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Lode

Anglesey Abbey dates from 1600 and was built on the site of an Augustinian priory, but the house and the 100-acre garden came together as a unit thanks to the vision of the 1st Lord Fairhaven. His mother was American, his father English, and when he left the Abbey to the National Trust in the 1960s he wanted the house and garden to be kept to 'represent an age and way of life that is quickly passing'. The garden, created in its present form from 1926, is a wonderful place for a stroll, with 98 acres of landscaped gardens including wide grassy walks, open lawns, a riverside walk and one of the finest collections of garden statuary in the country. Lode Mill is a working watermill that runs on the first and third Saturdays of each month. There's also a plant centre, shop and restaurant. In the house itself is Lord Fairhaven's magnificent collection of paintings (a seascape by Gainsborough, landscapes by Claude Lorraine), sumptuous furnishings, tapestries, Ming porcelain and clocks.