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Houses near Cardiff
11 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Cardiff. The closest is Dyffryn House, about 6 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Dyrham Park. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.

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Every stately home on this list - 11 in total, 5 you can stay overnight in

Dyffryn House
Vale of Glamorgan · 6 mi away
Edwardian mansion set within extensive gardens, near Cardiff

Tredegar House
Newport · 9 mi away
17th-century red-brick mansion, ancestral home of the Morgan family, Lords Tredegar

Clevedon Court
Somerset · 15 mi away
14th-century manor house, home of the Elton family for over 250 years

Tyntesfield
Somerset · 20 mi away
Victorian Gothic Revival mansion built for the Gibbs family, acquired by the Trust in 2002

Coleridge Cottage
Somerset · 23 mi away
Cottage in Nether Stowey where Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'

Tretower Court
Powys · 28 mi away
Restored 15th-century courtyard manor house with a recreated medieval garden, sited beside but distinct from the ruined Tretower Castle.

The Bishop's Palace, Wells
Somerset · 30 mi away
Medieval palace of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, opened to the public by an independent charitable trust.

Dyrham Park
Gloucestershire · 35 mi away
Baroque mansion set in a deer park, built for William Blathwayt

Lytes Cary Manor
Somerset · 38 mi away
Medieval and Tudor manor house with a chapel, associated with the Lyte family of herbalists

Newark Park
Gloucestershire · 39 mi away
Tudor hunting lodge later remodelled, set on an escarpment above the Ozleworth valley

Barrington Court
Somerset · 39 mi away
Tudor manor house, one of the earliest sizeable buildings acquired by the National Trust
Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), not driving or train time - check the operator's own site for real travel options before you go.