Aynhoe Park - Aynho

There is wheelchair access, as all main public rooms are on the ground floor with the exception of the Dining Room duration of visit: 2 hours.
PLEASE NOTE - PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE HOUSE

The house represents four periods, Jacobean, Carolean, the early 18th century and the early 19th century and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was the home of the Cartwright family from 1615 until 1954 when the Country Houses Association acquired it.
During the Civil War, Charles I stayed at Aynhoe Park before the Battle of Edgehill and the defeated Royalists set the house on fire after the Battle of Naseby in 1645.
Aynhoe Park was restored and enlarged by Thomas Archer and embellished by Sir John Soane who designed the pillared hall and two contrasting staircases, also an enfilade from the Orangery through four spacious rooms to reveal the rose garden and wooded lawns from the library windows. Soane also added wings to form a courtyard and his Drawing Room is particularly admired.
Capability Brown's landscaped grounds are much altered, but wonderful views still remain.