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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Stourton, Wiltshire.
Map A2. Tel 01747 841152.
Open Gardens: Apr–Oct: 9am–
6pm daily; Nov–Mar: 9am–5pm
daily. House: Mar–early Nov:
11am–4:30pm daily. & 8
7 limited. 0 - = ø
∑ nationaltrust.org.uk/
stourhead
The Lake Transport
Stourhead's famous lake was created by damming the River Stour in the 3 Gillingham (Dorset),
1750s. The path around it evokes the journeys of Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid. then taxi.

Colourful Shrubs
Fragrant rhododendrons
bloom in the spring,
and azaleas explode
into colour later in the
summer. There are also
many fine cypresses,
Japanese pines and
other exotic trees.

Entrance and . Stourhead House
car park Restored after a fire in
St Peter’s Church 1902, the house contains
The parish church fine Chippendale furniture.
contains monuments to The art collection reflects
the Hoare family. The Henry Hoare’s Classical
medieval Bristol Cross, tastes and includes The
nearby, was brought Choice of Hercules (1637)
from Bristol in 1765. by Nicolas Poussin.

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