Reviews of Rousham House and Garden

You feel a bit like you are sneaking a peak at a private garden when you visit Rousham and this adds somehow to the treat... I think this is mainly because there is no one to welcome you and take your money instead there is a ticket machine. You just follow the signs and turn the corner...
The first area you come to is definitely for the men - it's a large, impressive, square, front lawn which perfectly frames the house and means the full magnificence of the house is visible from far away.
A series of arches in hedges and walls then leads you along and out into a walled garden which is bursting with ancient fruit trees, all in flower when I visited. Set against a backdrop of old red brick and blue sky what a picture.
This is just for starters and there is so much more to discover, including rich wildlife, we watched newts feeding in the pool, and a rather grown up calf noisily suckling just yards away from us. It was a beautiful experience and felt like a weeks holiday.

(4.0/5)

beautiful gardens

(5.0/5)

Could you clarify re pronunuciation. I read that: "Rousham" is stressed on the former half ("ROUsh'm"), and pronounced as in "row", meaning uproar ("Last night there was an awful row upstairs")
With regard to 'Augustan' it is used to mean 'the landscape of the Augustan Age' rather than to mean 'Imperial'

(5.0/5)

Rousham (pronounced Rowsh-ham according to the family) is interesting as a small formal landscape garden (very un Augustus-like by the way, it is friendly, and intimate in design terms not at all imperial) with avenues and straight lines interleaved with winding paths. It is arranged for views to the surrounding countryside: in Chinese terms it "borrows' the landscape.

(5.0/5)

Having visited Rousham yesterday, we were not disappointed. It is such a delighful, tranquil, reflective experience. Go for the day, take a picnic and book and enjoy the peace!

Cost is £5 per person.

(5.0/5)

Rousham is 'the jewel of the English landscape movement' (Garden and Grove, p 165)

(5.0/5)

This is an exceptionally beautiful garden - so peaceful and so uncrowded! It was featured on Monty Don's programme and I had wanted to visit for many months before I finally got there. It really did live up to my expectations.

Worth making a detour for and open throughout the seasons - this is a lovely place to walk.

(5.0/5)

Unspolit and peaceful! Fanastic for photography!

(4.0/5)

What a joy to visit a wonderful garden unspoilt by signs warning of 'deep water' or telling you to 'keep off the grass'. The gardens are beautifully maintained so that the vistas that William Kent designed still work beautifully. You wouldn't be surprised to see ladies and gentlemen in 18th century costumes wandering across the lawns or dallying in Praeneste temple! Fabulous.

(5.0/5)

Once you are beyond the lawn and have entered the green glades a peaceful and yet hugely romantic aura pervades . A place to stroll hand in hand with your nearest and dearest. The walled garden is delightful in its slightly rickety sort of way ..half the formal beds are slightly wonky and yet lovely..lots of flowers always brighten the beds
Great place !

(4.0/5)