Garden Cafe

October visit. Interesting paintings and different styles. Pleasant people working there. But I would like to point out a few problems for those with mobility issues. The main car park has thick large gravel and mobility scooter / walker would not cope with it. There are a few spaces near the house entrance. The paths to the disabled toilet and cafe are rough slabs with 1inch gaps so also not good - use the grass instead. Hardly any chose of food in cafe ie sandwich or cake because the museum shuts in October. The cafe is separate to the house and in the grounds. I enjoyed the visit but had a fit man with me or would have been a wasted 1 hour journey to get there

Beautiful stately home & grounds, still containing personal effects of the artist who once lived there. Sir Alfred Munnings might have become a forgotten artist, in an area so dominated by the landscape master, John Constable, but seeing his full size canvases, each occupying an entire wall space, is truly stunning. Munnings was a local 'character', politically incorrect & larger than life, whose attitude would be castigated these days. In his day he was well known in the village & throughout the area, & whose reputation was as someone either loved or loathed. I've met those in the art world who still revile him for his political views, connections to Churchill & the Windsor's, but whatever you think of the man, his natural talent still deserves the credit it's due. Munnings was a natural, gifted painter, so go see the framed evidence for yourself...