Loseley House

The Loseley Estate was acquired by direct ancestors of the current owners at the beginning of the 16thC and Loseley House was built in the 1560s for Elizabeth I to stay in.

The Great Hall is the magnificent principal room of Loseley House. It contains exquisite panelling from Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace and his banqueting tents, a minstrel's gallery, carvings by Grinling Gibbons, and a fine collection of royal and family portraits.

The beautifully proportioned and furnished Drawing Room has a gilded ceiling decorated for James I's visit, a quite magnificent chalk fireplace and some exceptional paintings and pieces of furniture.

The Library, one of the first to be created by an English gentleman, has a fine collection of books, built up by successive generations of the family.

Other rooms include the bedrooms where Elizabeth I and James I slept on their various visits.