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 […]
We were fortunate to find the Canons Ashby site fully open when we visited on a weekday in early February. It had been closed during January for maintenance and apparently in previous years the house itself did not open until Easter. Many heritage properties are subject to winter closures – see below for details. The […]
As you arrive at Croome, a National Trust property 10 miles south of Worcester, you are greeted with a sign stating: Expect the Unexpected. Intriguing, but indeed it proved to be quite true when my wife and I visited Croome Court and Park on a cold but sunny weekday in January. The first unexpected was maybe […]
North Yorkshire is well endowed with magnificent remains of medieval monasteries. I’ve visited and written about many of them, including Fountains Abbey, Reivaulx Abbey and Whitby Abbey. However there are two abbeys that I had driven passed many times, but never stopped to explore: Jervaulx Abbey and Bolton Abbey. Maybe as a member of English […]
There are thirteen National Trust properties in Norfolk including five spectacular coastal sites. However my favourite properties are the estates at Blickling and Felbrigg, situated fourteen and twenty-one miles respectively north of Norwich. Both Blickling Estate and Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate – to give them their full National Trust titles – are well endowed […]
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National Trust Cheshire: Hare Hill and Quarry Bank
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 […]