Elsham Hall is situated in North Lincolnshire about 10 miles south of the Humber Bridge. The Hall itself is not open to the public, but the gardens and parkland surrounding the lake provided a pleasant half-day visit. If you have children/grandchildren with you, then they are well catered for with a small animal farm and […]
Burton Constable Hall in East Yorkshire has been home to the Constable family for over 400 years. Three hundred acres of parkland, designed by Capability Brown, surround the fine Elizabethan country house. Our first visit to Burton Constable Hall was in mid-June 2020, as the coronavirus lockdown was being eased. Unfortunately the Hall itself was […]
Our first visit to Burton Agnes Hall and Gardens in East Yorkshire was in June 2020, just as the initial coronavirus lockdown was being eased. The Hall itself was closed, but the extensive gardens and woodland walk made up for the fact that we could only see the Hall from the outside. It took almost […]
Cheshire is well endowed with National Trust properties. I’ve already reviewed three of my favourite sites, Lyme, Dunham Massey and Little Moreton, each of which includes an interesting Hall to explore. Two rather different National Trust sites in Cheshire are Hare Hill and Quarry Bank. No Halls to visit at these sites, but at Hare […]
There are two small National Trust houses – Baddesley Clinton and Packwood House – in the middle of historical Warwickshire, halfway between Warwick and Solihull. Both are Grade 1 listed buildings, but there any similarity ends. Each is an architectural gem in its own right. Baddesley Clinton, which dates back to the 13th Century, is […]
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Historic Houses Leicestershire: Belvoir Castle and Gardens
Belvoir Castle has been home to the Dukes of Rutland’s family for almost a thousand years. The first castle was built on the hill-top site overlooking the Vale of Belvoir in 1067. Over the next 600 years two further castles replaced the original one, before the present castle, which was completed in 1832. It is […]