GUIDED TOURS
Private openings for pre-booked parties on Wednesday or Thursday evenings, and supper can be included. Guidebooks available. School groups are welcome, and we provide a children's guide and teachers resource book.

ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Access to ground floor and most of garden and grounds,lakeside walk, restaurant and shop. Adapted WC by shop.
Wheelchairs are available. Some thick gravel.

OPEN: House: 3 March to 31 October: Wed to Sun & Bank Holiday Mondays (Closed Good Friday). March,April & Oct: 1.30-5 p.m. May to end Sept: 1.30-5.30 p.m.

ADMISSION: £5.00. Family Ticket £12.50 (2 adults & up to 3 children). Grounds restaurant and shop only £2.50. Free Parking
Please allow 2 hours to tour the house and grounds. We regret, sharp-heeled shoes, pushchairs and backpacks are not permitted in the house for conservation reasons

One of the most enchanting properties owned by the National Trust, Baddesley Clinton has seen little change since 1633 when Henry Ferrers 'the Antiquary' died.He was Squire at Baddesley for almost seventy years and remodelled the house over a long period of time, introducing much of the paneling and chimney pieces. Henry was proud of his ancestry and began the tradition at Baddesley of armorial glass, which has continued until the present day. Henry let the house in the 1590's when it became a refuge for Jesuit priests, and hiding places called "priest's holes", created for their concealment, survive from this era.

The decoration and furnishings of the house also bears the stamp of Marmion Edward Ferrers, and his wife Rebecca who continued to embellish the house with stained glass and heraldry. Pictures painted by Rebecca remain to show how the romantic character of Baddesley was enjoyed in the late nineteenth century when the family also re-created a sumptuously furnished Chapel.
Baddesley Clinton has a particularly beautiful garden which includes ponds, a walled garden, lakeside walk and nature trail.

LOCATION: 3/4 mile W of A4141 Warwick/Birmingham road at Chadwick End.

BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES:
Should be made in writing with S.A.E. please.
To: The Property Manager, Baddesley Clinton,
Rising Lane, Chadwick End, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0DQ.
Telephone (01564) 783294. Fax: (01564) 782706.

INFORMATION LINE (01684) 855364

The National Trust & National Trust Severn Region

Images by kind permission of The National Trust PHOTOGRAPHIC LIBRARY