The 43-bedroom listed building is set in 2,000 acres of land

Tyntesfield will be open to a limited number of pre-booked visitors from 24 March.

The Victorian gothic country house and estate at Wraxall near Bristol was bought by the National Trust last summer following a public fundraising campaign.

The Trust is expecting more than 40,000 visitors to the house throughout the year.

Victorian treasure

Tours will be available four days a week until the beginning of November, with up to 14 tours a day.

The 43-bedroom listed building set in 2,000 acres of land, has been described as the "last great Victorian house".

Its contents include an extravagant collection of Victorian furniture, paintings and porcelain.

The interior decoration at the house, including painting and stencils, was largely done by John Crace, who redecorated Windsor Castle for the state visit of the Emperor Napoleon III in the 1850s.

Tyntesfield was sold in 2002, following the death of its last owner, Lord Wraxall.