Country houses
Rodmarton Manor: a chauffeured day
Rodmarton Manor, Gloucestershire. Bristol Airport is the nearest of the main airports by road, about 65 minutes' drive (41.2 miles). Arts and Crafts house built 1909-1929 for Claud and Margaret Biddulph, with Ernest Barnsley and Cotswold craftsmen. Still lived in by John and Sarah Biddulph, fourth and fifth generations of the family. Opening: early May to end of September, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons plus bank holiday Mondays.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about an hour and 51 minutes via the A4, M4 and A419; from Heathrow about an hour and 27 minutes; from Oxford about an hour and 15 minutes. For lunch or an overnight stay, Kings Head is about 12 minutes away, and Chavenage House is about 18 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 Rodmarton Manor1 hr 51 min, 100.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Rodmarton Manor1 hr 27 min, 87.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Rodmarton Manor1 hr 15 min, 51.1 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Arts and Crafts house built 1909-1929 for Claud and Margaret Biddulph, with Ernest Barnsley and Cotswold craftsmen
Source: rodmarton-manor.co.ukStill lived in by John and Sarah Biddulph, fourth and fifth generations of the family
Source: rodmarton-manor.co.ukEight-acre Cotswold garden laid out as a series of outdoor rooms
Source: rodmarton-manor.co.ukLonger hours in June and July, when the tearoom serves light lunches; private group tours bookable
Source: rodmarton-manor.co.ukOpening: Early May to end of September, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons plus bank holiday Mondays.
Source: rodmarton-manor.co.ukRodmarton Manor dates to 1926.
Source: wikidata.orgRodmarton Manor is built in the Arts and Crafts movement style.
Source: wikidata.orgRodmarton Manor is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.uk
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Journeys to and from Rodmarton Manor
- London 1 hr 51 min
- Heathrow 1 hr 27 min
- Oxford 1 hr 15 min
- Tetbury 10 min
- Cirencester 13 min
- Malmesbury 20 min
- Nailsworth 20 min
- Minchinhampton 21 min
- Stroud 24 min
- Cricklade 25 min
- Cainscross 27 min
- Northleach 28 min
- Dursley 29 min
- Fairford 30 min
- Wotton-under-Edge 30 min
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Questions
Is Rodmarton Manor open to visitors?
Opening: early May to end of September, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons plus bank holiday Mondays.
Can you combine Rodmarton Manor with another house?
Chavenage House is about 18 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Kemble, about 13 minutes by road.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
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- 24 hrs
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- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.