Sezincote

Type:Historic House / Palace

Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 9AW

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Sezincote is a unique and extraordinary Indian house set amidst the Cotswold Hills.  The architecture is in the Mughal style of Rajasthan, with a central dome, minarets, peacock-tail windows, jali-work railings and pavilions.  A curving Orangery frames the Persian Garden of Paradise with its fountain and canals.  The house is set within a romantic garden - a fine example of the Picturesque style - with its Temple to Surya, the Indian Sun God, its spring and stream linking seven lovely pools, the Indian Bridge, and its grottoes .  Sezincote was built in 1810 by Charles Cockerell, who had worked out in India, assisted by his brother, the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell, and Thomas Daniell, the great painter of Indian architectural...Read More

About

Sezincote is a unique and extraordinary Indian house set amidst the Cotswold Hills.  The architecture is in the Mughal style of Rajasthan, with a central dome, minarets, peacock-tail windows, jali-work railings and pavilions.  A curving Orangery frames the Persian Garden of Paradise with its fountain and canals.  The house is set within a romantic garden - a fine example of the Picturesque style - with its Temple to Surya, the Indian Sun God, its spring and stream linking seven lovely pools, the Indian Bridge, and its grottoes .  Sezincote was built in 1810 by Charles Cockerell, who had worked out in India, assisted by his brother, the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell, and Thomas Daniell, the great painter of Indian architectural scenery.  The garden was designed by Thomas Daniell to resemble the romantic landscapes which surrounded the ruined temples and palaces in his pictures of India. Later, in the 1950s, the garden was developed by the famous plantsman Graham Stuart Thomas, who added the distinctive serpentine-edged borders beside pools and stream, planted with a patchwork of his favourite perennials: hostas, astilbes, rodgersia, peltiphyllum peltatum. More recent additions are the wildflower meadow with an avenue of Persian quinces and inscriptions of Sufi poetry on the Persian garden steps.

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Guide Prices

Sezincote Garden Adults £7.50 Children (16 & under) £2.50
Garden only visitors do not need to pre-book and should pay on arrival at the ticket office.
Sezincote House (house tour & garden entry) Adults £12.50 Children (16 & under) £7.50
All house tour tickets must be pre-booked and pre-paid through the website
First house tour at 11.30am and then every half an hour until the last tour at 4.30pm.

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Facilities

Catering

  • Café
  • On-Site cafe/restaurant/catering

Establishment Features

  • Available for wedding receptions
  • Event venue
  • Licenced for Weddings & Civil Partnerships
  • Wedding Venue

Tours and Demonstrations

  • Guided Tours Compulsory for Groups
  • Guided Tours Compulsory for Individuals

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Opening Times

* Sezincote Garden: January-November (closed December)
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Bank Holiday Mondays

Sezincote House, Garden and Orangery Tearoom: May-September
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Bank Holiday Mondays

Summer Opening Hours:
April– October 11am-5pm, last entry 4.30pm, gates close 5.15pm
Winter Opening Hours
November to March (closed Dec) 11am-4pm, last entry 3.30pm, gates close 4.15pm

Awards

  • Other Awards Historic Houses Association Friends Scheme 2017

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