Historic sites

Snowshill Manor

United Kingdom Gloucestershire Blockley

Snowshill Manor
Photo: Celuici, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

A Cotswold manor filled with the extraordinary collection of the architect and craftsman Charles Wade, who gathered over 20,000 objects: Japanese samurai armour, musical instruments, toys, clocks and bicycles. Wade lived in a tiny cottage in the garden so the house could be kept for his collection.


The terraced Arts and Crafts garden has views over the hills. Combine with nearby Broadway.

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