A grand entrance from the garden to the house
A grand entrance for a grand house

Tyntesfield

Bristol

A Victorian Gothic Revival country house in Somerset, built on Peruvian guano money and now run by the National Trust.

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Historic houseTime here: 3–5 h

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Clevedon Road, Wraxall, BS48 1PA

Quick facts

The architect John Norton remodelled the house from 1863 as a Gothic Revival mansion for the Gibbs family.

The Gibbs family fortune came from Antony Gibbs & Sons, which traded in Peruvian guano.

The estate's chapel, built 1872 to 1877, was modelled on the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.

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