Country houses
Mapledurham House: a chauffeured day
Mapledurham House, Oxfordshire. Tours include priest holes, the Jacobean Hall and a Strawberry Hill Gothic chapel. The watermill featured in 'The Eagle Has Landed' and on Black Sabbath's debut album cover. Reputed oldest pair of magnolia trees in England. Opening: pre-booked tours of house, grounds and watermill on about twelve dates, April to early October.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about an hour and 12 minutes via the A4, M4 and A33; from Heathrow about 48 minutes; from Oxford about 53 minutes. For lunch or an overnight stay, Danesfield House Hotel and Spa is about 42 minutes away, and Greys Court is about 27 minutes further on if you want a second house in the day. The chauffeur waits on the estate or nearby while you walk the house and gardens.
- Mayfair, London to Mapledurham House1 hr 12 min, 48.6 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Mapledurham House48 min, 35.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Mapledurham House53 min, 24.2 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Owned by the Blount family's descendants from 1490; now owned by Thomas Eyston.
Source: mapledurham.co.ukPresent house begun around 1588 and completed in 1612.
Source: mapledurham.co.ukTours include priest holes, the Jacobean Hall and a Strawberry Hill Gothic chapel.
Source: mapledurham.co.ukThe watermill featured in 'The Eagle Has Landed' and on Black Sabbath's debut album cover.
Source: mapledurham.co.ukReputed oldest pair of magnolia trees in England.
Source: mapledurham.co.ukOpening: Pre-booked tours of house, grounds and watermill on about twelve dates, April to early October.
Source: mapledurham.co.ukMapledurham House is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.ukMapledurham House lies in Oxfordshire.
Source: wikidata.org
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Journeys to and from Mapledurham House
- London 1 hr 12 min
- Heathrow 48 min
- Oxford 53 min
- Reading 18 min
- Woodley 26 min
- Wallingford 27 min
- Henley-on-Thames 30 min
- Wokingham 35 min
- Bracknell 36 min
- Didcot 39 min
- Maidenhead 40 min
- Watlington 42 min
- Ascot 42 min
- Slough 43 min
- Windsor 43 min
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Questions
Is Mapledurham House open to visitors?
Opening: pre-booked tours of house, grounds and watermill on about twelve dates, April to early October.
Can you combine Mapledurham House with another house?
Greys Court is about 27 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Reading, about 18 minutes by road.
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