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Stowe House

England

Style
Neoclassical architecture
Architect
James Gibbs, John Vanbrugh, William Kent
Heritage status
Grade I listed building
Location
Stowe
Coordinates
52.0312°, -1.01804°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Stowe House in England
Photo: Martinvl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the home of the private Stowe School and is owned by the Stowe House Preservation Trust. Over the years, it has been restored and maintained as one of the finest country houses in the UK. Stowe House is regularly open to the public.

The gardens (known as Stowe Gardens, formerly Stowe Landscape Gardens) are a significant example of the English landscape garden and, along with the parkland, passed into the ownership of the National Trust in 1989. Members of the National Trust have free access to the gardens, but there is a charge for all visitors to the house, which goes toward the costs of restoration. The gardens and most of the parkland are listed Grade I separately from the house. The park and gardens saw 213,721 visitors during 2020/21.

Text adapted from “Stowe House” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Stowe House ranks #1,782 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #135 of the 397 mapped in England. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,125 times in the last 60 days, more than 92% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Milton Keynes, 17 km away. See how England compares in the castle statistics.

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