Snowshill Manor and Garden NT

Snowshill Manor and Garden NT Snowshill is the unconventional home of the eccentric Charles Wade, who delighted in creating a stage for his collection. It helps us to learn and grow.
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It's the last week of Summer of Play at Snowshill Manor and Gardens and what a summer it's been... but it's not over yet...
24/08/2026

It's the last week of Summer of Play at Snowshill Manor and Gardens and what a summer it's been... but it's not over yet 🎉

There's still time for a Snowshill Hoopla rematch before summer of play 2026 finishes this Sunday (30 August)

📷 Sarah Davis

Our summer sale is officially live☀️We have a large selection of discounted items, so pop into the shop while stocks las...
18/08/2026

Our summer sale is officially live☀️

We have a large selection of discounted items, so pop into the shop while stocks last.

When Charles Wade first saw the gardens at Snowshill Manor, they were an overgrown, muddy farmyard. Rather than being pu...
14/08/2026

When Charles Wade first saw the gardens at Snowshill Manor, they were an overgrown, muddy farmyard. Rather than being put off, Charles saw this as a ‘happy chance to create a garden of interest’.

He employed the assistance of Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, a distinguished Arts and Crafts architect. The Arts and Crafts Movement was a reaction to industrialisation and aimed to restore simplicity to design. The movement viewed the garden as an extension of the house, with garden rooms, topiary and overflowing boarders.

At Snowshill, this was created through different levels of terraces, which Charles labelled as ‘Courts’ to emphasise their importance as rooms of the house. In summer this was especially true, as Charles would sleep in the loft of the cow byre, and bathe in one of the sunken pools in the morning.

📷 Lucy Carter

We are taking a dive into Charles Wade's incredible collection of over 22,000 objects and highlighting which items are t...
12/08/2026

We are taking a dive into Charles Wade's incredible collection of over 22,000 objects and highlighting which items are the House and Collections teams favourites.

This week, we're looking at the thirty-hour German striking and cuckoo 'Black Forest' clock, c.1820.

Located in Anne's Room in the manor house, this clock has a bell and cuckoo to ring in the time of day, although we would not advise you set your watched by it. It's Jen's, Collections and House Manager, favourite item because the cuckoo has a temperamental streak — he only pops out when it suits him, and when he finally does, he looks very grumpy about it!

📷 Alethea

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The clock face itself is a white painted wooden break arch dial with floral painted spandrels and arch. Roman numerals and Arabic quarters are spread out over two brass hands.

Make sure you ask one of our brilliant volunteers about the collection when you next visit Snowshill.

Do you have some good quality fiction books and children's books that you could donate to the Snowshill Manor second-han...
10/08/2026

Do you have some good quality fiction books and children's books that you could donate to the Snowshill Manor second-hand bookshop.
Every book sold through our bookshop helps to look after Snowshill Manor and Garden. If you are able to offer a book donation please email [email protected]

Fancy taking part in a summer photoshoot at Snowshill Manor and Gardens? One of our photographers is heading to Snowshil...
10/08/2026

Fancy taking part in a summer photoshoot at Snowshill Manor and Gardens?

One of our photographers is heading to Snowshill on Tuesday 18 August, and we’re looking for people to take part in the photoshoot.

We’re always aiming for our images to be inclusive and representative of everyone in our local community, so everyone is welcome and no modelling experience is required. We want our images to show real people having fun and making memories.

To say thank you for your time, your visit will be free of charge and we invite you to spend the day enjoying Summer of Play at Snowshill.

If you’re interested, or have any questions, please comment below or email us at [email protected], with your availability by Saturday 15 August – thank you.

📷©National Trust Images/Paul Harris/John Millar/Chris Lacey

07/08/2026

Sound on for this one🔊

If you're visiting Snowshill this week, make sure you look up and admire the swifts that have been flying around the manor house this summer.

We have loved watching them swoop and dive around the manor in the sunshine. August is one of the last months you'll enjoy their noisy calls before they start migrating back to Africa for the winter months.

03/08/2026

Don't forget to join us on Tuesday and Wednesday 11am - 1pm this week for a felt puppet decorating workshop run by our incredible volunteers.

All materials will be supplied and workshop is included in normal admission.

Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 August, 11am till 1pm
Located under the gazebos in Pipers Orchard

30/07/2026

See 'ewe' soon for Summer of Play at Snowshill 🐑

“All through the hot Summer days ‘Midst the blossomed bowers Bees are droning on their ways Through the sunny hours” - C...
28/07/2026

“All through the hot Summer days
‘Midst the blossomed bowers
Bees are droning on their ways
Through the sunny hours”
- Charles Paget Wade, 1953

Have you seen the pieces of poetry written by Charles Wade dotted around the gardens?

We invite all our visitors to take a moment and soak up the peace of the surrounding landscape of Snowshill that inspired Charles Wade's creativity.

📷 Sarah Davis

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