Poland has many beautiful cities. I visited three of them on a short driving tour, starting with Warsaw, then travelling south to Kraków and finally north-east to Białystok. Warsaw the capital of Poland was an obvious choice to visit, and a good arrival point from the UK with inexpensive direct flights from Stansted and Edinburgh. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Historic Houses Yorkshire: Burton Constable Hall
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 […]