Snowdrops - they’re only tiny, but here at Mapperton we love them because they are one of the first signs of spring! We want to share them on our two popular Snowdrop Sundays on 5 and 12 February 2017. The…
Mapperton House is recruiting more volunteer guides. Due to a significant increase in visitor numbers this year, extra members of the team are needed to show people round our beautiful Jacobean manor house, family home of the Earl of Sandwich.…
Please do come to tea at Mapperton on Friday 24 June – and help us celebrate National Cream Tea Day! On that day a garden entry ticket will be £10, which will include a delicious cream tea – using Mapperton…
The clock is being turned back a couple of centuries at Mapperton, near Beaminster, on 19 June. All Saints' Church, which is attached to Mapperton House, is hosting an afternoon concert of 'West Gallery' music by Beaminster Gallery Quire, who…
Mapperton House, now the family seat of the 11th Earl of Sandwich, opens its doors to visitors on Easter Sunday. And chocolate lovers have reason to thank the 1st Earl of Sandwich for introducing the 17th century’s fashionable treat that could have led…
Following last year’s record number of visitors to Mapperton House and its gardens, the Jacobean mansion - which featured in the 2015 film of Far from the Madding Crowd - will be open for guided tours in the afternoons, five days a week, from Easter Sunday until the end of…
Far From the Madding Crowd, the film adaptation of the novel by Thomas Hardy, is released today in cinemas across the UK. While Carey Mulligan plays the role of Bathsheba, the true star is of course Mapperton, which was turned into…
[av_image src='http://mapperton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_1487-1030x773.jpg' attachment='4717' attachment_size='large' align='center' animation='no-animation' link='' target='' styling='' caption='' font_size='' appearance=''][/av_image] Mapperton's elegant front courtyard was turned into a mud-caked 19th century farmyard for the filming of Far From the Madding Crowd, which is released in cinemas on 1 May.…