petworth house

Open daily March 19 - October 30, Saturdays to Wednesdays

Distance from The Angel Hotel - 6 miles

Magnificent country house and park with an internationally important art collection

The vast 17th century mansion is set in a beautiful park, landscaped by 'Capability' Brown and immortalised in Turner's paintings. The house contains the Trust's finest and largest collection of pictures, with numerous works by Turner, Van Dyck, Reynolds and Blake, as well as ancient and neo-classical sculpture, fine furniture and carvings by Grinling Gibbons. The Servants' Quarters contain fascinating kitchens (including a splendid copper batterie de cuisine of over 1000 pieces) and other service rooms. On weekdays, additional rooms in the house are open to visitors by kind permission of Lord and Lady Egremont.

Other National Trust gardens nearby (distance from The Angel) Hinton Ampner Gardens (18 miles), Nymans Garden (26 miles).

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