Stores and the gardens at Kilver Court in Shepton Mallet will close down from today (September 6).

It was announced last month that the Saul family had sold the freehold of Kilver Court, and that most of the shops there, plus the gardens, were closing down.

It has now been confirmed to Shepton Mallet Nub News, that the site will be shut from 5.30pm today, but the stores of Mulberry, Toast and Yves Delorme will continue to remain open.

It has not been revealed who has bought the site, and therefore it is not known whether the gardens will be opened again for the public in the future.

To mark the closure, a closing down sale is taking place at Kilver Court today, where they are a number of big money off deals in place.

These deals include:

Great House

Christmas and Easter - Buy one get one free

Heathcote & Ivory 50% OFF

Izipizi 40% OFF

L'Occitane 25% OFF

Greetings Cards, Gift Wrap & Stationery 50% OFF

One Hundred Stars 25% OFF

Jellycats 25% OFF

Also Home Bedding 50% OFF

All Food and Drink inc Wine and Spirits 25% OFF

Opinel 50% OFF

Den Kits 50% OFF

St Eval Candle Plates 25% OFF

Puzzles 25% OFF

Grand Illusion Dinner Candles 30% OFF

Vintage Trunk WAS: £700 NOW: £450

My Doris 50% OFF

The Tartan Blanket Co 50% OFF

Books 40% OFF

Pet Accessories 25% OFF

Ib Laursen Quilts 50% OFF

Fashion

Anthropologie from £5.00

Whistles Extra 20% OFF Outlet

Winser London All Stock 70% OFF

The Fold Up To 60% OFF

Bamford Extra 20% OFF

Beanie Extra 20% OFF Outlet

Cefinn Extra 20% OFF

Cole Haan Extra 20% OFF All Stock

Cutler & Gross Frames £90 or 2 for £120

Gushlow & Cole Extra 15% OFF

Hackett Extra 50% OFF RRP, Plus End Of Line Rail 70% OFF

Heidi Klein Extra 25% OFF

Lavenham 40% OFF Full Price, 20% OFF Outlet

Peregrine 20% OFF Outlet

Really Wild Extra 10% OFF

True Grace 25% OFF

Garden Nursery

Outdoor Pots Extra 25% OFF Outlet Prices

Mirrors 25% OFF

Fruit Trees 25% OFF

Hydrangeas 50% OFF

Outdoor Furniture 50% OFF

Bulldog & Implementations tools 50% OFF

Indoor Plants Up To 50% OFF

Outdoor Plants Up To 50% OFF

Quince Tree 50% OFF

Canna Lily 40% OFF

Magnolia Tree 50% OFF

Seeds 50% OFF

Roses 50% OFF

Baytree Living 25% OFF

Opinel 50% OFF

Toasting Forks 25% OFF

Niwaki 25% OFF

Farewell message

When they announced the sale, the Saul family wrote: "We bought Kilver Court 25 years ago as the headquarters for Mulberry and we have had the most incredible journey with the site, from the first steps of opening the Mulberry Factory Shop in 1996, right through to the creation of the very special destination we now have, which brings more than 100,000 visitors a year to Shepton Mallet and the local area.

"We are enormously proud of the efforts that our team and our brand partners have put in over the years to help us create such a special destination.

"We have restored and developed the gardens, opened multiple designer brand stores, held hundreds of very special weddings, and offered our local, national and international audience of customers a unique chance to shop and eat at what has become an award-winning destination.

"However, with all the challenges of the last 18 months that every one of us have felt so acutely, we have made the difficult decision that the time is right for us to hand the reigns of Kilver Court to someone new."