Holker Hall and Gardens, located in Cumbria, offers a delightful experience for visitors. My family and I enjoyed exploring the picturesque gardens and the well-preserved hall, rich in history and …| Our Lake District Escapades
“It was impossible to save when nobody had heard of Bonomi.” In 1961, Kitty Cruft, the leading officer of the Scottish National Buildings Record, visited Rosneath Castle to record its last dying days. Shortly afterwards, an unsafe ruin, this grand old country house, a ghost of its past, was blown up with 200 LBs of … Continue reading ROSNEATH CASTLE→| HOUSE AND HERITAGE
Hunton Court, near Maidstone, dates to the thirteenth century and the traditional framed farmhouse dating to the fourteenth century, with a large roof structure and three crown posts can still be found in the attic rooms. The house has long been associated with the Bannerman family, starting with Henry Bannerman (1798-1871), descended from a Perthshire … Continue reading HUNTON COURT→| HOUSE AND HERITAGE
Sixty years ago, Chevening was bequeathed to the nation to ensure that the estate would not be broken up, but would instead retain a significant role as a private house in public life. In May 1959, the Chevening Estate Bill, published details about Lord Stanhope’s gift of Chevening, Kent, to the nation. Lord Stanhope, the … Continue reading CHEVENING→| HOUSE AND HERITAGE
One hundred years ago. The mid-Gloucester correspondent for the Cheltenham Chronicle reported that the whole of the Lypiatt Estate had been sold by private treaty and that the new owner intended to…| HOUSE AND HERITAGE
On this day, one hundred years ago, the Daily Express reported that Lord Swansea had decided to sell his ancestral home, Singleton Abbey, Swansea, owing to rates, taxes and the general increase of …| HOUSE AND HERITAGE