Richard Young
Dining domes at Waddesdon Manor offer fine dining with a difference
- Credit: Rothschild Waddesdon
A new dining experience with a stunning view is being launched at the former Rothschild mansion, Waddesdon Manor.
Dining domes, identical to those installed at London s Syon House, Somerset House and Queen’s House, are the new attraction at the stately home overlooking the Vale of Aylesbury.
The grounds to Windmill Hill have been opened for the fist time to guests to enable an award-winning dining experience with expansive countryside views that drew Ferdinand de Rothschild to this setting in Bucks, close to Tring.
Submitting. In the 1870s, it was the surrounding landscape that first drew Ferdinand de Rothschild to Waddesdon. Newly launched with Dining Domes by Eventist Group you can now mingle between the cutting-edge art and architecture as you arrive, then take your seats to dine high on the hill overlooking the Vale of Aylesbury, in outdoor COVID-safe luxury. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to dine in a location which has never been open to guests before, enjoying fresh seasonal menus paired with delicious cocktails and wines.
Lunch, afternoon tea and dinner sittings are available from 20 May until 13 June including bank holidays.
Museums in many countries remain closed, but at least spring has sprung. This week’s Apollo Art Diary picks out four arty gardens to enjoy…
In 1874 Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild took what was a bare hilltop, outside his manor at Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire, and with the help of landscape architect Elie Lainé created what remains one of the most sumptuous examples of Victorian horticulture in the country. Today it is renowned for the colourful, annually changing designs of the carpet beds on the parterre, its elaborate ribbon bedsits, and its aviary, home to rare birds including the Bali, or Rothschild’s mynah (the 2nd Baron, Walter, was a keen ornithologist). The art-filled house itself is shut for now, but the gardens are also dotted with artworks, ranging from 18th-century marble fountain sculptures, originally from the palaces of the Dukes of Parma, to contemporary pieces. And April is a good time to see tulips, daffodils, wallflowers and narcissus. Find out more fro