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Forde Abbey is a former 12th century Cistercian monastery converted into a palatial family home during the mid-17th century. The house has exquisitely ornate plaster ceilings throughout the state rooms, together with a collection of tapestries woven from cartoons drawn by Raphael for the Sistine Chapel. It is certainly a unique family house.
Throughout the 20th century the 30 acres of gardens that surround this unusual house have been transformed by the present owners. The gardens are now a diverse and breath-taking landscape fit for the house that they surround, from the productive Kitchen Garden, to the Arboretum, Rock Garden, Herbaceous Borders, Bog Garden, and Woodland Garden. Forde has also been used as a film location, including for the production of ‘Far From the Madding Crowd,’ starring Carey Mulligan and Michael Sheen.
Image credit: Historic Houses
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