Stourhead National Trust

A Palladian mansion and a world-famous landscape garden:

Uncover the fascinating history of the Hoare family at Stourhead house, a majestic Palladian mansion, home to a unique Regency library and fabulous collections of paintings and Chippendale furniture, set amid delightful lawns and parkland.

Stourhead is at the heart of a 1,072-hectare (2,650-acre) estate where chalk downs, ancient woods and farmland are managed for nature conservation.

For full admission prices and opening times, please visit our website.

*Our Facebook ‘House Rules’*
We want our Facebook page to be a place where people can share how they feel about Stourhead and talk about their experiences in a fun environment. We welcome feedback – both positive and negative. It helps us to learn and grow. These house rules aim to ensure everyone can enjoy themselves while they’re here:

We ask all users to keep their contributions suitable for all ages. We ask you to be nice and polite to one another – you almost always are! - and respect each other’s views and comments. Before you upload anything to our Facebook page – photos, videos, audio clips etc. - please make sure you own the rights to it.

*Moderation policy*
In general, we don’t moderate posts – except on the rare occasion that someone has used offensive language or made libellous allegations about named individuals on our page. We have a duty to protect our staff and volunteers, so while deleting comments is totally out of character for us, our legal position is that any post containing a libellous accusations, should be removed. If an individual continues to post offensive, threatening or libellous content then we’ll be forced to block that person from the page.

We won’t tolerate postings, content, or links that are racist, sexist or homophobic. We also don’t permit linking to or posting any content which endorses illegal activity, or any activities against the values of the National Trust.

If you’re concerned that a posting or user content has broken any of our house rules or you’re worried about any comment or content then please send us an email to stourhead@nationaltrust.org.uk and let us know.

Finally, please note that the views on our Facebook page are created by our community and don’t necessarily represent the views or opinions of Stourhead or National Trust.