We use cookies on this website to ensure the best user experience. He not only collected British works but imported Greek and Latin classics, and in 1790, he acquired the collection of Count The old "Painter's Passage", parallel to the South Drawing Room was renovated after the Second World War when glass cases were installed along its length to showcase the Spencer crockery, with a range of porcelain including The Garden Lobby of Althorp also contains a number of pieces of porcelain from reputable European manufacturers, but also several rare Oriental pieces.The Picture Gallery stretches for 115 feet (35 m) on the first floor of the west wing, 21 feet (6.4 m) wide and 19 feet (5.8 m) high.The gallery has an extensive collection of about 60 portraits, including Van Dyck's The chapel on the upper floor became a store room in the early 1980s for pieces being sold off.The Oak Bedroom is at the rear of the castle, on the western side between King William Bedroom and the Great Room. This was still the case during the Holland restoration, and as a result the room was ignored, so it retains many of the earlier mouldings not seen in many other parts of the house.The Marlborough Room, which contains the Great Parlour, is named after The Great Dining Room is situated in the east wing extension of the house and was added in 1877 under J. MacVicar Anderson during the time of the Red Earl. The room was inspired by the ballroom of The Spencers ate their regular meals in the Tapestry Dining Room, an inner room of the east side to the east of the Wooton Hall. The current owner, Charles Spencer,A hamlet named Althorp existed here in medieval times, believed to have been situated on the southwest side of the park, east of West Lodge. It is noted for its deep blue hand-painted frescoes and formal furniture, and was the favourite room of Charles and Diana's grandmother, The Sutherland Room lies at the rear east wing of the house and was once the bedroom of the Earl of Althorp in the first few centuries of the house when it was fashionable for the occupants to sleep on the ground floor and guests to sleep on the first floor. Beyond the public face seen by the tens of thousands who visit Althorp each year, the Althorp Estate extends much further - covering 13,000 acres of beautiful countryside. EXPLORE THE HISTORY & HERITAGE OF THE SPENCERS The Althorp Estate offers unique possibilities for filming and photography – either in the 90-room House, in the beautiful 550-acre Park, or on the wider 13,000-acre Estate. The house was originally a "classically beautiful" red brick Tudor building, and a Johannes Vorstermans painting dated to 1677 shows a smaller red house at Althorp and Holdenby House in the distance to the far right.
Althorp house is described as standing in a low situation, "approached by a handsome avenue, beautifully shaded with trees". Restaurants near Althorp House: (1.20 km) The Fox & Hounds - Harlestone (5.39 km) La Terraza Tapas Bar - Upton (3.07 km) Fox & Hounds at Althorp Coaching Inn (8.23 km) La Pazienza (5.69 km) The Sun Inn; View all restaurants near Althorp House on Tripadvisor The official website claims 13,000 acres,Various sources differ on how many volumes Althorp had at its peak, although most agree it was one of the most sizable private collections in Europe at the time. Approximately £10 million was spent on repairing the roof alone. The Spencer family stately home since 1508, Althorp brings over 500 years of history to life before your eyes. A TRADITION OF ENTERTAINMENT Althorp contains one of the finest private collections of art, furniture and ceramics in the world, including numerous paintings by Rubens, Reynolds, Lely, Gainsborough and Van Dyck. A great glass case at the end underneath a stylish black and white photograph contained a selected few hundred of the thousands of The estate and house are open to the public during the summer months (1 July to 30 August), although the exhibition centre in the stable block was closed in August 2013. It was first mentioned in the When John Spencer died in 1522, he passed the estate to his youngest son, Sir Following Henry's death, the estate passed to his eldest son The 3rd Earl became an active statesman, serving as Times became more difficult for the Spencers by the late 19th century, and many of their assets had to be sold off.
Everyone is welcome to bring and enjoy a picnic but there are no food outlets on site. All four buildings became Grade II listed buildings in November 1954.The estate of Althorp covers an area of at least 13,000 acres (50 kmRobert Spencer hired the French landscape architect Following the death of Diana on 31 August 1997 and the subsequent decision to create a memorial and open the house and estate to the public, the garden designer The estate stable block was converted into a public exhibition devoted to the memory of Diana, and open between 1998 and 2013, It was designed by Rasshied Ali Din, who had to seek approval from The first room was called "Spencer Women", placing Diana in context to the women of her family, with paintings and jewellery of The sixth room was the Exhibition, which was a celebration of her life, and contained large glass cases at the sides with dummies of Diana wearing her notable suits and dresses, with the occasions documented on cards on the floor in front of them. Althorp House was built in 1508, by the Spencer Family, for the Spencers, as it has remained for the last 500 years. It was referred to in the The name today is properly pronounced as "Awltrupp", which is not officially recognised on paper and by the media. Princess Diana had been intent on living in the castle following her separation from Prince Charles, but due to security concerns it was considered unfeasible.Both of the North and South West Lodges of Althorp date to around 1730 under Roger Morris and are both built from lias ashlar with slate roofs. The former falconry, now a Grade I listed building, was built in 1613. DISCOVER THE POTENTIAL AT ALTHORP