The Deepdene Trail

The landscape and key architectural features on the estate once owned by Thomas Hope, who lived in Deepdene House during the early 19^th century.

 The house and landscape Thomas bought had been first created by the Howard family. Charles Howard created an Italianate garden out of the Deepdene, one of the first in England, in the mid-17^th century complete with terraces, grotto and even a laboratory built into natural tunnels in the Gardens. Several generations of Howards then developed the Deepdene further including building the house in the late-18^th century that Thomas Hope eventually bought.

one of the country's most historically significant gardens - privately owned since their creation in the 17th Century.

Coady the Lion in situ

The magnificent Hope Mausoleum is one of the most important historic buildings of its kind and the sole intact surviving structure created by the highly influential, collector, builder and designer of major international importance, Thomas Hope.

 Thomas was an extraordinary collector, builder and designer of major national and international importance.  He is regarded as a definitive Regency tastemaker and played a unique role in the arts as patron, collector, writer and designer being credited with inventing the phrase 'interior design'.