Petworth House
Petworth House is one of England’s grandest Baroque mansions, famed for its extraordinary art collection and its sweeping deer park designed by Capability Brown. Built in the late 17th century for the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland, it later became the home of the Wyndham family, whose patronage shaped the house into a treasure‑filled aristocratic palace. Inside, the State Rooms are the highlight. The Carved Room displays intricate Grinling Gibbons woodcarving—delicate foliage, birds and fruit so lifelike they seem to move in the light. The North Gallery holds one of the finest collections of Turner paintings anywhere, including atmospheric landscapes inspired by the surrounding park. You’ll also find works by Van Dyck, Reynolds and Gainsborough, making Petworth a major centre of British art. The Grand Staircase, Marble Hall and White Library reveal the house’s opulent interiors, while the Servants’ Quarters offer a contrasting look at the working life behind the scenes. Petworth’s vast kitchens, sculleries and pantries show how a household of this scale operated in the 19th century.
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Petworth House and Park is right in the middle of the pretty market town of Petworth in West Sussex, inside the South Downs National Park. The address is Petworth House and Park, London Road, Petworth GU28 9LR. You will also see it listed as Church Street, Petworth GU28 0AE as the house sits between the two. It is a huge late 17th century country house, Grade I listed, rebuilt in 1688 and famous for its incredible art collection with Turner, Reynolds and Gainsborough and carvings by Grinling Gibbons. Around it is a 700 acre deer park landscaped by Capability Brown with a big lake. There is a lot close by. In Petworth itself you have the Petworth Cottage Museum and St Mary's Church, plus lots of antique shops. A short drive brings you to Cowdray House ruins in Midhurst, Parham House and Gardens near Pulborough, and Uppark House and Garden, a grand National Trust house on the Downs. You are also near Arundel Castle, a restored medieval castle with gardens, Goodwood House and estate, Amberley Museum open air industrial museum, and Fishbourne Roman Palace, the largest Roman home in Britain. If you like palaces and castles, you can easily make a day of it with West Dean Gardens, Chichester Cathedral and the Weald and Downland Living Museum all nearby.
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