Take your family to one of England’s most spectacular castle ruins in Warwickshire, and discover links to some major historical figures – including ‘Bad’ King John, Henry V, and Henry VIII. However, Kenilworth is most famously associated with Robert Dudley and Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth kept Dudley’s last letter to her in a casket by […]
The Judge's Lodging
Once called ‘the most commodious and elegant apartments for a judge in all England and Wales’ (Lord Chief Justice Campbell, 1855), decay beckoned Radnorshire’s disused Shire Hall into obscurity. Now, aided by an interior hardly Judges Lodging Victorian museum, Presteignetouched by time and original furnishings discarded in attics, extensive research and restoration has re-awakened this […]
Jane Austen's House
The novelist Jane Austen is known worldwide for her popular novels describing the society of pre-industrial England. She spent the last eight years of her life here at Chawton in the 17th century house which is now preserved in her memory. Winner of Sandford Award 2007.
Jackfield Tile Museum
One of ten fabulous museums at Ironbridge. The Jackfield Tile Museum is located on the south side of the Ironbridge Gorge and housed in the former works of Craven Dunnill and Company. With its displays, educational facilities and manufacturing tenants, the museum is a celebration of the British decorative tile industry between 1840 and 1960 […]
Ightham Mote
Set in a Kentish sunken valley, Ightham Mote is a rare example of a moated medieval manor house, dating from 1320 with important later additions and alterations. It was the subject of the Trust’s largest conservation project, begun in 1989 and completed in 2004 – an exhibition of which is in the visitor reception. Ightham […]