Mapperton Gardens, Beaminster

History

Mapperton was entered in the Doomsday Book as Malperetone. The north wing is the only part of the house from the old Tudor manor of the 1540s. In the 1660s, the owner, Richard Brodrepp, rebuilt the hall. The balustrade was added in the 18th century.

Food & beverage

The licensed Sawmill Café serves lunches, teas, home made cakes and scones daily except Saturday from 11.00am to 5.00pm.

Grounds & Gardens

The gardens contain a croquet lawn, where the remains of a parterre, probably 17th century, can be seen. There is also an Italianate garden laid out by Mrs Ethel Labouchere in her husband’s memory from the 1920s as well as 17th century fish ponds. An orangery was added in the 1950s.

Other facilities

Mapperton Gardens’ shop stocks a wide range of goods including chutneys, jams, Emma Bridgewater’s collectable china and floral tin trays and plates as well as goods from India, designed by Zehra Tyabji, and made by charitable groups. The shop sells a wide range of plants.