The public rallied to save Tyntesfield House
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The National Trust has asked the Heritage Memorial Fund for a further �20m to help with the cost of restoring a Gothic mansion.
Tyntesfield, bought by the trust two years ago for �25m, has already been awarded a 17.5m lottery grant.
The trust says the property in North Somerset, is of unique historical importance and worthy of restoration.
The National Heritage Memorial Fund meets to discuss the funding application on Tuesday.
Private owner
The Tyntesfield Estate was bought in 2002 for around �25m.
Seventeen million came from taxpayers' money, with the remainder coming from public donations.
Each week around 1,000 visitors pay �10 to admire the Gothic Revival building and its surrounding grounds.
Lord Wraxall, who died in 2001, was the last private owner of the house.
He was the great-grandson of William Gibbs, who made his fortune importing guano from Peru to be used as fertiliser.
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