A grand Palladian mansion, built circa 1730 by the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni and notable for its magnificent two-storeyed Marble Hall. The house is filled with superb collections of 18th century furniture, porcelain, textiles and carpets acquired in the 1920s by the connoisseur Mrs David Gubbay and also contains the Ivo Forde Meissen collection and a series of Mortlake tapestries. The attractive gardens contain a parterre, grotto, sunken Dutch garden and a Maori house.
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Address:
West Clandon
Guildford
Surrey
GU4 7RQ
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