Bought ticket online. Tour started at the half hour. Only 5 in the group. It was quite short compared to other house tours of that price (25-30 min for $15). Guide was asked some questions and didn't know the answers. She seemed to want to stick to a script and was a bit quiet. Love the mantle clock and some other pieces. If near that area, may be worth your time.

I came at this time of year specifically to see the Christmas decorations. The garden club decorated this home and did a spectacular job. It would be worth your time and $$ at any time of the year, but it really shines at Christmas. I had no issues with my tour guide, she did a great job.

The Manigault House is a wonderful historic property right across from the Charleston Museum. Tours start on the half hour, and there is a ticket you can buy that discounts your admission to the Charleston Museum (and if you want the Heywood-Washington House about a mile downtown.) The guide was knowledgeable, and the house beautifully preserved. Thanks to the local garden club, it was also decorated with 18th century flourishes for the winter season. Well worth visiting.

We bought a combo ticket with the excellent Charleston Museum which saved some money. This home is a marvelous antebellum structure built in 1803. The family made their money off the backs of slaves working in rice-planting. The spiral staircase greets you accenting the central hall. After a 10-minute introduction it was nice to wander each room in the first and second floors. Nice selection of English, French and American furniture dating to the early 1800s. This family was the wealthiest in the area.

It’s an old house that comes alive with the telling of the family’s story. Place settings and wine glass rinsing containers (that was new to me), along with how families behaved in the centuries gone by, help weave the story of life in another time. Another highlight was windows that become doors to give access to balconies and also add access to any breeze that can help cool the room. The difference between the ladies’ activities in the drawing room and the men’s in the smoking room was interesting. The children in this era were “seen and not heard” and it seems barely even seen.

Selected this house largely because of convenience to the Charleston Museum and I am so glad a did. It motivated me to tour other historic homes here, perhaps largely because of the excellent tour guide Rosalind, who gave our small tour group a sense of the times and of family life as well as the evolution of the house back to its original state. Learned effortlessly!

We chose this tour as it was only a half day tour and that would leave us time to walk around town. This home was built in 1803 and was designed by the owners brother. You can take pictures, but no flash please. While outside I was taking a photo of a rose bush......our guide said that there was a group that documented old/history varies of rose bushes and this was one of them; unfortunately she didn't know the name of the rose bush.