Middleton Place Plantation

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Middleton Place Plantation

Middleton Place Plantation

For over two-and-a-half centuries, Middleton Place has welcomed and enchanted visitors from all over the world with its 65 acres of landscaped terraces, shadowy allees, ornamental ponds and garden rooms. The precise layout and perfect symmetry & balance made Middleton Place the most unique and grand garden of its time. Today, as they did then, the gardens represent the Low Country's most spectacular expression of an 18th century ideal - the triumphant marriage between man and nature. After exploring the enchanting gardens, take a tour of the stable yards, where African-American slaves once took care of the animals and tended to the crops.

Today, the plantation stable yards are home to horses, cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and other farm animals. A weaver, cooper, carpenter, potter and blacksmith work diligently, demonstrating the skills practiced by artisan slaves at Middleton Place. A tour of some of the most beautiful and well-preserved grounds in the Low Country will truly provide you with a glimpse of a centuries-old way of life.

Midletown Place Plantation House Museum

The House Museum, built by Henry Middleton in 1755 as a gentlemen's guest quarters, is the only surviving portion of the three-building residential complex that once stood overlooking the Ashley River. It was the home of four important generations of Middletons, beginning with Henry Middleton, President of the First Continental Congress; Arthur, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Henry, Governor of South Carolina and an American Minister to Russia; and Williams, a signer of the Ordinance of Secession.

Details

• Middleton Place Plantation offers both a Garden & Stableyards tour, and a Garden, House Museum & Stableyards tour.
• See schedule for exact dates and times. 
• Garden & Stableyard tours take approximately 2 hours. Garden, House Museum & Stableyards tours take approximately 3 hours.
• This activity is appropriate for all ages.
• The grounds and stable yards are handicap accessible.
• Cameras and video cameras are permitted.
• Comfortable clothing and walking shoes are recommended.