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The remains of Christchurch Castle include parts of the mound-top keep, and more unusually the 12th-century riverside chamber block or 'Constable's House'. This very early example of domestic architecture includes a rare Norman chimney....
A charming Georgian building, built as a workhouse in 1764, now filled with a rich variety of displays and objects which reflect the social and natural history of the area, its geology and archaeology.
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Athelhampton House and its estate and gardens have been in private ownership for over five hundred years. We thank you for your interest which will help to ensure that Athelhampton will continue to flourish. We offer a range of facilities for all our...
Mapperton Gardens is a romantic valley garden deep into a lost Dorset combe among tumbling hills and unspoilt countryside. The gardens descend from the great lawn, through the formal topiary down to the woodland garden. The manor house with its churc...
This stunning Queen Anne house was commissioned by the Chafin family and designed by Thomas Archer in 1710 to replace their Elizabethan manor house. It is reputed that the house took 25 years to build, with all the materials coming from the neighbour...
You can tour around the displays and equipment that shows the importance of cider as a drink over the years.
Watch the ten minute video display that shows cider actually being made on the 18th and 19th century equipment!
Find the hidden Smiley ...
Minterne House has been the home of the Churchill's and Digby's family for the last 350 years and now the seat of the 12th Lord Digby. It was rebuilt in 1905 by Leonard Stokes after the previous house was destroyed by dry rot. Minterne nestles in 1,3...
Fine medieval and Elizabethan manor house lying in water-meadows - much embellished in 1580 with splendid plasterwork and panelling. The medieval gatehouse has two unmatched and older towers. There is also a Chapel and Cyder House....
Upton Country Park has over 100 acres of garden, open parkland, woodland and shoreline together with its centerpiece Upton House and on-site educational facilities, and has the opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to relax and learn....
The Blue Pool at Furzebrook constantly varies in colour. Very fine clay in suspension in the water diffacting light in different ways producing a spectrum of colour sometimes green sometimes turquoise.
Set in a deep clay bowl steps lead down to t...
The Priest's House Museum is set in an historic town house where a series of period rooms takes the visitor back through the centuries. From the 17th Century Hall to the Georgian Parlour and working Victorian Kitchen, our rooms show what life and wor...
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