Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum

Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum

Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum
Halland
Lewes
East Sussex
BN8 5AF

Tel: 01825 840 573
Fax: 01825 841 322
E-Mail: barrysutherland@pavilion.co.uk

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About Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum

Having started in the house, the Askews began improving the garden. Luckily they inherited two lovely species of trees, Ginkgo Biloba and Swamp Cypress which stand in front of the house.
The garden was created as a series of 'rooms' with yew hedges as a reflection of the house. The layout is formal but the planting informal. Here the Askews were helped and advised by imaginative landscape gardener, Jim Russell. He suggested the use of rare trees and plants, especially old roses including the Bourbons, the Gallicas and the Damasks.
The Askews were also influenced by many gardens they visited, especially at Isfield Place, Sissinghurst and Charleston Manor.
The vehicles in the collection at Bentley are lent by many individual owners who wish them to be more widely seen and enjoyed. This means the collection is liable to change and there are often new, exciting or unusual cars to be seen. Most of the vehicles are in running order and used on the roads.
Bentley is a fine setting - sharing its name with one of the greatest and most famous of British cars.
The Motor Museum was the first large scale addition to Bentley after the estate was opened to the public. It was set up by Hugh Stuart-Roberts who owned many vintage cars and gained great pleasure from them until he r