Chavenage House
Chavenage House from Portishead
Out of Portishead for the day, to Chavenage House. The drive is 51 minutes (39.0 miles) via the M5, M4 and A433. Chavenage House lies north-east of Portishead, in Gloucestershire. Between Portishead and the house you go through or past Patchway, Almondsbury and Bradley Stoke. Chavenage House is Grade I listed. One Portishead landmark is Church of St Peter, listed Grade I. Historic England lists Court House Farmhouse, 0.4 miles from Portishead's centre, at Grade II*. Portishead is a Somerset town.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Portishead. Opening: visits by reservation only, subject to availability; tours limited by filming commitments; pre-booked group tours any day of year. The car brings you to the entrance of Chavenage House and stays close for the return. Rodmarton Manor is 18 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. Going home, allow 52 minutes to Portishead. Oxford, where Ravensley starts each job, is 1 hour 36 minutes from Portishead.
- Portishead to Chavenage House51 min, 39 miles, in clear traffic
- Chavenage House to Portishead52 min, 39.1 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Chavenage House is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.ukChurch of St Peter, in central Portishead, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukCourt House Farmhouse, 0.4 miles out from central Portishead, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukPortishead is in Somerset.
Source: wikidata.orgVisits by reservation only, subject to availability; tours limited by filming commitments; pre-booked group tours any day of year
Source: chavenage.comHouse visits by reservation only, subject to availability and filming commitments
Source: chavenage.comElizabethan manor dating from before 1576, described as virtually unchanged for 400 years
Source: chavenage.comStood in for Trenwith, the Poldark family home, in the BBC drama
Source: chavenage.com
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Questions
How many miles is Chavenage House from Portishead?
39.0 miles via the M5, M4 and A433, 51 minutes in clear traffic; 52 minutes back.
Which way does the car go from Portishead?
Via the M5, M4 and A433, passing Patchway, Almondsbury and Bradley Stoke; 39.0 miles in all.
Is the train an alternative?
The house's own nearest station is Stroud, 22 minutes away by road; a car goes door to door.
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