Athelhampton House & Gardens, Dorchester
Dorset in Historic Houses UK

Athelhampton is one of England’s finest Tudor Manor Houses. The Great Hall, the heart of the House was built in 1485, when it would have served as the entire accommodation. The West Wing was added in the 16th Centuty as the house become domesticated, with further additions over the centuries.

With its linenfold paneling, ancient heraldic stained glass & minstrels gallery, The Great Hall is a fine example of Tudor architecture.

From the Great Hall you can wander through the various rooms that make Athelhampton House. In the West Wing, the Great Chamber  with fine furnishings and then upstairs to the Library with its billiard table and collection of books, as you pass The Kings room, an ancient room where taxes would have been collected has a fine example of a C17th Oak Tester Bed and Armada Chest.

In the East Wing, the Dining Room & Drawing Room on the ground floor, and then on the first floor The Marriage Chamber leading through to an Art Deco Bedroom from the 1920’s reflecting the changes in fortune and fashion that Athelhampton has enjoyed.