Arlington Court is a Georgian manor house in Devon, built on the site of an old Tudor hunting lodge. It was the seat of the Chichester family from 1790 to 1949, when it passed to the National Trust upon the death of Rosalie Chichester (born 1865), Today, the house and its gardens are a popular Exmoor tourist attraction, and it is also home to the National Trust Carriage Museum.
The house contains an extensive art collection, including an original pen and ink drawing by William Blake. Two species of native bat roost in the cellars, and the building also has a tea room and second-hand bookshop.
The gardens feature over 20 miles of footpaths to explore. Exmoor’s famous red deer inhabit the surrounding woodland, and there is also a Victorian pleasure garden. The rhododendrons that previously grew there had to be removed due to an outbreak of phytopthora, and were replaced by native plants.
The house’s large stable block meant that it was chosen to house the National Trust Carriage Museum, with its collection of over 40 horse-drawn carriages from across the country, ranging from simple carts to luxurious state coaches, as well as other items such as hunting horns and whips.
Arlington Court is served by buses from Barnstaple (the nearest rail station) to Lynton. The postcode is EX31 4LP, and the what3words is ///gloves.flood.bloodshot