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Tatton Park

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Tatton Park is one of the UK’s most complete historic estates. The Mansion, Gardens, Farm, Old Hall, 1,000 acre deer park and speciality shops offer something for everyone along with over 100 events annually. 2,000 acres of landscaped deer park, woodland, meres and farmland make up the Tatton estate of which 1,000 acres are open […]

Filed Under: Cheshire Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, 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

St Fagans: National History Museum

9 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

A walk around Wales – from Celtic times to the present day. St Fagans is one of Europe’s leading open–air museums and Wales’s most popular heritage attraction. Open to the public since 1 November 1948, the museum stands in the grounds of the magnificent St Fagans Castle and gardens, a late 16th-century manor house donated […]

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

Springhill

9 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Experience the beguiling spirit of this inimitable 17th-century ‘Plantation’ home, with its walled gardens and parkland, full of tempting waymarked paths. Informative ‘Living History’ tours breathe life into the fascinating past of this welcoming family home. There are ten generations of Lenox-Conyngham family tales to enthrall you, as well as numerous portraits and much furniture […]

Filed Under: Co. Londonderry Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

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