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Owner: National Trust Address: Cambo Morpeth Postcode: NE61 4AR County: Northumberland tel: 01670 773600 fax: 01670 774420 website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-wallington email: wallington //at// nationaltrust.org.uk English Heritage Grade: II* Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-wallington Walled Garden: all year 10am - 7pm Last admission to house 1hr before closing. Best Times of Year to Visit: To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Closed Tuesdays. Otherwise Open 5th March - 30 Oct, weekdays 1-5, weekends and local school holidays 11-5 Last admission is 1 hour before closing Admission Prices: Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets) House, garden and grounds: adult £10.80 (£9.70), child £5.40 (£4.85), family £27 (£24.25). Garden and grounds: adult £7.50 (£6.70), child £3.75 (£3.35), family £18.75 (£16.75). No credit/debit card facility at admission point Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: Dogs on leads in grounds and Walled Garden. Limited Disabled access. Tramper Buggy available to borrow. Booking required Features: Magnificent mansion with fine interiors and collections, set in an extensive garden and parkland; Huge pre-Raphaelite paintings depicting the history of Northumberland; Intriguing Cabinet of Curiosities and collection of dolls' houses; Fabulous naturalistic gardens, in the style of 'Capability' Brown; Stone dragon heads on the lawn and an enchanting walled garden; Set in evocative Northumberland moorland, the 'Border Reiver' territory Designer: Description of Garden: The house is set in rolling parkland with the vestiges of Sir Walter Blackett's elaborate plantations still visible, though they have been re-planted in more recent times. There are straight and serpentine walks though them and the visitor will find ponds with waterlilies as well as a wealth of birdlife and even red squirrels. Nearer to the house there are open views across the ha-ha towards Hadrian's Wall and the Shaftoe Crags further off. Statuary and urns are placed to attract the eye and mixed shrubberies planted in Victorian times for colour and variety. But the real draw is the very impressive walled garden with its terraced borders, lead statues placed on its paths and nearby conservatories and original buildings and follies. Clever planting with an air of informality sets off the walled garden beautifully against the backdrop of parkland and woods. In the wetter parts of the garden near the stream, water irises, hostas and what is now the National Collection of elders thrive. In the Conservatory a spectacular Edwardian planting scheme survives alongside marble busts and lovely white painted furniture. History: The Palladian mansion was built for Sir Walter Calverley Blackett in the mid 1730s. The garden was designed with the help of a mysterious 'Mr. Joyce' and possibly benefited in the 1760s from 'Capability ' Brown's assistance, whose childhood home was just a mile or so away. There is a bridge by James Paine dating to 1755. Sir George Otto Trevelyan inherited the estate in 1886 and being an enthusiastic gardener he adapted Sir Walter's design for the internal layout of the Walled Garden, and built a large conservatory, continuing his efforts in the garden until his death aged 90 in 1928. The National Trust took over the garden years later and, after a great deal of work, re-instated Sir George's designs. Local Inns: The Ox, Middleton Dyke Neuk, Mitlford Beresford Arms, Whalton Queens Head Inn, Great Whittington Accomodation: Restaurants: Queens Head Inn, Great Whittington Village/Town/Sightseeing: Morpeth Rothbury