text: The house was sold by the Playdell-Bouverie family in 1946 and bought by Ernest Cook, grandson of the travel agent Thomas Cook. Substantial renovations were almost complete by 1952 when the house was badly damaged by the fire that gutted the house within a matter of hours.
  The shell was demolished in 1958, leaving only four pairs of gate piers from the mid-17th century. Cook gave the estate to the National Trust.
  Vistors can now walk around the parkland and see the National Trust village, cafe and workshops.
  For Buscot Park and gardens
  The Radnor Arms SNR 6PR