Port Eliot
Port Eliot is a stunning Grade-I listed stately home and priory remodelled by Sir John Soane in the 18th century.
Port Eliot is a stunning Grade-I listed stately home and priory remodelled by Sir John Soane in the 18th century.
With its extensive history and relaxed elegance,feel welcomed to this secret corner of England, the ancestral seat of the 11th Earl of St Germans and home of the Eliot family.
This incredible Grade-I listed priory and house was remodelled by Sir John Soane in the 18th century, for renowned landscape gardener Humphry Repton to then create the gardens and park.
Once home to Augustinian monks and having survived confiscation by Charles I, Port Eliot is a unique treasure trove with the rare distinction of being a Grade-1 listed house with Grade-1 listed gardens.
The House at Port Eliot has been lived in for over 1000 years and believed to be the oldest continually inhabited dwelling in the UK and full of the accumulated treasures of such a long history. As such it is a curious, individual and virtually unique location full of wonder and elegant obscurities.
The many varied rooms includes works by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Van Dyck as well as a vast mural by South West England’s most celebrated 20th century artist, Robert Lenkiewicz.
Port Eliot is incredibly proud of its 60 acre Repton landscaped gardens. These encompass a vast rhododendron garden, maze, bowling green, orangery, arboretum and magnificent view of the estuary – not to mention the majestic St Germans viaduct stretching over it.
The site on which Port Eliot sits is to the north of a steep hill which protects it from the prevailing south-westerly winds. On the highest point of this hill there is an Iron Age ring fort, from which its early inhabitants could see down the estuary towards the sea. It was from this direction that the greatest danger came by way of marauding seafarers.
Between the Port Eliot gardens and the village sits St Germans Priory Church. which is said to be the finest, oldest, historic church in Cornwall. Once a cathedral and part of the Pilgrim’s Way, it is an architecturally fascinating building with a well preserved Norman doorway and Burne Jones’ windows as part of its fine features.
Wed 8th August
Depart Chickerell 07:30 - Portland 08:00 - Weymouth 08:30 - Dorchester 09:00 - Bridport 09:30
Stop Exeter Services for Coffee
Coach will arrive at Port Eliot House & Gardens 12:30
There will be a guided tour of The House, Basement and Art Collection. You will have time to explore the Gardens and visit the restaurant, or you may prefer to bring a picnic
Coach departs Port Eliot 16:30
Arrive back Bridport 18:30 - Dorchester 19:00 - Weymouth 19:25 - Portland 19:50 - Chickerell 20:15
Inclusive coach & Entry Fare
£53 Adult, £51 Senior, £42 Child
*Entry fare also includes a guided tour of the House
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
| Name | Address |
|---|---|
| Bridport Bus Station | Bridport Bus Station, West Street |
| Bridport Toll House | Bridport, Bus stop, Former Toll House Pub |
| Britannia Inn | Britannia Inn, Fortuneswell, Portland |
| Charlestown | The Alexandra Inn, Chickerell Road, Charlestown |
| Chickerell |
Bluebird Garage, Chickerell Road |
| Dorchester South Station | Dorchester South Station bus stop |
| Dorchester TOT | Top O'Town Car Park (by cafe), Dorchester |
| Easton | Easton Square, Portland |
| Foords Corner | Foords Corner bus stop, Wyke Regis |
| Jestys Avenue | Bus stop end of Jestys Avenue on Littlemoor Road |
| Littlemead | Broadwey, Littlemead bus stop (Swan Inn) |
| Lodmoor Hill | Lodmoor Hill Bus Stop (near Post Office) |
| Lyndale bus stop | Wyke Regis, Lyndale Bus Stop |
| Nottington | Broadwey, Nottington Corner bus stop |
| Poundbury QMSW | Poundbury Queen Mother Square bus stop opposite estate agents (Coach heading out of Dorchester) |
| Radipole | Spa Hotel bus stop, Radipole |
| Redlands | Redlands, Opposite Garage |
| Sgt Bunn | St Bunn Bakery, Lanehouse Rocks Road |
| St Edmunds Church | St Edmunds Church, Lanehouse Rocks Road |
| St Johns Church | Weymouth, St Johns Church, outside Dentist |
| St Nicholas Church | Southlands Road bus stop on Buxton Road, Weymouth (former St Nicholas Church) |
| Victoria Square | Victoria Square bus stop, Portland |
| Westwey Road | Westwey Rd, Magistrates Court, Weymouth |
| Weymouth Bluebird | Weymouth, Outside Bluebird Office, K1 bus stop |
| Wyke Smuggler | Smugglers Inn, Wyke Regis |
