Petworth House & Park

In our continuing exploration of the UK's history and culture we visited another National Trust property recently.

Petworth House is a very interesting and complete manor house with a very important role in the UK's history. The visit was enhanced by a delightfully entertaining and informative talk by one of the guides in the chapel.

Magnificent country house and park with an internationally important art collection. The vast late 17th-century mansion is set in a beautiful park, landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown and immortalised in Turner’s paintings. The house contains the Trust’s finest and largest collection of pictures, with numerous works by Turner, Van Dyck, Reynolds and Blake, as well as ancient and neo-classical sculpture, fine furniture and carvings by Grinling Gibbons. The Servants’ Quarters contain interesting kitchens (including a splendid copper batterie de cuisine of over 1000 pieces) and other service rooms.