PETWORTH HOUSE & PARK

The estate dates back to 1309, but the present castle took shape in 1688. Charles Seymour, ^6th Duke of Somerset, decided to rebuild the ancestral home of the Percy family, of which he had become master through marriage. The dominant period is the ^17th century, but successive masters of the estate have each made their own mark. The Turner Room, or "The Red Room", is entirely dedicated to the painter who was a regular visitor to Petworth in the 1830s. At the same time, the North Gallery was built, dedicated to Turner, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Fuseli..