This 18th-century Georgian mansion boasts stunning architecture, beautifully landscaped gardens, and an impressive art collection. The house features intricate plasterwork, ornate chandeliers, and exquisite furnishings, showcasing the opulence of the era. The surrounding parkland offers scenic walks, a tranquil lake, and picturesque vistas, making it a perfect setting for a relaxing day out.
It's nice to see so much of the house is accessible to the public and in such a wonderful condition. It has a very homely feeling, almost as if you'll bump into the family as you wander around. The grounds are extensive, although much is inaccessible if you have mobility difficulties. There's also a super exhibition to enjoy on the first floor.
Great place to visit, the house was gifted to the National trust in 1944 by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet who was a Labour MP. He was one of the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Apparently he received about 1/3 of the valuation for the property at that time. The house is great to look around downstairs but upstairs not very interesting at all. The staff were great very friendly and informative. The grounds are the best part in my opinion with the huge grade 1 listed chapel a beautifully maintained building. The bear hut is also great with wood floor and woven ceilings I set with fit cones.
A wonderful place to visit and superbly laid out. Volunteers and maintenance staff do an amazing job keeping the place looking as good as it is and are extremely informative about the history of the house and grounds. Give yourself a whole day if you want to see and visit everything.
We spent the weekend in Devon with friends and looked for somewhere to visit that would entertain adults, children, and a dog. Killerton House was perfect! A range of different walks are available, depending on how far/long you want to walk, and it was easy to see where the dog can be off lead or needs to be on. Brought our own picnic and enjoyed it in front of the house where there are multiple picnic benches, and also a lovely large green area where the children could play. The house is very well looked after, and the children enjoyed spotting the mouse in each room. Upstairs, there were plenty of activities to keep them busy as well. The staff throughout are very friendly and welcoming. We finished our trip with an ice cream and coffee, and the kids had a play on the playground. We also found some lovely second-hand books in the bookshop. There is so much to do here! Definitely recommend.
Absolutely brilliant place to visit if you want a nice flat country dog walk, have children or just want a nice country stroll. Acres of land to walk both on the main site and across the road near where you turn into the drive. If you stay nearish to the house there is a hilly section leading up to Bluebell Gate but worth it for the views across the countryside if you're able. Very well thought out for everyone, lots of buggies running if you're not very mobile, lots of staff to help and lovely food. Looks like lots to do if you have little ones and well spaced out picnic tables which are big enough for any size family. Now onto the dog side of things, our little pooch struggles with the main restaurant sometimes, it's beautiful but he finds it hard work if it's busy so top tips - 1. You can sit at the picnic tables located just to the left of the main house as you approach it. You can then walk around the left side of the house to the Kitchen Cafe where they very happily prepared our food and drinks to takeaway back to the tables (just remember to take your cutlery etc back to the cafe when you've finished) 2. Completely ingenious - tether points on these outdoor tables for your dog lead! Yes you can now eat and drink hands free! Why doesn't everywhere have these? 3. There are a couple of areas that are out of bounds or your pooch must be on lead which is pretty standard for a lot of NT venues. That said there was so much open space with really good, wide, natural paths we didn't really need to venture near these other areas. So much nature to see all around you on these other paths you won't be disappointed and you might be lucky and spot the Highland Cattle roaming like we did. Of course a walk with our pooch wouldn't be the same without some mud and water thrown in! The whole site is beautifully kept and not at all soggy or muddy but as you can see from his legs he still somehow sniffed out some deep gooey, messy mud! Nobody else could, only him but it made his day!
Lovely place to go for natural trust. Plenty of parking and lots of walks to go to. Didn't have anything from cafe here but will do once we come again, 100% worth the visit.
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It's nice to see so much of the house is accessible to the public and in such a wonderful condition. It has a very homely feeling, almost as if you'll bump into the family as you wander around. The grounds are extensive, although much is inaccessible if you have mobility difficulties. There's also a super exhibition to enjoy on the first floor.
Great place to visit, the house was gifted to the National trust in 1944 by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet who was a Labour MP. He was one of the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Apparently he received about 1/3 of the valuation for the property at that time. The house is great to look around downstairs but upstairs not very interesting at all. The staff were great very friendly and informative. The grounds are the best part in my opinion with the huge grade 1 listed chapel a beautifully maintained building. The bear hut is also great with wood floor and woven ceilings I set with fit cones.
A wonderful place to visit and superbly laid out. Volunteers and maintenance staff do an amazing job keeping the place looking as good as it is and are extremely informative about the history of the house and grounds. Give yourself a whole day if you want to see and visit everything.
We spent the weekend in Devon with friends and looked for somewhere to visit that would entertain adults, children, and a dog. Killerton House was perfect! A range of different walks are available, depending on how far/long you want to walk, and it was easy to see where the dog can be off lead or needs to be on. Brought our own picnic and enjoyed it in front of the house where there are multiple picnic benches, and also a lovely large green area where the children could play. The house is very well looked after, and the children enjoyed spotting the mouse in each room. Upstairs, there were plenty of activities to keep them busy as well. The staff throughout are very friendly and welcoming. We finished our trip with an ice cream and coffee, and the kids had a play on the playground. We also found some lovely second-hand books in the bookshop. There is so much to do here! Definitely recommend.
Absolutely brilliant place to visit if you want a nice flat country dog walk, have children or just want a nice country stroll. Acres of land to walk both on the main site and across the road near where you turn into the drive. If you stay nearish to the house there is a hilly section leading up to Bluebell Gate but worth it for the views across the countryside if you're able. Very well thought out for everyone, lots of buggies running if you're not very mobile, lots of staff to help and lovely food. Looks like lots to do if you have little ones and well spaced out picnic tables which are big enough for any size family. Now onto the dog side of things, our little pooch struggles with the main restaurant sometimes, it's beautiful but he finds it hard work if it's busy so top tips - 1. You can sit at the picnic tables located just to the left of the main house as you approach it. You can then walk around the left side of the house to the Kitchen Cafe where they very happily prepared our food and drinks to takeaway back to the tables (just remember to take your cutlery etc back to the cafe when you've finished) 2. Completely ingenious - tether points on these outdoor tables for your dog lead! Yes you can now eat and drink hands free! Why doesn't everywhere have these? 3. There are a couple of areas that are out of bounds or your pooch must be on lead which is pretty standard for a lot of NT venues. That said there was so much open space with really good, wide, natural paths we didn't really need to venture near these other areas. So much nature to see all around you on these other paths you won't be disappointed and you might be lucky and spot the Highland Cattle roaming like we did. Of course a walk with our pooch wouldn't be the same without some mud and water thrown in! The whole site is beautifully kept and not at all soggy or muddy but as you can see from his legs he still somehow sniffed out some deep gooey, messy mud! Nobody else could, only him but it made his day!
Lovely place to go for natural trust. Plenty of parking and lots of walks to go to. Didn't have anything from cafe here but will do once we come again, 100% worth the visit.
