South Somerset is blessed with a wide range of gardens from the quirky to the classic, small cottage gardens to large park lands, all waiting to be explored and inspire. Historic houses are around every corner as you travel through the area, many with important stories to tell.
Visit South Somerset - Gardens & Historic Houses
Barrington Court (National Trust)
Gardens & Historic Houses
Barrington, Nr Ilminster, TA19 0NQ
Barrington Court offers an atmospheric fragment of old Somerset: an empty Tudor manor house, beautifully restored in the 1920s, with farm buildings, abundant flowers and orchards.
CB Plants, Lower Severalls Nursery
Gardens & Historic Houses
Lower Severalls Nursery, Crewkerne, TA18 7NX
Small independent nursery in a delightful rural setting, selling unusual hardy perennials and herbs, cottage garden favourites and wildflowers. RHS event partner, group visits and workshops.
East Lambrook Manor Gardens
Gardens & Historic Houses
Silver Street, South Petherton, TA13 5HH
01460 240328
http://www.eastlambrook.com
The iconic and quintessentially English cottage garden created by the celebrated 20th-century plantswoman and gardening writer Margery Fish.
Forde Abbey House and Gardens
Gardens & Historic Houses
Forde Abbey House and Gardens, Chard, TA20 4LU
01460 221290
https://www.fordeabbey.co.uk/
Historic beautiful, award-winning gardens and a dog friendly day out. A South West treasure on your doorstep.
Hestercombe Gardens
Gardens & Historic Houses
Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, TA2 8LG
01823 413923
https://www.hestercombe.com/
Explore 50 acres of beautiful gardens, steeped in history and brimming with wildlife walks and a restored watermill.
Lytes Cary Manor (National Trust)
Gardens & Historic Houses
Lytes Cary Manor, Nr Somerton, TA11 7HU
This intimate medieval house, once home of a Tudor herbalist, was lovingly restored in the early 20th century, when its magical garden was created.
Montacute House (National Trust)
Gardens & Historic Houses
Montacute House, Montacute, TA15 6XP
A masterpiece of Elizabethan Renaissance architecture and design, with towering walls of glass, glowing ham stone and surrounding garden.
Muchelney Abbey (English Heritage)
Gardens & Historic Houses
Muchelney Abbey, Langport, TA10 0DQ
Muchelney Abbey was once a landmark in the Somerset Levels and still has much to offer its visitors – history lovers in particular will enjoy this fascinating site but there is also plenty for families to do.
Priest's House, Muchelney (National Trust)
Gardens & Historic Houses
Priest's House, Langport, TA10 0DQ
This medieval hall-house was built in 1308 for the parish priest of the church opposite, and has been little altered since the early 17th century.
Sherborne Castle & Gardens
Gardens & Historic Houses
Sherborne Castle and Gardens, Sherborne, DT9 5NR
01935 813182
https://www.sherbornecastle.com/
A fascinating castle covering 400 years of history set in beautiful landscape gardens.
Stoke sub Hamdon Priory
Gardens & Historic Houses
Stoke sub Hamdon Priory (National Trust), Stoke sub Hamdon, TA14 6QP
14th/15th-century farm buildings, formerly a priest's residence. The priests who lived here served the Chapel of St Nicholas (now destroyed).
