One of the most famous and evocative castles in Britain, Bodiam was built in 1385, as both a defence and a comfortable home. The castle is completely surrounded by a moat with approaches from the north and south. Within the bailey is a ruined range of domestic buildings which were probably once very grand. Most […]
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 continuous ownership by eight generations of the Berwick family and exemplifies the changing fortunes of the English country-house estate.
Sutton Hoo
Amazingly missed by grave robbers and left undisturbed for 1,300 years, Sutton Hoo provides clues to what has been called ‘page one of English history’. Excavations in 1939 uncovered the incredible ship-burial of an Anglo-Saxon warrior king, including the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, weapons and priceless royal treasure – all discovered when Edith Pretty hired […]