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Beaulieu

Winner of Sandford Award in 1978, 1986, 1991, 2000, 2006. Beaulieu, one of the South of England’s top day visitor attractions, is set in the heart of ...

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Filed Under: Hampshire Tagged With: Houses, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Beamish, The North Of England Open-Air Museum

Beamish is a world famous open air museum telling the story of the people of North East England at two important points in their history – 1825 and ...

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Filed Under: County Durham Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

The Barber Institute Of Fine Arts

Sandford Award 2007. You can see major works by all these great artists in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, at the University of ...

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Filed Under: West Midlands Tagged With: Art Galleries, Sandford Award Winners

Bantock House

Sandford Award 2008. Bantock House is arranged over two floors. The ground floor is set in the Edwardian period with Arts and Crafts inspired décor. ...

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Filed Under: West Midlands Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Bagshaw Museum

Sandford Awards in 2002, 2007. A Victorian former mill owner's house set in 36 aces of parkland and ancient woodland, the museum is host to a wide ...

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Filed Under: Yorkshire Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Avoncroft Museum Of Historic Buildings

Sandford Awards in 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008. A fascinating museum of historic buildings spanning seven centuries, rescued from imminent ...

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Filed Under: Worcestershire Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Audley End House

Sandford Award Winner in 2007. King Henry VIII gave Walden Abbey to Sir Thomas Audley, who transformed it into his mansion, Audley End. Despite ups ...

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Filed Under: Essex Tagged With: English Heritage, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Attingham Park

Sandford Award Winner in 2002 and 2007. Attingham Park, built in 1785 to the design of George Steuart with alterations by John Nash, was in ...

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

Aston Hall

Aston Hall is situated near the M6 to the north of Birmingham centre and won Sandford Awards in 1993, 1998, 2003. One of England’s finest Jacobean ...

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Filed Under: West Midlands Tagged With: Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Apsley House

A Sandford Award Winner in 2009. Apsley House, home of the first Duke of Wellington and his descendants, stands right in the heart of London at Hyde ...

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: English Heritage, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

The Argory

A Sandford Award Winner in 1995, 2001, 2006. Built in the 1820s, this handsome Irish gentry house is surrounded by its 130-hectare (320-acre) wooded ...

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Filed Under: County Tyrone Tagged With: Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Alnwick Castle

A Sandford Award Winner in 2000 Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in England, and has been the home of the Percys, Earls and Dukes ...

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Filed Under: Northumberland Tagged With: Castles, Sandford Award Winners

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