Gatehouse

The lovely Gatehouse is designed in the style of a 16th century orangery with a flagstone floor, hand-hewn beams and a wide door with a cross design. The Gatehouse is furnished with rare antique tables, chests and desks. Perhaps the finest is the Jacobean table with typical Tudor rose carvings, circa early 1500s. The walls are adorned with many antique paintings, engravings and maps. Of special interest is a sixteenth century portrait of Queen Elizabeth I.

The Gatehouse Reception Center doubles as the Gift Shop, which is filled year-round with a wide variety of garden related gifts. The carved carrara marble fountain has a center pineapple motif that is a symbol of wealth and welcome.

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