She added a variety of different gardens, such as the Shamrock Garden, the Sunken Garden, the Spanish Garden, the Italian Garden, the Dodo Terrace with its 'menagerie' of cement animals, the Fountain Pool...

The house contains the fine family collection, brought together by the many generations of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, who played a leading role in British and Irish social and political life.

Since 1977 Mount Stewart was handed over the National Trust by Lady Mairi Bury, née Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Dowager Viscountess Bury. Today her daughter, Lady Rose Lauritzen, became the live-in family member. 

Mount Stewart is also a venue for weddings

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