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Tate Modern

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Tate Modern is the national gallery of international modern art. Located in London, it is one of the family of four Tate galleries which display selections from the Tate Collection. The Collection comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and of international modern art. Tate Modern is […]

Filed Under: London Tagged With: Art Galleries, Sandford Award Winners

Tamworth Castle

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Tamworth Castle is the number one heritage attraction located in the town centre of Tamworth. Six wealthy and influential families have owned the castle over the centuries. On a visit witness the magnificent late medieval Great Hall, grand Tudor Chambers and Victorian suit of receptions rooms. Winner of Sandford Award 2006.

Filed Under: Staffordshire Tagged With: Castles, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Sutton House

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Sutton House was built in 1535 by a prominent courtier of Henry VIII, Sir Ralph Sadleir. The house retains much of the atmosphere and character of a Tudor house despite some alterations by later occupants, who included a succession of merchants, Huguenot silkweavers and Victorian schoolmistresses. Visitors will see oak-panelled rooms, original carved fireplaces, wall […]

Filed Under: London Tagged With: Houses, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

Sunlight Vision Museum

9 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Port Sunlight is unique and those who visit for the first time are usually astonished at what they discover. It is argued to be the finest surviving example of early urban planning in the UK. The late 19th Century village was built by William Hesketh Lever (later Viscount Leverhulme) to house his soap factory workers […]

Filed Under: Merseyside Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Stourhead Estate

9 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

World-famous 18th-century landscape garden, Palladian mansion, parkland, woods and chalk downs. Lying in secluded privacy in its own valley, Stourhead features one of the finest landscape gardens in the world. Designed by Henry Hoare II as a place to entertain, the garden was laid out between 1741 and 1780. The magnificent lake is central to […]

Filed Under: Wiltshire Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

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