England Guide
Kent and Sussex
Petworth
Adjoining the pretty little village of PETWORTH, Petworth House (mid-March to Oct 11am–4/5pm; park daily 8am– dusk; £8.10) is one of Southeast England's most impressive stately homes. Built in the late seventeenth century, the house contains an outstanding art collection, with paintings by van Dyck, Titian, Gainsborough, Bosch, Reynolds, Blake and Turner – the last a frequent guest here. The extensive Servants' Quarters, connected by a tunnel to the main house, contain an impressive series of kitchens bearing the latest technological kitchenware of the 1870s, while the seven-hundred-acre grounds were landscaped by Capability Brown and are considered one of his finest achievements.
Stagecoach Coastline #1 bus runs to Petworth. For a memorable night's stay, book in at the converted Old Railway Station ( 
01798/342346, 
www.old-station.co.uk ; Price: ₤71-90), two miles south of Petworth on the A285 Chichester road.