Iford Manor is mediaeval in origin, the classical facade being added in the eighteenth century when the hanging woodlands above the garden were planted.

The Grade 1 Italianate garden at the Manor is famous for its tranquil beauty and was designed by the architect and landscape gardener Harold Ainsworth Peto who lived here from 1899 to 1933. A unique and romantic hillside garden, it is characterised by steps, terraces, sculpture and magnificent rural views and is open to the public from April to October.

From midsummer through to early August, the gardens and cloister play host to a series of Opera performances and jazz concerts, as well as a series of free “3-to-tea” concerts on Sunday afternoons by amateur and not-so-amateur artists.