Place to visit

Rates

House & Garden: Adults £6, Seniors £4.50, Children £2 Garden only: Adults £3 Children free

Opening times

House open strictly by appointment only Garden open 11am-5pm (dusk in winter)

Telephone

01480 463134

Description

Built about 1130 The Manor is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in the country. Here the author Lucy Boston based her Green Knowe books and readers feel they are walking into the books. In the winter Lucy Boston sewed exquisite patchworks. They form the only collection of this callibre worldwide, which can be seen in the house where they were made. The 3 1/2 acre garden, bordered by the river Great Ouse, contains topiary, old roses and mixed scented herbaceous borders of year-round interest.