A magnificent house in a beautiful location on the northwest Devon coast, a mile from Hartland Quay, is a trip back in time. The award-winning home has been in the same family for centuries and welcomes tourists with its interesting interiors and décor, lovely forest walks, walled gardens, and parks. An exhibition of all the productions filmed here from 1934 to the current day, including ‘Sense and Sensibility and ‘The Night Manager,’ is a famous film location. In this beautiful part of North Devon, on the Hartland Peninsula, you may even stay in one of our charming vacation homes. Delicious home cuisine and drinks are available at our café.
Discover the warmth and kindness that can only be experienced in a beloved family home. The lovely countryside is home to peacocks, donkeys, and black sheep, and there are lots of open areas for kids to explore; the Quiz and Nature Trails are excellent ways to keep the kids occupied!
Hartland Abbey, founded in the 12th century, has lasted as a monastery longer than any other in the nation. The abbey was given to the Keeper of Henry VIII’s Wine Cellar in 1539, and the home is still in the family. The interiors are decorated in the styles of the Medieval, Queen Anne, Georgian, Regency, and Victorian eras. The three major Reception Rooms, the Alhambra Corridor by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and Meadows’ Gothic Library with its Batty Langley fireplace are all worth seeing. Visitors are captivated by important paintings by painters such as Reynolds and Gainsborough, furniture, china, early photos, the Museum, the Dairy, the ‘William Stukeley – Saviour of Stonehenge’ Exhibition, records dating back to 1160, and rotating exhibits of family memorabilia. Hartland Abbey is North Devon’s most historically significant family house, with a wealth of national significance.
Walkthrough forest gardens with camellias, azaleas, and hydrangeas, as well as the Gertrude Jekyll-designed Bog Garden, Fernery, and 18th-century Walled Gardens. Visitors may now enjoy these beautiful gardens as they were a century ago, with massed tulips, spring bulbs, mixed borders, roses, delicate and rare plants, organically produced vegetables, and fruit flourishing inside the protection of the mellow stone walls and reconstructed glasshouses. Or just relax in the sun…
