***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Montacute House 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Montacute House Last Modified: 19-04-2012 Garden ID: 0015 pic: 0015_Montacute.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: National Trust Address: Montacute Postcode: TA15 6XP County: Somerset tel: 01935-823289 fax: 01935 826921 website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-montacute email: montacutehouse //at// nationaltrust.org.uk English Heritage Grade: I Opening Times: The House and Gardens are open 13th March - 31st October from 11am to 5pm every day except Tuesdays (the gardens remain accessible until 6pm). The shop and cafe are open from 11am to 5.30pm. Best Times of Year to Visit: Mid to late Summer To see: Borders National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: 15+ Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Must book in advance. House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Admission Prices: Entry price to the House & Gardens adult £10.00 child £4.70 family £24.70. Entry to the Gardens adult £6.00 child £3.00 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: Yes Other Facilities: Large park with dog walk. Tours New for 2010 - Women Gardener Exhibition. Available for weddings Features: Magnificent Elizabethan Ham-stone house, incorporating National Portrait Gallery exhibition, garden and park; Renaissance manor house filled with historic treasures; Fantastic exhibition of 17th-century textile samplers; Long Gallery boasts Elizabethan artwork from the National Portrait Gallery; Film location for Sense and Sensibility (1995) Designer: Description of Garden: The garden is a formal garden constructed and enhanced over the years. It is the garden's architecture that gives the property its visual quality. The planting is designed to embellish this idea and add to the whole experience. It is not however a garden which is flamboyant and there is just enough interest for most of the season to add colour and purpose to the garden architecture. History: Many different people over the last 400 years have tended this garden, the main influences being Pridheum, a little known, but highly thought of, designer of the 18th century. Local Inns: King Arms, Montacute Pelips Arms - Montacute Accomodation: Slipper Cottage (B&B) King Arms, Montacute Pelips Arms, Montacute Restaurants: On-site Courtyard cafe Village/Town/Sightseeing: Yeovil Montague Village