Preston Manor

Preston Park
Brighton & Hove
East Sussex
BN1 6SD
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.prestonmanor.virtualmuseum.info

E-mail

museums@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Telephone

01273 292770

Fax

01273 292771

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
A white building surrounded by trees and a pond
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Delightful Manor House, powerfully evoking the atmosphere of an Edwardian gentry home both ‘Upstairs’ and ‘Downstairs’. Explore over twenty rooms on four floors, from the superbly renovated servants’ quarters in the basement to the attic bedrooms on the top floor. Adjacent to Preston Park, the house also comprises picturesque walled gardens and a pet cemetery.

Part of a Designated Collection of national importance is on display at this venue.

Venue Type:

Historic house or home, Garden, parklands or rural site

Opening hours

Open to the Public: April - September
Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00
Sun 14.00-17.00

Closed: Mondays (inc Bank Holidays),
Winter Closure October - March (except for Special Events and School/Group bookings)

Admission charges

Adults: £3.90
Children: (under 16) £2.25
Concessions: £3.20

General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Gardens open to public
  • Shop
Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
Disability access
  • Braille information and/or interpretation
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Touch exhibits
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
Research and adult learning
  • Library with public access
  • Study facilities
Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Preston Park
Brighton & Hove
East Sussex
BN1 6SD
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.prestonmanor.virtualmuseum.info

E-mail

museums@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Telephone

01273 292770

Fax

01273 292771

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Part of Brighton & Hove Museums' Designated Collection of Decorative Art, which you can also see at Hove Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and Brighton Pavilion, is on display here. Please contact Brighton Museums for more information if you wish to see a specific item.

The collections of decorative arts include the Regency furniture and silver-gilt displayed in the Royal Pavilion, the Macquoid furniture at Preston Manor, the Willett Collection of ceramics illustrating popular history, and outstanding holdings of British and European 20th century decorative design and craft.

Collection details

Social History, Personalities, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Archives

Key artists and exhibits

  • Designated Collection

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Preston Park
Brighton & Hove
East Sussex
BN1 6SD
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.prestonmanor.virtualmuseum.info

E-mail

museums@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Telephone

01273 292770

Fax

01273 292771

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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