South West Places To Visit

CORNWALL – DEVON – DORSET – GLOUCESTERSHIRE – SOMERSET – WILTSHIRE

Head down to the West Country for warm early Springs and some of the most romantic historic places in the land.  People have been drawn to this region since the earliest times when they came from all over the continent to the great centre of Stonehenge. 

Don’t miss the world art collections at Wilton House, Corsham Court and Longleat.  There is high fashion in the interiors of South Western houses. In the 18^th century Strawberry Hill gothick was all the rage at houses like Powderham Castle, Hartland Abbey or Prideaux Place.  A century later the arts and crafts revival centred around William Morris at Kelmscott Manor. The warm climate of the South West makes it a mecca for gardeners, from the rhododendron woodlands of Bowood to the Italianate terraces of Minterne and the Peto Garden at Iford Manor.