Clandon Park

West Clandon, United Kingdom

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Wheelchair access: Partly accessible

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Clandon Park House is an early 18th-century Palladian mansion near Guildford in Surrey, designed by Italian architect Giacomo Leoni with construction beginning around 1730. The interiors were completed by continental sculptors and plasterers during the 1740s, replacing an earlier Elizabethan house on the site. Set within a 220-hectare agricultural estate that has served as the seat of the Earls of Onslow for over two centuries, the house was given to the National Trust in 1956, while the surrounding parkland remained in private ownership. The landscape was designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1781, who also created the formal gardens flanking the house and designed the gatehouses (1776) near the Epsom Road entrance. The property notably contains a Māori meeting house, one of only four outside New Zealand, brought to England in the late 19th century. A severe fire in April 2015 devastated the interior, leaving the structure essentially a shell with only the Speaker's Parlour surviving intact. The National Trust has announced plans to restore select ground-floor rooms and conserve the remainder in its ruined state while making the property accessible to the public, with restoration work expected to begin in autumn 2025.