Dunham Massey - National Trust
Set within a wall of warm red brick Dunham Massey is home to over 400 years' worth of family history, a herd of fallow deer and a pleasure-seekers garden. 'Dunham's Lost Years' has seen the house transformed to tell a tale of love, status and scandal which changed Dunham's history forever. Outdoors, a homely garden awaits with colourful swathes of planting and a sweeping lawn at its centre – a great spot for a picnic. The stables and working mill are also close by, but for those who want to escape deeper into park, take one of the tree-lined avenues spotting deer along the way.
Venue Type:
Historic house or home, Garden, parklands or rural site
Additional info
Personal Mobility Vehicles (PMVs) provided as well as wheelchairs.
Garden tours run Monday - Friday.
Please contact the property for information on the schools programme.
More than 300 years of collecting and fashion are represented in this extensive collection. Dunham Massey houses arguably the best silver collection in the National Trust as well as fine English furniture, family portraits by Romney and Reynolds and an impressive eighteenth century gentleman's library. Also at Dunham Massey is a large collection of family and servant costume and an abundance of domestic textiles. The restored state bed dates from the late 1600s and is made of crimson silk velvet.
Collection details
Architecture, Social History, Costume and Textiles, Design, Fine Art, Science and Technology, Decorative and Applied Art, Personalities, Religion
Dunham Massey - National Trust
Dunham Massey
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 4SJ
England
Website
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dunham-massey
dunhammassey@nationaltrust.org.uk
Telephone
0161 941 1025
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