Boughton, a Tudor manor house transformed into a vision of Louis XIV’s Versailles has been the Northamptonshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and their Montagu ancestors since 1528. The house displays a staggering collection of fine art including paintings, furniture, porcelain, weapons, and textiles. The 18th Century Designed Landscape, originally created to provide vistas, avenues, water features and formality is presently being restored. In 2007, the Duke commissioned Kim Wilkie to design a striking new landform - "Orpheus" which both complements and enhances the older landscape created by his ancestors. For information on the group visits programme, events or education services, please contact The House Manager. Our website gives considerable information on Boughton, together with full details of our schools’ educational facilities (Sandford Award winner 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008). "I never desired anything so earnestly as to go to Boughton to see my Lord, the Good Company and learning in its full lustre." Charles de Saint Evremond, the French soldier, poet and essayist writing in 1700 about the home of his good friend, Ralph Montagu.