Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire is one of the most opulent houses in the National Trust's care — a French Renaissance château built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the 1870s and filled with one of the finest collections of French decorative arts outside France. The exterior, with its towers and turrets rising above manicured grounds and parterre gardens, is theatrical in the best possible sense. Inside, every room is a display of connoisseurship on a breathtaking scale: Sèvres porcelain, Beauvais tapestries, portraits by Gainsborough and Reynolds.
- French Renaissance château exterior
- World-class Rothschild art collection
- Formal parterre gardens and aviary
Best for lovers of decorative arts and grand European house collections.