URPoint Details
Open March to December, Thursday to Saturday 2.30-5.30pm. Also open Bank Holiday Saturday, Sunday & Monday 2.30-5.30pm (ground floor only, no guided tours). Pre-booked parties Wednesday & Thursday.
Admission charge. Dogs allowed in gardens only, on leads; tearoom; Arts & Craft shop.
Disabled visitors may be set down at entrance. House: via 5 steps to ground floor; not easy for wheelchair users. Garden: sloping site; wheelchair users need strong companions to House and Pre-Raphaelite Collection. Guide dogs admitted. Admission to house by timed ticket. Owing to the fragile nature of contents and the requirements of conservation, some rooms cannot always be shown: tours therefore will vary during the year.
A picturesque timber-framed house built in 1887 for Samuel Theodore Mander, a partner in the local varnish and paint-making firm of Mander Brothers. His architect was Edward Ould.
In 1893 Ould added an east wing (to accommodate guests at Mander's cricket week), with help from the Pre-Raphaelite glass designer Charles Kempe, who produced some fine painted glass for the house as well as advising on its decoration.
Much of Wightwick's remarkable collection of Pre-Raphaelite
- Type:
- Landmark