 The Home Farm Visitor Centre is the first point of access , and provides various services including a cafe , restaurant , shop , toilets and the ticket office . Charges for entry are made either to the estate and gardens , or the house and estate gardens . Entry to the house is via timed ticket in 30 @-@ minute entry blocks . There is a 400 @-@ metre ( 1 @,@ 300 ft ) walkway from the visitor centre to the house through the gardens and some woods , or a bio @-@ diesel bus can be taken along a route via the house to the Orangery . 
