Historic Houses has two outstanding properties in the Greater Manchester area which are open for visitors throughout the year, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House and Bramall Hall. Hence on a recent visit to Manchester during the Christmas holiday period, we were able spend an enjoyable day visiting both properties. We started at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, a small […]
The seaside town of Lytham St Annes is just a few miles south of Blackpool on the Fylde coast in West Lancashire. It sees itself very much as the upmarket neighbour and Lytham Hall near the centre of Lytham St Annes fits well with that image. This Palladian style house dating from 1764 is the only […]
Chastleton House is only about fifteen miles away from Blenheim Palace, yet these two Oxfordshire stately homes are worlds apart. Chastleton House is a down-to-earth, unrestored Jacobean country home, with none of the magnificent Baroque opulence of Blenheim Palace. The National Trust states that Chastleton House has been ‘preserved’ in the condition in which they […]
*** Special Offer: For a £5 discount on Historic Houses membership use code STEW05 *** Cumbria is well endowed with properties that are free to enter for members of Historic Houses, with ten in total spread around this large, scenic county. During a short visit to Cumbria in June 2021, we managed to visit three […]
A car journey through Europe of fifteen hundred miles requiring about twenty-four hours of driving seemed a bit daunting at first. However, having spent some time in September at our holiday home near Lake Balaton in Hungary, we decided to check out the feasibility of heading south-west to Albir, near Benidorm in Spain, in order […]
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Saga Cruise: Wonders of the Canary Islands
STE’s Holiday Editor, Tony Taylor, reports on a cruise with his wife to the Canary Islands. During the winter months we usually find a holiday location for a couple of weeks to escape the cold weather. This year we decided to try a cruise to the Canary Islands rather than flying, and we chose the […]