Stowe House

Stowe House
The south front of the house by Robert Adam
Location within Buckinghamshire
General information
Architectural style	English Baroque, Palladian, Neoclassical
Town or city	Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	52°01′55″N 1°01′03″W / 52.031963°N 1.017560°W / 52.031963; -1.017560
Construction started	1677–1683 1720–1733 1740–1760 1770–1779
Design and construction
Architect(s)	John Vanbrugh James Gibbs William Kent Giacomo Leoni Giovanni Battista Borra Robert Adam Vincenzo Valdrè John Soane Edward Blore
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Stowe: The Mansion with Attached Service Ranges
Designated	25 September 1951
Reference no.	1289788[1]
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Designated	30 August 1987
Reference no.	1000198[2]

Stowe House is a grade I listed country house in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the home of the private Stowe School and is owned by the Stowe House Preservation Trust. Over the years, it has been restored and maintained as one of the finest country houses in the UK. Stowe House is regularly open to the public.

The gardens (known as Stowe Gardens, formerly Stowe Landscape Gardens), are a significant example of the English garden, and, along with the Park, passed into the ownership of the National Trust in 1989. National Trust members have free access to the gardens but there is a charge for all visitors to the house which goes towards costs of restoration. The gardens and most of the parkland are listed Grade I separately from the House. The park and gardens saw 213,721 visitors during 2020/21.