' Quarters. Toilets are in the car park and the Servants' Quarters. Eight electric vehicle charging points are in the main car park.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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