Just 90 minutes by train from London you can visit a stately home that\u2019s nicknamed \u201cEngland\u2019s mini Versailles\u201d.<\/p>\n
Located in the historic Sussex town of Petworth, Petworth House is steeped in 900 years of history and has been a favourite with artists like J.M.W Turner.<\/p>\n
Petworth House is steeped in 900 years of history.(Image: National Trust Images \/ James Dobson)<\/p>\n
The house features a world-class art collection, landscaped grounds designed by Lancelot “Capability” Brown, and family-friendly events that keep the estate alive with activity all year round.<\/p>\n
Now owned by the National Trust, the house is today considered a \u201cmini Versailles\u201d in England, remodelled in the late part of the 17th century by Lady Elizabeth Percy and Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, to resemble the grand Baroque palaces of Europe.<\/p>\n
text(Image: National Trust Images \/ Andreas von Einsiedel)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also where you can famously see England\u2019s oldest English terrestrial globe, made in 1592 and allegedly gifted to the 9th Earl of Northumberland by fellow prisoner Sir Walter Raleigh, while both were confined in the Tower of London.<\/p>\n
It houses a significant art<\/a> collection with works by Turner, Van Dyck, Reynolds and Gainsborough, as well as carvings by the master woodcarver Grinling Gibbons.<\/p>\n You can famously see England\u2019s oldest English terrestrial globe, made in 1592(Image: National Trust Images \/ James Dobson)<\/p>\n The house was shaped over 9 centuries by the Percy family, once among the most powerful dynasties in England, who were embroiled in everything from the Gunpowder Plot to the court of Anne Boleyn.<\/p>\n