Waddesdon Manor

Waddesdon Manor won the Museum of the Year and Best National Trust Property Awards in 1997 and the England for Excellence Silver Award in 1998. This French Renaissance-style château was built (1874-89) for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to display his vast collection of works of art. The Collection includes French Royal furniture, Savonnerie carpets and Sèvres porcelain as well as important portraits by Gainsborough and Reynolds and works by Dutch and Flemish masters of the 17th century. Waddesdon also has one of the finest Victorian gardens in Britain, famous for its landscape of specimen trees, parterre and striking displays of seasonal bulbs and bedding plants.

Address:

Waddesdon
near Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP18 0JH

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