NOW’S your chance to take a sneak peak behind doors that are usually closed to the public at Stourhead.
Stourhead House is currently closed for essential annual conservation works, but guided tours are taking place until March to allow people to go behind the scenes at areas not usually open to the public.
Visitors might discover how the basement areas are used today, or climb the stairs to the very top of the house to the eerily empty attic rooms where the Hoare family servants once slept.
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“For most of the year visitors to Stourhead can only explore one floor of the house,” said the senior collections and house manager, Emily MacCormack.
“The brilliant thing about these tours is that our knowledgeable and enthusiastic volunteers will take you behind locked doors and guide you from the top of the house to bottom.
“Their storytelling brings the unfurnished rooms and the lives of the servants who worked in the house to life.”
She added: “We’re often asked why we don’t open the whole house to visitors – and these tours definitely help you understand why— the servants attic bedrooms and basement kitchens are now used as conservation spaces and collections stores.
“By joining a Behind Closed Doors tour you get to see hidden treasures from the National Trust collection.”
Tours run until Thursday, March 6 weekdays only.
The tour times are 11am, 12.45pm and 2.15pm. Tours are included in the price of admission, but booking is essential.
Click here to book.
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