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Welcome to the 2019 Invitation to View brochure. Our tours are the best, and usually only, way to see behind the closed doors of some of the country’s most fascinating places.

If you’re already familiar with what we offer, you’ll notice some changes. Invitation to View has become part of Historic Houses, the UK’s largest association of independently owned, lived-in, historic homes and gardens. You shouldn’t notice much difference to the tours themselves, but from our new home we will be able to offer, in the coming years, access to many

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more properties, in more parts of the country. In 2019 we start our expansion plans by including Yorkshire houses for the first time.

If you’re a member of Historic Houses, this new partnership means hundreds more tours to which you get privileged access in the form of discounted tickets and, where we anticipate tours will be popular, advance booking.

If you’re new to both organisations, welcome! We hope you enjoy taking a peek into the wonderful homes that tell our nation’s story.

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Yorkshirepages 40 – 41

South West pages 26 – 30

Central & Wales pages 32 – 39

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Booking for 2019 tours opens on 1 January 2019.

Bookings can be made either online at historichouses.org/tours or by phone on 01946 690 823 (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday).

How to Use this Book

Booking a TourHistoric Houses members must be logged in to our website when booking to take advantage of discounts. No refunds can be provided to members who book tours at the full price.

We’ve grouped our 2019 tours into four regions.

The East & London region, which can be found on pages 6 to 22, includes houses in London, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Suffolk and Norfolk.

The South West region, from pages 26 to 30, covers Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Dorset and Hampshire.

The Central and Wales region, on pages 32 to 39, takes in Flintshire, Denbighshire, Powys, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands, Herefordshire and Northamptonshire.

Our newest and smallest region, Yorkshire, appears on page 40 to 41.

Maps of these areas in this brochure show the approximate location of each property. Full directions will be sent with your tickets and can be found on houses’ profile pages on our website.

Participating properties are arranged, within their regions, in alphabetical order. We’ve summarised the dates on which each house offers tours in a list at the start of each section.

We have also provided a calendar, on pages 42 to 55, listing all our tours by month, so you can search by when you’re free as well as where you want to see.

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Membership of Historic Houses starts from just £54 a year, and gives free access to more than 300 major historic homes and gardens across the UK that open on a regular basis as visitor attractions, from famous locations such as Highclere Castle, the setting for television’s ‘Downton Abbey’, and Althorp, childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales, to hidden treasures like charming and ancient Forde Abbey in Dorset, or Gainsborough’s House in Suffolk, which boasts an impressive collection of the artist’s works.

Historic Houses members enjoy a 5% discount on all Invitation to View

Most Invitation to View tours are to just one location and the group is kept together, as well as shown around, by the owners of the house. But we do sometimes create our own tours, often to more than one location in a day, and we’re always on the lookout for previous tour attendees who live locally to help us by acting as a representative on the day.

Duties include welcoming other tour attendees as they arrive, making the group known to host properties or lunch venues and, if necessary, fielding questions

You can give the Invitation to View experience as a present using our gift vouchers. Redeemable at any time for a tour of the holder’s choice, they’re perfect for Christmas and birthdays. Please visit historichouses.org/tours to buy a voucher and redeem it either online or over the phone at 01946 690 823.

Are you a member of a group, club or association, or a commercial tour operator? If you’re not able to make the scheduled tour you want, we can organise bespoke visits for parties of a minimum size (usually ranging from 10 to 30, depending on the house) to almost all our participating properties, and other locations, on a mutually convenient date.

ticket prices, when booking online while logged in to the members’ section of historichouses.org.

New tours are regularly created during the year. They will be publicised on our website and in each quarterly edition of the Invitation to View supplement, distributed to all Historic Houses members with each issue of our magazine. Where we expect those tours to be popular, we will give our members the opportunity of early-bird booking to secure their places before the general public, while selected tours are reserved exclusively for members of Historic Houses.

or handling on-the-spot communication between our offices and the rest of the group.

On-the-day volunteers enjoy free attendance on the tours with which they’re helping. Volunteers keen for more involvement can progress to being member representatives, coming up with ideas of their own for successful tours and helping our staff to organise and run them.

If you’re interested in volunteering contact our Tours & Access Officer, Pat Jacobs, on pat.jacobs@historichouses.org or 01284 827 087.

To view the list of places that welcome group tours, and to submit your request, go online to historichouses.org/tours or call 01284 827 087 to speak to our Tours & Access Officer, Pat Jacobs.

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1 The Abbey, Coggeshall, Essex 7 May; 3 Jun; 10 Jul; 7 Aug; 3 Sep

2 Belchamp Hall , near Sudbury, Suffolk 19, 21 Feb; 16 Apr; 11 Jun; 9 Jul; 10, 12 Sep

3 Braxted Park , near Witham, Essex 15 Apr; 13 May; 17 Jun

4 Bressingham Hall , near Diss, Norfolk 19 Mar; 16 Apr; 21 May; 18 Jun; 17 Sep; 22 Oct

5 Brinton Hall , near Holt, Norfolk 15, 20 Feb; 23 May; 6 Jun; 18 Jul; 15, 22 Aug

6 Bruisyard Hall , near Framlington, Suffolk 15 May; 12 Jun; 18 Sep

7 Bury St Edmunds Guildhall , Suffolk See website for dates

8 Butley Priory, near Woodbridge, Suffolk 21 May; 11 Jun; 10 Sep; 8 Oct; 12 Nov

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East & London Map, Houses & Dates9 No. 25 – 27 Church Street , Saffron Walden 10, 20 May; 7, 17 Jun; 5 Jul; 6 Aug

10 Clifton House, King’s Lynn, Norfolk 24 May; 14, 28 Jun; 5, 12 Jul; 13, 20 Sep

11 Columbine Hall , near Stowmarket, Suffolk 29 May; 9, 18, 28 Jul; 7, 19 Aug

12 Copped Hall , near Epping, Essex 19 May; 15 Sep

13 Crow’s Hall , near Debenham, Suffolk 9 Apr; 8 May; 5 Jun

14 Earsham Hall , near Bungay, Suffolk 26 Mar; 25 Apr; 17 May; 10 Jun; 28 Aug; 12 Sep; 12 Oct; 28 Nov

15 Finchingfield Guildhall , Essex 14 May; 11 Jun; 13 Jul; 10 Sep; 8 Oct

16 Glemham Hall , near Woodbridge, Suffolk 14 Apr; 10, 27 May; 5 Jun; 9, 14, 18 Jul; 27 Aug; 8, 11 Sep; 9 Oct; 13 Dec

17 Harlington Manor, near Luton 25 Apr; 16 May; 13 Jun; 11 Jul; 12 Sep

18 Haughley House, near Stowmarket 4, 16 Apr; 9, 22 May; 12 Jun; 7 Jul; 7 Aug

19 Heath Farmhouse, near Harleston, Suffolk 2, 31 May; 27 Jun; 24 Jul; 21 Aug; 18 Sep; 23 Dec

20 Henstead Exotic Garden , Beccles, Suffolk 15 Jun; 5 Jul; 2, 17, 31 Aug; 20 Sep

21 Hockwold Hall , near Thetford, Norfolk 10 Apr; 1 May; 5 Jun; 10 Jul; 18 Sep

22 Hoses Hall , near Halstead, Essex 12 Apr; 17 May; 27 Jun; 26 Jul; 13 Sep

23 Hoveton Hall , near Wroxham, Norfolk 13 Feb; 16 May; 18 Jun; 17 Jul; 8 Sep

24 Ingatestone Hall , Essex 15 May; 19 Jun; 17 Jul; 14 Aug; 25 Sep

25 Island Hall , Godmanchester, Cambs 18 Apr; 14 May; 20 Jun; 3, 31 Jul; 17 Sep; 15, 16 Nov; 11 Dec

26 No. 25 Kensington Gore, London SW7 18, 25 May; 15, 29 Jun; 27 Jul; 7 Sep

27 Kirstead Hall , near Norwich, Norfolk 24 May; 20 Jun; 23 Jul; 7 Aug; 1 Sep

28 Layer Marney Tower, near Tiptree, Essex 28 Apr; 22 May; 7 Jul; 8 Aug; 18 Sep; 5 Dec

29 Linden House, Eye, Suffolk 2, 9, 14, 16 Aug

30 Mannington Hall , Saxthorpe, Norfolk 15 May; 25 Jun; 16 Jul; 6 Aug; 6 Sep; 8 Nov

31 Netherhall Manor, Soham, Cambs 14 Mar; 4 Apr; 2 May; 1, 8 Aug

32 Old Hall , South Burlingham, Norfolk 23 Apr; 7 May; 24 Jun; 5 Jul; 9 Oct; 20 Dec

33 Otley Hall , near Ipswich, Suffolk 25 Apr; 16 May; 18 Jun; 1, 25 Jul; 23 Aug; 2 Oct; 12 Dec

34 Ousden House, near Newmarket, Suffolk 13, 27 Jun

35 Parsonage Farm , near Bishop’s Stortford 10 Mar; 14 Apr; 22 May; 6 Jul; 7 Aug; 14 Sep; 30 Oct; 23 Nov

36 Queen Alexandra’s House, London SW7 20 Feb; 8 May; 17 Sep; 3 Dec

37 Raynham Hall , near Fakenham, Norfolk 4 Apr; 26 Jun

38 Rippington Manor, Gamlingay, Cambs 25 Apr; 14, 30 May; 11, 16 Jun; 11 Jul

39 Roos Hall , near Beccles, Suffolk; 30 Jun

40 Royal Gunpowder Mills , Waltham Abbey 16 Mar; 13 Apr; 18 May; 15 Jun; 20 Jul; 17 Aug; 21 Sep; 19 Oct; 16 Nov

41 St Peter’s Hall , near Bungay, Suffolk 30 Apr; 28 May; 25 Jun; 30 Jul; 27 Aug; 24 Sep

42 Silverstone Farm , North Elmham, Norfolk 7 Apr; 7 Jul; 8 Sep

43 South Elmham Hall , Harleston, Suffolk 23 May; 22 Aug; 26 Sep

44 Spencers Garden , near Sudbury, Essex 22 Jun; 31 Aug

45 No. 37 Spital Square, London E1; 22 May

46 Stanstead Bury, near Ware, Hertfordshire 9 May; 1, 11 Jul; 6 Aug

47 Talliston , Great Dunmow, Essex 27 Jan; 24 Feb; 31 Mar; 28 Apr; 26 May; 30 Jun; 28 Jul; 25 Aug; 29 Sep; 27 Oct; 24 Nov; 15 Dec

48 Voewood , near Holt, Norfolk 20 Mar; 17 Apr; 15 May; 25 Sep; 16 Oct; 13 Nov; 11 Dec

49 Warner Textile Archive, Braintree, Essex 12 Feb; 4 Apr; 20 Jul; 5 Nov

50 West Stow Hall , near Mildenhall, Suffolk 3 Feb; 17 Mar; 9 Apr; 14, 16 May; 12, 16 Jun; 8 Jul; 26 Sep

51 Wingfield College, near Eye, Suffolk 23 May; 18 Jun; 12 Sep

52 Wolterton Hall , near Erpington, Norfolk 25 Apr; 21 May; 27 Jun; 24 Jul; 29 Aug; 24 Sep

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1 • THE ABBEY, COGGESHALLFounded in 1140 on land given by Stephen and Matilda. Restored abbot’s stew pond was a feature when Edward II held court here in 1325. Tour includes abbot’s house, chapel, cloister, recently restored C12th guest house, riverside courtyard and parts of the Tudor house, c. 1581. The Abbey has early and exceptional medieval brickwork.

Tour approx 2 hours, £20 incl. tea or coffee with homemade cakes and biscuits. theabbeycoggeshall.co.uk

2 • BELCHAMP HALLQueen Anne mansion, built in 1710 on the site of a Tudor house. Eclectic contents include Gainsborough family portraits. The house overlooks the fine C14th parish church of St. Mary, with its famous medieval wall paintings. Featured as the fictional Felsham Hall in the BBC series ‘Lovejoy’.

Tour 1½ hours, £18 incl. tea or coffee and cakes. belchamphall.com

3 • BRAXTED PARKMid-C18th red-brick house with earlier features built by Sir Robert Taylor for the cloth merchant, Peter DuCane, who lived there 1751-1803. Brick wall of four and a half miles surrounds 500 acres of parkland, lakes, parish church and hermitage. Tour includes estate grounds and hermitage, but not the church.

Tour 2 hours, £18 incl. tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits. braxtedpark.co.uk

5 • BRINTON HALLC16th house rebuilt 1822 by Brereton family. Staircase reputed to come from Nelson’s residence, Merton Place. Award-winning work includes remodelling of west front and renovation of all interior rooms. Gardens, planted for year-round interest, incl. formal beds, C19th greenhouse.

Tour 2½ hours, £17 incl. tea or coffee, with sandwiches, homemade cakes and fresh scones with local cream and homemade jam. Snowdrop and house tour £24 inc lunch.

4 • BRESSINGHAM HALLGrade II country mansion and companion High Barn, restored and furnished to their elegant Regency origins by the Bloom family, who have celebrate seven decades there. 17 acres of world-famous gardens, as seen on TV, offer something for everyone throughout the seasons.

Tour 2-2½ hours, £18.50 incl. tea, scones and cakes. Guests may spend time in the gardens if they wish. thebressinghamgardens.com

The Abbey is arguably one of the most important architectural and historical buildings in Essex, and is virtually unchanged since the Tudor period.Abbot Ralph (incumbent from 1207 to 1218) was injured at the fall of Jerusalem before he became a monk. The Paycocke wool family later bought the remains of the Abbey and constructed a grand house in miniature. Exceptional Renaissance screen in the Great Hall and fine panelling in the Great Chamber. Numerous royal connections.

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6 • BRUISYARD HALLOne of only four abbeys of the Poor Clares, Bruisyard Hall was founded by Maud, Countess of Ulster, in 1354. Set within a 700-acre estate, it remains the idyllic country retreat that she wanted it to be. The owner is a direct descendant of Sir Thomas Rous who inherited the Tudor house in 1611.

Tour approx 2 hours, £20 incl. tea, coffee, soft drinks and selection of homemade cakes. bruisyardhall.com

7 • BURY ST EDMUNDS GUILDHALLLearn about Bury benefactor Jankyn Smyth with a tour starting at St Mary’s Church and continuing up Churchgate Street to the Guildhall, recently refurbished, which includes medieval hall, Tudor kitchen, Georgian courtroom, last remaining Royal Observer Corps control room, historic gardens and sensory courtyard.

Tour 2 hours, £18 incl. tea/coffee, cakes, and a 5-minute walk through the town. burystedmundsguildhall.org.uk

8 • BUTLEY PRIORYThe Grade I gatehouse is almost all that remains of the 1171 Augustinian Priory, which originally comprised a collection of buildings covering 20 acres. The armorial frieze and exuberant flushwork decoration are unique features. Tours by local historian include vaulted downstairs rooms, bedrooms and grounds.

Tour approx 2 hours, £18.50 including tea, coffee and biscuits. butleypriory.co.uk

10 • CLIFTON HOUSE800 year old merchants’ house now the home of Simon Thurley and Anna Keay. The tour includes period rooms of the 17th and 18th century, medieval wine vaults, an Elizabethan tower with Jacobean murals and tea in the Tudor kitchen.

Tour approx 2 hours, £18 including tea, coffee and omemade cakes. cliftonhouse.org.uk

9 • 25-27 CHURCH ST.Douglas Kent, a director of SPAB, put training into practice at this unmodernised C14th Grade I building in Saffron Walden, famous for two huge pargeted figures and once part of the Sun Inn. Visitors can see his progress and pick his brains. Will appeal to those interested in the sympathetic renovation of old buildings.

Tour 1½ hours, £14 including tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits. thespab.wordpress.com

11 • COLUMBINE HALLDating from 1390, Grade II* timber-framed house surrounded by a defensive moat. The owners have transformed the interior with imagination and filled it with their eccentric and ever-growing collections. The gardens include vistas of the rolling landscape beyond.

Tour 2 hours, £18 incl. tea and homemade cakes. Picnic in grounds. Plants and owners’ books on sale. Accommodation. columbinehall.co.uk

12 • COPPED HALLArchitect Alan Cox, who helped rescue this Palladian mansion, leads the special tours to show how it is being brought back from extreme dereliction. Burnt 1917, asset stripped 1950, saved from development 1986-1995, now being restored. Unrestored grand rooms, vaulted kitchen and cellars, stables and extensive garden.

Tour approx 2½ hours, £15 incl. tea or coffee and homemade cakes and biscuits. coppedhalltrust.org.uk

13 • CROW’S HALLA double avenue of oaks leads to a Tudor building with fine detailing, surrounded by large, fish-filled moat. Restoration award winner. Barn, C16th or earlier, perhaps longest in the county, may be an early court hall. The site dates from the Anglo-Saxon period. Garden, including knot garden and pool garden, designed by Xa Tollemache.

Tour approx 2½-3 hours, £18 incl. tea or coffee, cakes and biscuits. crows-hall.com

14 • EARSHAM HALLLarge Queen Anne house with medieval origins is home to an extended family and a haunting of ghosts. ‘Butcher’ Cumberland visited and Sir John Soane made improvements; survived years as a boys’ school. Antique and furniture showrooms. Tea room open for lunch.

Tour 2½-3 hours, £21 incl. tea/coffee & nibbles on arrival and full afternoon tea. Christmas candlelit supper tour with mulled wine, £34. earshamhallevents.co.uk

15 • FINCHINGFIELD GUILDHALLOnce ‘at risk’, this Grade I guildhall from the C15th and C17th is owned by the village. The restoration completed in 2013 has been acknowledged for craft skills in carpentry and pargeting. An oriel window has been replaced and discoveries made during the restoration work are on show.

Tour 1½-2 hours, £13 incl. tea, coffee, cordial and homemade cakes. finchingfieldguildhall.org.uk

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16 • GLEMHAM HALLThe huge C16th-C18th house and its owner, Philip Hope-Cobbold, are equally exuberant.Haunted staircase and fine 200-acre park designed by Repton and known for its ancient oaks. The estate was bought by the Cobbold brewing family in the early 20th century.

Tour 2½ hours, £18 incl. tea, coffee and cakes. Christmas tour with mulled wine and mince pies, £21. glemhamhall.co.uk

17 • HARLINGTON MANORThe house has hall house antecedents dating from the late C14th, but C16th, C17th, C18th, C19th and early C20th alterations and features are visible too. They include Tudor work, a late Restoration dining room and, possibly, two priest holes. John Bunyan was interrogated and imprisoned here; Charles II had an easier stay.

Tour 2½ hours, £15 incl. tea and homemade cakes. harlingtonmanor.com

18 • HAUGHLEY HOUSELate-medieval manor with C18th additions adjacent to outer bailey of castle, destroyed 1173. Manor of Haughley one of the foremost in England, previous lords including Henry II and Mary Tudor (present owner is the current lord). Manorial records on show. Priest hole and two bricked-up tunnels inside house.

Tour 1½-2 hours, £17 incl. tea, coffee, homemade scones and cake. Accommodation. haughleyhouse.co.uk

19 • HEATH FARMHOUSEGrade II Elizabethan farmhouse in the Waveney valley; wings C17th and C18th. Unspoilt interior retains Tudor colouring. Original features include C17th ‘creased’ doors, St Cross bricks, protection marks, shutter grooves, game larder and brick oven. Records list all farmers from 1779.

Tour 2½ hours, £15 incl. tea with homemade scones and  meringues. Festive tea and decorations in December. Four-star B&B.

20 • HENSTEAD EXOTIC GARDENThe tropics in Suffolk; large palms, bananas, bamboos and 30-foot tiered walk leading to a ‘Thai’ pavilion. Three ponds, streams, ruined walled garden and tea in ‘gingerbread’ summerhouse with verandah. Winner of Alan Titchmarsh’s Britain’s Best Back Gardens.

Tour approx 2 hours, £12 incl. tea, coffee or soft drinks and homemade cakes. Exotic plants and owner’s book for sale. hensteadexoticgarden.co.uk

Guest accommodationHaughley House offers superb, award-winning accommodation where you can enjoy delicious food in an historical setting.

Ideally situated for visiting Constable country, Lavenham, Cambridge, Heritage Coast, etc.

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CLIFTON HOUSE & GARDEN, KING’S LYNN The most complete medieval merchants’ house surviving in England. Contains fourteenth century wine vaults, Tudor, Stuart and Georgian interiors, an Elizabethan tower and an exquisite courtyard garden. “The most fascinating house I have ever visited.”

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21 • HOCKWOLD HALLTudor house built by Sir Thomas Tindall, seized by the Crown in 1661 and sold to Sir Cyril Wyche, a President of the Royal Society. Prince Victor Duleep Singh, son of the Maharajh of Lahore and godson of Queen Victoria, moved here in 1895 and extended the house. Fine gardens with interesting trees, mixed borders and a ‘banjo’ yew allée.

Tour 2 hours, £17 incl. tea or coffee and cakes. hockwoldhallnorfolk.com

22 • HOSES HALLOriginally a Saxon manor. Given to Sir Roger Huse in 1312 by John de Buick – hence the name. Previously owned by Lords Beaverbrook, Plummer and (Alan) Sainsbury. Much dates from 16th century. Tithe barn contemporary with Cressing Temple. Well-stocked four-acre garden plus four acres of meadows with bulbs.

Tour 3-3½ hours, £29.50 incl. coffee, tour of garden and principal room of house, and two-course lunch with wine.

23 • HOVETON HALLRegency house c. 1810, attributed to Humphry Repton and his son, John Adey, built by Christobella Burroughes. Owned by Buxton family since 1946. Known for its gardens, including walled Spider Garden (after iron spider gate). Tour incl. reception rooms and garden wander.

Tour 3 hours, £17 incl. tea with homemade cakes and biscuits. Snowdrop tour £20 incl. light lunch. hovetonhallestate.co.uk

24 • INGATESTONE HALLGrade I C16th manor built by Sir William Petre, Secretary of State to four Tudor monarchs, still lived in by the family. Largely Tudor with oak panelling and two priest holes. Grounds with stew ponds, walled garden and lime tree walks. Family memorabilia collected over the centuries.

Tour 2½ hours, £16 incl. tea/coffee and homemade cakes. Visitors may linger in grounds or visit tea room. ingatestonehall.com

25 • ISLAND HALLNamed after ornamental island on the Great Ouse, this charming Grade II* C18 house is owned by an award-winning interior designer. Georgian rooms with fine detail and possessions linked to the owners’ ancestors since 1800. Described by Octavia Hill as ‘the loveliest, dearest house....’ Tranquil riverside setting.

Tour 3 hours, full Tea with fresh finger sandwiches and a slice of cake £23.50. islandhall.com

26 • 25 KENSINGTON GOREGrade II C19th mansion appealing to anyone interested in London’s history, period property, design and antiques. Visitors will see six stunning reception rooms, including two white and gold Louis XVI drawing rooms, plus the billiard room and a dining room featuring Jacobean furniture and a tapestry of Queen Victoria.

Tour 3½ hours, £8 (no refreshments) 25kensingtongore.co.uk

27 • KIRSTEAD HALLUnspoilt Grade I Elizabethan house of E-shaped plan with three stepped gables, built c. 1560. Brickwork has attractive diaper patterns in blue. Witchcraft symbols in porch and elsewhere. Former studio for Edward Seago (1910-1974). Partly walled gardens with Grade II* dovecote. Antique restoration on site (part of tour).

Tour 2½ hours, £17 incl. tea, coffee, scones with cream and jam, and cakes. Antiques for sale. kirsteadhall.co.uk

28 • LAYER MARNEY TOWERGrade I Tudor gatehouse, decorated with fine Italianate terracotta. Henry VIII, impressed, visited during building. Henry, first Lord Marney, the King’s Lord Privy Seal, died in 1523; work stopped two years later. Church, altered to match the house, has effigies of him and his son, John.

Tour 2 hours, £20 incl. tea or coffee with traybake. Christmas tour incl. mince pies and mulled wine. layermarneytower.co.uk

29 • LINDEN HOUSE, EYEClassic example of country town house in one of England’s smallest towns. Timbered and plastered farmhouse dates from C16th. Given a brick skin around 1780 to make it smart, with fine entrance hall and stairs. Home of a family of six sisters (two suffragettes.) Set for a ‘Miss Marple’. Perfect starting point for Eye Town Trail.

Tour 2 hours incl. talk on house and town, £15 incl. tea and coffee, cakes and scones

30 • MANNINGTON HALLMoated hall, mid-C15th, purchased by Horatio, diplomat brother of Sir Robert Walpole, in C18th. Extended in the 1860s by the 4th and 5th Earls of Orford, it remains a Walpole family home. Gardens feature roses, especially classic varieties, themed borders, ruined church, Victorian follies, wildflower meadow, birdhide and arboretum.

Tour 2 hours, £18; am tours incl. coffee, biscuits; pm tours incl. tea, cake, Evening tour incl. drinks and canapés.

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31 • NETHERHALL MANOROne-acre walled garden filled with historic flowers. Tours are led by the expert owner, a garden writer. ‘Elegant with a touch of antiquity... a positive delight’ (Good Gardens Guide). Two antique poultry houses. Tour concludes with C18th music played on early family square piano. Tour does not include house, but tea is served indoors.

Tour, incl. talk and recital on early square piano, 1½-2 hours, £14 incl. tea and homemade cakes.

32 • OLD HALLSmall Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor, in Simon Jenkins’s Thousand Best Houses, rescued from dereliction by present owners. Three-storey decorated porch, grisaille hunting scenes in the small long gallery. Good fireplaces, fragments of wall decoration. A friendly, busy house filled with colour, books and pictures.

Tour 2-2½ hours, £15 incl. tea and cakes; festive tea in December with mince pies.

33 • OTLEY HALLThe ‘outstanding individual house’ in east Suffolk (Pevsner). Grade I C16th moated hall, still a family home, is a perfect example of unspoilt late medieval architecture. Farrer says the great hall and linenfold parlour, which look out onto the rose garden, are unequalled in Suffolk.

Tour 2½ hours incl. time in garden, £16 incl. tea/coffee and cakes. Christmas tour £17.50 incl. mulled wine and nibbles. otleyhall.co.uk

34 • OUSDEN HOUSEGeorgian building, formerly a stable and coach house, converted to an elegant and delightful house. Remarkable 12-acre garden includes herbaceous borders, rose garden, water gardens and long double crinkle-crankle yew hedge. Small lake and ornamental woodland. Courtyard, also clock tower and dovecote.

Tour 2 hours, £18 incl. tea with sandwiches, homemade cakes and biscuits. All proceeds to Ousden church.

35 • PARSONAGE FARMLate medieval/early Tudor timber-framed farmhouse with original inglenook fireplace, signed late C16th glass window and original beams. Collection of period furniture throughout the house. Gardens include a medieval pleasure garden and a Tudor knot garden.

Tour 2-3 hours, £18 incl. tea/coffee with Tudor cakes and biscuits; lunch tours £30, Easter tour £20; Christmas Tudor feast £75.

Beautiful 15th/16th century moated Hall, set in 10 acres of award-winning gardens.Gardens and Café open every Wednesday between May–September 11am–5pmPrivate guided tours of the Hall and Gardens by appointment.

01473 890264 | otleyhall .co.uk

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36 • QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S HOUSEQueen Anne/Jacobean Revival-style building with many original features. It has been in continuous use since 1884 as a purpose-built hostel for female students of music and science. Tour includes entrance hall, staircase, drawing room, dining room and music practice rooms.

Tour 1½ hours, £15 including tea or coffee, cakes and biscuits. queenalex.com

37 • RAYNHAM HALLGrade I* early C17th house by Sir Roger Townshend with interiors redesigned by William Kent from 1725 for the second Viscount ‘Turnip’ Townshend, an important figure at the courts of Queen Anne and King George I. 17 room tour including King’s Bedroom and the Belisarius Room. Visitors may also see the new gardens, church and park.

Tour 2 hours, £30 inc tea/coffee and biscuits. raynhamrecitals.co.uk

38 • RIPPINGTON MANORRemarkably complete H-shaped Tudor manor house with enormous chimney breast, built by Robert Audley of lath and plaster 1565, brick-encased 1645. Home to Sir Charles Caesar and son Julius, Master of the Rolls. Paintings include portraits of Henry VIII. Fine views from garden.

Tour 2 hours, £17.50 incl. tea/coffee, sandwiches, savoury bites, cakes and biscuits. Affordable paintings and owner’s book for sale.

39 • ROOS HALLA Grade I red-brick Tudor manor house dated 1583, an important example of Elizabethan Classicism in the Waveney valley vernacular tradition. Set in its medieval parkland with river frontage, it retains original fireplaces and panelling. Bought by Sir John Suckling (father of the poet and Secretary of State to James I) in 1613.

Tour approx 2 hours, £22 incl. tea and cakes.

40 • ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLSDescribed as the ‘most important site for the history of explosives in Europe’, a Scheduled Monument with over 20 listed buildings and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Tours to areas normally out of bounds introduce visitors to hidden architectural gems.

Tour 2 hours, £18 incl. tea or coffee and cakes. Sturdy footwear required for two-mile walk over rough ground. royalgunpowdermills.com

42 • SILVERSTONE FARMHouse and garden of George Carter ‘one of 10 best garden designers in Britain’ (Sunday Times). Visitors see ground floor of 1920s neo-Georgian farmhouse, library in barn (part of 1830s farmyard complex) and elegant formal gardens in two acres, accompanied by owner. Subject of TV programmes, many books and magazine features.

Tour 1½ hours, £15 incl. tea, scones and cake. Books by George Carter are for sale.

43 • SOUTH ELMHAM HALLRecent work reveals more of the original C13th bishop’s palace than thought. The C16th exterior of the Grade I building hides a medieval first floor hall where the Bishop of Norwich held court. Features include perhaps Suffolk’s earliest domestic wall paintings. Tour includes deer park walk, Minster and chapel ruins.

Tour 2 hours (3 hours incl. optional walk to Minster), £18 incl. tea and cakes. southelmham.co.uk

44 • SPENCERS GARDENRomantic C18th walled garden laid out by Lady Anne Spencer, part of 100-acre Georgian country estate. Reputed oldest greenhouse in Essex full of tropicals, dazzling herbaceous borders, stands of ‘true-blue’ Lord Butler delphiniums (“RAB” lived here), rich variety of roses, formal garden edged with espalier pears.

Tour 2-3 hours, £22 incl. two-course lunch with wine and tour of garden. Plants for sale. spencersgarden.net

45 • 37 SPITAL SQUAREHead office of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) in a Georgian silk merchant’s house in Spitalfields, a short walk from Liverpool Street station. Atmospheric working building with many original features, including staircase, panelling and fireplaces. SPAB’s work explained.

Tour 1½ hours, £18 incl. tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits. spab.org.uk

41 • ST PETER’S HALLHalf-moated manor house from c. 1280, extended in 1539 with salvage from nearby Flixton Priory, an early victim of the Reformation, including valuable Caen stone windows and porch. Medieval graffiti and other inscriptions. Adjacent St Peter’s Brewery is included in all tours.

Tour 3 hours, £18.50 incl. tea/coffee and homemade nibbles on arrival, full afternoon tea and brewery tour. stpetershalleventsandweddings.co.uk

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46 • STANSTEAD BURYGrade II* originally monastic property, occupied since the Dissolution by three families: the Baeshes, Fieldes and Trowers. Earliest part is half-timbered newel staircase. Fine William and Mary front. Filled with Trower family possessions of the last 150 years. Four listed buildings on farm, Grade I church with C18th interior, C16th ice house.

Tour 2-2½ hours, £16 including tea/coffee, sandwiches and cakes.

47 • TALLISTON HOUSE AND GARDENSOnce an ordinary three-bedroom, semi-detached council house, transformed over the course of a 25-year project into a series of locations, each set in a different time and place. The Sunday Times calls it ‘Britain’s most extraordinary home.’

Tour 2½ hours, £16.50 incl. tea/coffee and cake; Halloween tour incl. supper £18.50; Christmas tour incl. festive food £18.50. talliston.com

48 • VOEWOODArts and Crafts house by E.S. Prior for Percy Lloyd 1903-5. ‘Violently idiosyncratic ... reminiscent of Gaudi’ (Pevsner). Restored by rare book dealer Simon Finch over six years to fulfil his loves of architecture, art and books, it combines striking architecture with eccentric interiors filled with retro objects, pop art, Arts & Crafts furniture.

Tour 2 hours, £20 incl. tea or coffee and biscuits. voewood.com

49 • WARNER TEXTILE ARCHIVESituated in part of the original mid-C19th mill buildings, the archive has over 100,000 textile and wallpaper samples, paper designs and documents showing the history of Warner & Sons. Visitors will enjoy a special tour and talk on the firm and its fabrics.

Tour 2½-3 hours, £18 incl. gallery talk, tea or coffee with biscuits, homemade cakes. warnertextilearchive.co.uk

50 • WEST STOW HALLC16th hall built either by last abbot of Bury St Edmunds or merchant John Croft. Downstairs, heavily timbered, perhaps from earlier manor, has large inglenooks and great reception hall. Gatehouse, c. 1520, has terracotta figures and rare C16th wall painting of the four ages of man. 1570 colonnade joins the two.

Tour 2-2½ hours, £17.50 incl. tea, coffee and cakes. weststowhall.com

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51 • WINGFIELD COLLEGEGeorgian façade hides a 1362 chantry college with medieval great hall, cloister, Tudor and Georgian rooms. ‘Every inch of the interior is interesting’ (Simon Jenkins). Four acres with fishponds, walled kitchen garden and eccentric topiary. Tour includes de la Pole tombs in Wingfield church.

Tour 3 hours including the garden, £16 incl. tea and homemade cakes. wingfieldcollege.com

52 • WOLTERTON HALLBuilt in the 1720s by Thomas Ripley for Horatio Walpole, brother of Britain’s first prime minister, Sir Robert. Purchased from the Walpole family in 2016, the property is now undergoing major refurbishment; an extraordinary opportunity to visit an important historic estate.

Tour 2-2½ hours, £32 incl. Champagne and canapés in the saloon. Tea, coffee, soft drinks also available. woltertonpark.co.uk

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Wolterton Hall is a Palladian house built by Horatio Walpole, brother

of our first prime minister, and set in a natural 150-acre

park in North Norfolk.

You can now stay in one of four restored properties in the tranquil

natural park laid out by Charles Bridgeman in the eighteenth century.

Choose from the three-bedroomed East Lodge or Garden House, the one-bedroom Treasury or the seven-bedroom East Wing.

The sumptuous interiors are furnished with period furniture

each with their own unique character but with modern comforts such as

Vi-Spring beds, fully equipped kitchens, and state-of-the-art luxurious classic bathrooms –

all with private gardens.

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53 • ASHLEY COURTGrade II Regency house built by Tiverton merchant John Upcott. Largely unaltered since Edwardian redecoration, it gives an insight into the working life of a small country estate in the early C19th. The owners are embarking on a long process of restoration. Victorian stable block, apple lofts, walled garden and woodland walks.

Tour 2 hours, £16 incl. tea with biscuits/cake.

54 • BINDON MILLAn historic converted mill house on the River Frome that blends original features with contemporary living. Inside, a striking glass floor reveals the mill’s leat. Extensive collection of antique and modern furniture and fine art works. The garden has colourful planting, an abundance of wildlife and a hydro-electric power system.

Tour 2-2½ hours, £20 incl. light lunch (morning tours) or cream tea (afternoon tours).

55 • BOCONNOC HOUSEBoconnoc House, winner of the 2012 Historic Houses Restoration Award, was bought with the proceeds of the Pitt Diamond in 1717. Three prime ministers, a history of duels, and architect Sir John Soane play a part in the story of the estate. Beautiful woodland garden, Georgian bath house, Soane stable yard and C15th church onsite.

Tour 3 hours, £22 incl. Cornish cream tea. boconnoc.com

56 • CANONTEIGN MANORGrade I Elizabethan E-plan manor house in 12 acres of gardens and parkland. Tudor features include linen-fold panelling and stone mullioned windows. Occupied by the Viscounts Exmouth until the early C19th when it fell into disrepair. Restored by Lady Exmouth in the 1970s and recently subject to extensive and sympathetic renovation.

Tour 1½ hours, £15 incl. tea, coffee and biscuits.

57 • CHAPEL CLEEVE MANORSubject of Country House Rescue, this Grade II*, 27,000 sq ft house started life in the 1450s as a hostel for pilgrims. It was enlarged in the C19th and C20th when it was a private house and then a hotel. Meet intrepid owner, Jeannie Wilkins, for real life views on the problems of big, old houses.

Tour 1½ hours, £16 incl. tea, coffee and homemade cakes.chapelcleevemanor.org.uk

South West Map, Houses & Dates

53 Ashley Court , near Tiverton, Devon 13 March; 24 April; 15 May; 12 June; 17 July; 18 August; 25 September; 23 October

54 Bindon Mill, near Wareham, Dorset 10 April; 1, 22 May; 19 June; 17 July; 11 September

55 Boconnoc House, Lostwithiel, Cornwall 21 May; 4, 25 June; 23 July

56 Canonteign Manor, Chudleigh, Devon 25 April; 23 May; 20 June; 6 September; 10 October

57 Chapel Cleeve Manor, Minehead, Somerset 9 April; 14 May; 11 June; 9 July; 13 August; 10 September

58 Coombe Trenchard, Okehampton, Devon; 18 June; 17 July; 7 August

59 Great Fulford, near Exeter, Devon 17 May; 28 June; 26 July; 4 October

60 Hall, Bishops Tawton , Barnstaple, Devon; 4 April; 2 May; 6 June

61 Halswell Park , Bridgewater, Somerset 7 June; 19 July

62 Kelly House, near Lifton, Devon 7 April; 12 May; 9 June; 14 July; 18 August; 27 October

63 Old Bowlish House, Shepton Mallet, Somerset 15 May; 18 June; 4 July; 13 August; 18 September; 19 December

64 Owlpen Manor, Dursley, Gloucestershire 4, 26 June; 4 July; 3 September

65 Rugbourne Farm, High Littleton, Somerset 13 April; 11 May; 6 July; 14 September

66 Shilstone House, near Modbury, Devon 12 March; 9 April; 14 May; 18 June; 16 July; 20 August; 17 September; 22 October

67 The Summer House, Southampton, Hampshire; 24 February; 13 April

68 Talboys , Keevil, Wiltshire 27 March; 22 May; 3 July; 11 September; 11 December

69 Thorn House, near Plymouth, Devon 26 April; 11 May; 8 June; 7, 26 July

70 Tiverton Castle, Devon 14 May; 5, 15 June

71 Trereife House, Newlyn, Cornwall 19 April; 18 May; 22 June; 13 July; 17 August; 28 September

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63 • OLD BOWLISH HOUSEBuilt c. 1618, this clothier’s mansion was modernised by the Georgians c. 1735 and the Victorians c. 1860. A Palladian frontage and stone mullioned rear windows enclose finely proportioned rooms, original fireplaces and a heavily-carved Jacobean openwork scroll staircase. A tapestry of wool, wars, Huguenots and a ghost or two.Tour 2½-3 hours, £15 incl. cream tea. Christmas tour £20 including festive refreshments. oldbowlishhouse.com

64 • OWLPEN MANORRomantic Tudor manor house with historic gardens set in a picturesque Cotswold valley among ancient woodland. Mainly dating from 1450 to 1616, Arts and Crafts repairs of 1926 saved it from ruin. Unique ‘painted cloth’ textiles, Mander family portraits and a collection of Cotswold Arts and Crafts furniture and fittings.

Tour 1½-2 hours, £18.50 incl. tea or coffee and biscuits. Lunch tour on 26 June 3 hours, £32. owlpen.com

65 • RUGBOURNE FARMRenaissance manor house, saved from collapse by architect Andy Paterson and his wife Zanna. Substantially unchanged since it was first built, the house retains its architectural integrity. William Smith, the ‘father of English geology’, began the first stratological map of Britain here, an excellent print of which is on view.

Tour about 2 hours, £14 incl. tea and cake. Visitors may picnic or linger in the grounds after the tour.

66 • SHILSTONE HOUSE Evidence of occupation since first century BC and site of a Domesday manor. Well-documented with an almost uninterrupted history back to the Norman conquest. Shilstone is now a restored Georgian house with fine elevations and detail. Its historic landscape includes the only known 17th century water theatre in the UK.

Tour 2½ hours, £18 incl. tea or coffee and cake. shilstonedevon.co.uk | devonruralarchive.com/shilstone.html

67 • THE SUMMER HOUSEC18th Gothic folly in a Capability Brown landscape park. Originally a bathhouse, the house has been sensitively restored and the garden replanted with period trees, shrubs, roses and topiary. Tour includes the Saxon and Norman church and the ruins of St John’s House c. 1150.

Tour 2½ hours, £20 incl. tea, coffee and cakes, or wine and canapés, depending on time of tour.

58 • COOMBE TRENCHARDHouse and gardens designed in 1906 by Walter Sarel. Original Arts & Crafts features including a ‘disappearing’ wall, perhaps the only of its type in the country. Gardens are being restored with Edwardian planting schemes. Woodland walks, water gardens and croquet lawn.

Tour 2½ hours, £19 inc Devonshire cream tea with homemade scones and cakes. coombetrenchard.co.uk

59 • GREAT FULFORDHome of the Fulford family since c. 1190. Mainly early Tudor, built round a courtyard. Superb early C16th panelling in great hall. Grand late C17th staircase leads to recently restored great dining room. Façade remodelled in the ‘Gothick’ style by James Wyatt circa 1805.

Tour of house and gardens 1½ hours, £17.50 incl. a cream tea. greatfulford.co.uk

60 • HALL, BISHOPS TAWTONOwned by the Chichester family since the early C14th, the present house is ca 1840 by Philip Hardwick. Grand reception and family rooms with views over Taw valley; central staircase hall and Gothic great hall with stained glass and minstrels’ gallery. Outside, medieval barn, C17th stable block.

Tour 2 hours, £17 incl. tea/coffee, squash, cream tea and cake. hallestate.co.uk

61 • HALSWELL PARKView the inner workings of a huge restoration project. Grade I Tudor manor and 1689 Baroque wing in C18th parkland with temples, follies and lakes. Pevsner called it ‘the most important house of its date in the county’. Currently no contents. C18th water gardens (boots needed).

Tour 4½ hours, £15 incl. tea/coffee and sandwiches on arrival and farewell drink at the Temple of Harmony. halswellpark.com

62 • KELLY HOUSEThe Kelly Family have lived on this site for over 900 years. Tour offers ancestral intrigue and an introduction to the social and architectural history of country houses and the landed gentry in Devon. A Saxon settlement in Domesday book, later held by a Norman, the Kelly family home has evolved over the centuries.

Tour 2½ hours, £18 incl. tea or coffee and homemade cake. B&B available. kelly-house.co.uk

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68 • TALBOYSOne of Wiltshire’s oldest properties, c. 1420, a fine example of a timber-framed house with wattle and daub panels on a tall dressed-stone plinth. The interiors are homely, with fine antiques, paintings and curios collected by the owners from their travels in India and the East. Vaulted hall, C15th murals and detailed wood carvings.

Tour 1½-2 hours, £17.50 incl. cream tea, £30 including lunch.

69 • THORN HOUSESituated on the bank of the River Yealm, Thorn House’s historical gardens have breathtaking views and an exotic collection of trees from around the globe. The architecture and planting have been influenced over the years by an eclectic and eccentric mix of owners. Tour of ground floor, orangery and garden led by owner.

Tour 2½ hours, £18 incl. homemade Devon cream tea (or coffee) and cakes. B&B available. thornhouse.co.uk

70 • TIVERTON CASTLEOriginally from 1106, building periods from C14th to modern are visible. Home to medieval Earls of Devon and Princess Katherine Plantagenet, it was captured by Sir Thomas Fairfax in 1645 when a lucky shot hit the drawbridge chain. Fine collection of Civil War arms and armour, including some that can be tried on.

Tour 2½ hours, £18 including Devon cream tea and cakes and biscuits. Accommodation. tivertoncastle.com

71 • TREREIFE HOUSETrereife (pronounced ‘Treave’) is a family-run estate, steeped in Cornish history. The Grade II* house, predominantly Queen Anne with Elizabethan parts, is set in beautiful countryside with views of Newlyn and St Michael’s Mount. Home to the Le Grice family since 1796, the house and gardens have recently been restored.

Tour 2 hours, £17 including tea or coffee and homemade Cornish cream tea. B&B available. trereifepark.co.uk

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73 Aldenham Park , near Bridgnorth, Shropshire 2 May; 12 June; 10 September

74 Brithdir Hall, near Welshpool, Powys 15 April; 12 June; 16 July; 13 September

75 Broadward Hall, near Craven Arms, Shropshire 19 June

76 Brynkinalt Hall , near Wrexham 23 May; 4, 6, 18, 25 June; 2, 10 September

77 Burton Court , Eardisland, Herefordshire 4 June; 17 September

78 Combermere Abbey, near Whitchurch, Cheshire 19 March; 23 April; 21 May; 23 July; 17 September

79 Cornwall House, Monmouth 3 May; 2 August

80 Coughton Court North Wing , Alcester, Warwickshire 18 April; 20 May; 10 June; 8, 22 July; 9, 23 September

81 Courteenhall House near Northampton Group visits only in 2019 See website for dates

82 Hardwick Hall , near Ellesmere, Shropshire 20 March; 24 April; 22 May; 24 July; 18 September

83 Hartsheath , near Mold, Flintshire 8 May; 12 June; 3 July; 21 August; 16 September

84 Hatton Grange, near Telford, Shropshire 6, 18 June

85 Iscoyd Park , near Whitchurch, Shropshire 30 April; 16, 30 July

86 Kentchurch Court , near Pontrilas, Herefordshire 17 April; 19 June; 24 July; 14 August; 4 September

87 Llanover Garden , near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire 11 June; 7 August; 19 September

88 Millichope Park , near Craven Arms, Shropshire 3 May; 11 October

89 Mysevin , near Denbigh 24 April; 14 May; 13 June; 11 July; 8 August; 1 October

90 Nantiago, Llanfair Waterdine, Shropshire 11 April; 13 June; 18 July; 13 September

91 Pitchford Hall , near Shrewsbury, Shropshire 30 March; 10, 27 April; 11, 29 May; 5, 19, 22 June

92 Plas Dinam , Llandinam, Powys 22 May; 26 June; 18 September

93 Stokesay Court , Onibury, Shropshire 9 May; 13 June

94 Tissington Hall, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire 4 March; 15 April; 29 April; 9 September

95 Treowen , near Monmouth 3 May

96 Upton Cressett Hall , Shropshire 15 May; 2, 26 June; 10 July

97 Willey Park , near Telford, Shropshire 16 May, 11 September

98 No. 21 Yateley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 16 March; 28 April

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77 • BURTON COURTGrade II* manor house, with medieval, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian architecture, at the heart of the Black and White Village Trail. Large archaeological dig in the grounds may be the remains of a Norman Castle. Variety of exhibitions including costumes, militaria, natural history and ship models. ‘Hugely enjoyable’ (Simon Jenkins).

Tour 2 hours, £14 incl. cream tea. burtoncourt.com

78 • COMBERMERE ABBEYGrade I building, established as Cistercian monastery in 1133 and transformed by the Cotton family into a Tudor manor house following Reformation in 1536. Remodelled in 1820 in Gothick style by Sir Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere. Bought by Sir Kenneth Crossley in 1919. Has undergone substantial restoration

Tour 2½ hours, £18 incl. tea, coffee and cakes. combermereabbey.co.uk

79 • CORNWALL HOUSE17thC or earlier town house retaining many original features, including fine staircase. Redbrick Queen Anne-style garden façade added in 1752 when the house belonged to Henry de Bergh, the Duke of Beaufort’s agent. Street façade remodelled in the Georgian style in the early C19th. Original walled kitchen garden.

Tour at 10.45 am 1 hour, £10 incl. coffee and biscuits; tour at 1.00 pm 2 hours, £20 incl. 2-course lunch with wine.

80 • COUGHTON COURT NORTH WINGThe Throckmortons, one of Britain’s oldest Roman Catholic families, have lived here for 600 years. House is early Tudor with a flamboyant C16th gate tower. The Throckmorton and Gunpowder Plots were fomented here. Gardens are described as ‘breathtaking.’ Tour includes family’s private wing.

Tour 2½ hours, £15 incl. tea, coffee and cakes. Evening tours incl. wine. coughtoncourt.co.uk

81 • COURTEENHALL HOUSEBuilt in 1792 by Samuel Saxon. Commissioned by Sir William Wake, 10th baronet; still lived in by the family. Grounds by Humphry Repton. Arboretum planted by Sir Hereward Wake, 14th baronet, contains rare specimens. Tour includes main rooms, staircase, rooflights, kitchen gardens. Visitors shown round by the owner of the estate.

Tour 2½ hours, £18, incl. tea and biscuits. Sandwiches available at extra cost. Group visits only in 2019

72 • ABBERLEY HALL English Heritage calls this one of the finest examples of a Victorian country house. The Grade II* hall was built by Samuel Daukes in 1845. Forty years on, the interiors were refashioned and much remains today. A theatre has murals of Worcestershire life. Visitors can climb the landmark 1880s Clock Tower – seven counties can be seen on a clear day.

Tour 2½ hours, £15 including tea and cake.

73 • ALDENHAM PARKGrade II* Palladian house. Charles I took refuge from Oliver Cromwell here in a priest hole (leaving his coat behind). Charles II presented the Acton family with a fine Van Dyck portrait of himself; it still hangs in the saloon. Sold by the Acton family to the present owners in 1959 and now a private family home.

Tour 2½ hours, £25 incl. tea, coffee and cakes. aldenhampark.com

74 • BRITHDIR HALLSubstantial C16th timber-framed hall house with large C17th porch, all within Regency remodelling c. 1815. Filled with family memorabilia. Tour includes early C19th flannel mill, C14th corn mill and Gothick ‘ferme ornée’. Having worked in a major auction house the owner has much to say about architecture, contents and his ancestors.

Tour 2½ hours, £17.50 incl. tea, coffee, crumpets, cakes and biscuits.

75 • BROADWARD HALLMuch altered in C19th, the house has a Regency Gothic appearance. Tour includes the first stage of renovation of the Victorian walled garden, the restored Victorian pump house and the site of a Bronze Age hoard (now in the British Museum). C19th archery walk with giant sequoia trees. Nearby St Cuthbert’s church will be open.

Tour 2 hours, £18 including tea or coffee, cakes and biscuits served in the music room.

76 • BRYNKINALT HALL Fine Grade II* house built in 1612 by Sir Edward Trevor overlooking the Ceiriog Valley; extended in the early 1800s. Still lived in by the Trevor family. Tour covers the formal rooms of the house and family history. Visitors are also welcome to explore the formal West Garden and ornamental woodland shrubbery.

Tour 2 hours, £17.50 including tea, coffee and homemade cake and biscuits. brynkinalt.co.uk

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87 • LLANOVER GARDENHistoric 15-acre garden with deep borders, a water garden and two arboreta. Several trees are National Champions. The Rhyd y meirch stream flows through the garden creating ponds, cascades and weirs. Tour led by owner Elizabeth Murray, seventh generation of the family to live and plant here.

Tour 2 hours, £14 incl. tea/coffee, cakes, and illustrated 35-page guide book. llanovergarden.co.uk

88 • MILLICHOPE PARKGrade II* mid-C19th Greek Revical house by Shropshire architect Edward Haycock.Extensively altered in 1970 and recently renovated. Gardens include lakes, cascades and George Stuert memorial temple, pre-dating the house.

Tour 2 hours, £20 incl. tea/coffee and biscuits. Recently renovated 2-acre walled garden and 1830s curved linear glasshouses can be viewed by arrangement. Group visits only during 2019.

89• MYSEVINRegency house in a secluded setting. Peaceful garden boats rare plants and a recently created shell house by Blott Kerr-Wilson. Tour starts with the family’s 50s and 60s museum Cae Dai near Denbigh, followed by a tour of the ground floor, gardens and shell house at Mysevin.

Tour 3 hours, £17 incl. tea/coffee/soft drinks, homemade sandwiches, scones and cakes. Visitors may explore the grounds after the tour.

90 • NANTIAGO Marches longhouse with cruck frames, c. 1540, with later extensions and Regency Gothick windows. Local vicarage for 180 years. Attractive grounds with small lake and an arboretum to view. Tour includes ground floor rooms, containing memorabilia from lost Welsh houses, and two bedrooms. Collection of live owls and classic cars.

Tour 2½ hours, £17 incl. cream tea, coffee, cakes, biscuits and sandwiches.

91 • PITCHFORD HALL AND TREEHOUSEDescribed as Britain’s finest half-timbered house, Pitchford Hall was owned by the Colthurst family for more than 500 years but was sold in 1992. Placed on the ‘at risk’ register, the house has been bought back by Rowena Colthurst and her husband; restoration is ongoing. Queen Victoria played in the Tudor-style treehouse as a child.

Tour 1½ hours, £20 incl. tea and cakes. pitchfordestate.com | Twitter & Instagram @PitchfordEstate

82 • HARDWICK HALLA grand early Georgian house with Grade II* status, built in 1720 by John Kynaston, whose family still lives there. Three storeys and cellar with villas flanking both the south and north sides. The whole faces south overlooking parkland while, to the north, there is a lake. Tour covers the ground floor rooms and family history.

Tour 2 hours, £20 incl. tea and cake. N.B. Not to be confused with the National Trust’s Hardwick Hall.

83 • HARTSHEATH Grade II* C18th and C19th country house, set in C19th landscape park. Drawing room has trompe l’oeil decoration with pineapple motifs. Collection of Welsh C18th and C19th watercolours; works by ‘Jewish Holbein’ Isidor Kaufmann; interesting collections of furniture and porcelain. Six-acre garden for visitors to explore.

Tour 2 hours, £15 incl. tea or coffee with sandwiches and cakes.

84 • HATTON GRANGE Built in 1764 for Plowden Slaney by Shrewsbury architect Thomas Farnolls Pritchard. It is one of his most complete existing works and is a good example of a provincial Georgian country house set in its own grounds. Surrounded by beautiful gardens, the house remains very much a family home.

Tour 2½-3 hours, £20 incl. tea, coffee and homemade biscuits and cakes.

85 • ISCOYD PARK Family home dating back to 1737 (with parts from 1630). Bought by Philip Lake Godsal in 1843. Son, Philip William, was a leading agriculturist. His son, Philip Thomas, invented the Godsal Rifle. Used as a hospital and POW camp in World War II. Now run by Philip Langley Godsal and wife, Susie. Undergone much refurbishment.

Tour 2-2½ hours, £18 incl. tea, coffee, soft drinks, cakes and biscuits. iscoydpark.com

86 • KENTCHURCH COURTCrenelated building, in parts dating from Anglo-Saxon times. Ancestral home of the Scudamores; six generations of family portraits, furniture and clocks; possibly largest collection of Grinling Gibbons carvings in private ownership. House altered by John Nash in 1795, using designs by Anthony Keck. Extensive garden delights throughout the seasons.

Tour 3-4 hours, £28 incl. lunch. kentchurchcourt.co.uk

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98 • 21 YATELEY ROADGrade I Arts & Crafts house and garden, designed in 1899 by architect Herbert Tudor Buckland as his own family home. Remarkably intact interior which includes interesting plasterwork, stained glass and beaten copper.

Tour 2-2½ hours, £11.50 incl. tea, coffee and biscuits.

97 • WILLEY PARKComplete example of an early C19th neo-classical mansion, the masterpiece of architect Lewis Wyatt. Private family residence with exceptional collection which contains a series of references to social, economic and political British and European life from Waterloo, through the Industrial Revolution, to the present day.

Tour 2-2½ hours, £30 incl. tea, coffee and homemade cakes served in the orangery.

92 • PLAS DINAM Much-loved family home to the fifth generation of descendants of Victorian railway and mining entrepreneur David Davies. Designed by architect W E Nesfield in 1873–74, the house was partly rebuilt following a fire in 2001. Gordonstoun School relocated here during the war. Small museum and Victorian stables.

Tour 2-3 hours, £14 incl. tea,coffee, soft drinks and cakes. plasdinamcountryhouse.co.uk

93 • STOKESAY COURTBuilt 1889 for John Derby-Allcroft of glove makers Dent-Allcroft. Unaltered interiors throughout reveal original cutting-edge early technology. Spectacular galleried English oak hall with lantern roof. Atonement filmed here; props and sets on display. Extensive gardens, pools and cascades.

Tour 2- 2 1/2 hours. £18.00 incl. tea, scones, cakes and biscuits. Specialist technology tours available for groups. stokesaycourt.com

94 • TISSINGTON HALLBuilt in 1609 by Francis FitzHerbert whose family still lives here. Wings added late C18th and c. 1900. Sir Richard leads a tour of his fascinating home including the 1307 volumed library with C19th photo albums. Fine panelling and collection of old masters. Ten-acre garden and arboretum.

Tour 1½-2 hours, £22.50 incl. tea and cakes served in the library. tissingtonhall.co.uk

95 • TREOWEN Four-storey Jacobean house built on a double-pile plan Perhaps the most important early C17th gentry house in the county. Particularly fine open well staircase. Used as a farmhouse from the 1670s to the 1990s and never remodelled; everything visitors see is the unaltered work of its age. Delightful gardens with breathtaking views and woodland walks

Tour 2 hours, £12 incl. tea or coffee and biscuits.

96 • UPTON CRESSETT HALLGrade I moated brick manor in extensive topiary gardens next to a Norman church (included in tour) with fine turreted gatehouse. An ‘Elizabethan gem’ (Simon Jenkins). Restored by Sir Bill Cash MP in the 1970s, now home of writer William Cash and wife Lady Laura.

Tour 1½ hours, £20 incl. tea with homemade cakes; lunch tours 3½ hours, £35 incl. two-course buffet lunch with a glass of wine.

See the restoration in progress and the original contents returning to the Hall. Group visits welcome.

Please ring 01284 827087 for group tours.

PITCHFORD HALL & TREEHOUSEFor details of guest accommodation at Pitchford Hall and on the estate visit pitchfordestate.com & :@PitchfordEstate

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100 • BIRDSALL HOUSEBuilt originally in 1540’s, Birdsall House is set in stunning scenery and is home to the Willoughby family. Their fascinating family history is brought to life through a collection of tales, exceptional furniture and artwork, including an unbroken line of family portraits from 1570’s. A gem of a house not normally open to the public.

Tour 2½ hours, £20 including tea and biscuits. birdsallhouse.com

101 • CLIFTON CASTLEGrade II* late Georgian manor built on site of castle in 1802. Well-proportioned rooms, ornate cornicing and possibly the finest staircase of its date in the county. Contents include important portraits, furniture, silver and C16th-C19th china. Views over Wensleydale, wooded walks and follies stretching down to the River Ure and a Victorian walled garden, still in full production today.

Tour 1½ hours, £15 incl. tea/coffee and biscuits.

102 • CONSTABLE BURTONGrade I Palladian hall built 1768 by John Carr. Houses on the site have been home to the Wyvill family since C16th. Set in a terraced woodland garden of lilies, ferns, roses and wild flowers. Bog garden, rockery, spring displays of daffodils, aconites and snowdrops.

See historichouses.org for tour details and dates.

103 • DANBY ON YOREDanby on Yore has been in the Scrope family since the C16th; includes perhaps the most southerly example of a peel tower. Two priest’s holes and the seven priests buried under the drawing room floor reveal evidence of recusancy. The south side of the house was significantly altered by York architect Joseph Hansom in the 1850s. Tour 3 hours, £40 incl. 3-course lunch with a glass of wine.

104 • SION HILL HALLGrade II* Arts & Crafts house, with outstanding neo-Georgian architectural detail, designed in 1912 by Walter H Brierley, known as ‘The Lutyens of the North’. Extensive gardens including formal parterre, herbaceous and shrub borders, woodland style walk overlooking the River Wiske, rose garden and kitchen garden.

Tour 2½ hours, £18 incl. tea/coffee and a cream scone in the original Edwardian kitchens. sionhillhall.co.uk

Yorkshire Map, Houses & Dates

99 Aldby Park , near Stamford Bridge, North Yorkshire 9 April; 11 June; 13 August

100 Birdsall House, near Malton, North Yorkshire 9 April; 15 May; 11 June; 10 July; 13 August; 11 September

101 Clifton Castle, Masham, North Yorkshire 10 April; 9 July

102 Constable Burton , near Leyburn, North Yorkshire See website for dates

103 Danby-on-Yore, near Middleham, North Yorkshire See website for dates

104 Sion Hill Hall, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire 29 May; 1 June; 17 September; 21 September

99 • ALDBY PARKThis Georgian mansion, built in 1726, is home to a life-size portrait of the Darley Arabian horse, brought to this country in 1703. The site, which has been in the Darley family since 1517, sits in a bend of the River Derwent. Edwin, King of Northumbria, once had a castle here and the earth mound remains can be explored.

Tour 2½ hours, £22 incl. tea/coffee and biscuits on arrival and soup and sandwiches for lunch.

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Tuesday 9, 2.30 pm West Stow Hall £17.50Wed 10, 2.30 pm Hockwold Hall £17.00Fri 12, 11.30 am Hoses Hall (includes lunch) £29.50Sun 14, 2.30 pm Glemham Hall £18.00Sun 14, 2.30 pm Parsonage Farm (Tudor Easter special) £20.00Mon 15, 11.00 am Braxted Park £18.00Tue 16, 2.30 pm Belchamp Hall £18.00Tue 16, 2.30 pm Bressingham Hall £18.50Tue 16, 2.30 pm Haughley House £17.00Wed 17, 10.30 am Voewood £20.00Wed 17, 2.30 pm Voewood £20.00Thur 18, 2.30 pm Island Hall £23.50Tue 23, 2.30 pm Old Hall £15.00Thur 25, 2.00 pm Harlington Manor £15.00Thur 25, 2.15 pm Earsham Hall £21.00Thur 25, 2.30 pm Otley Hall £16.00Thur 25, 2.30 pm Rippington Manor £17.50Thur 25, 2.30 pm Wolterton Hall £32.00Sun 28, 11.00 am Layer Marney Tower £20.00Sun 28, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sun 28, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50

Tue 30, 2.30 pm St Peter’s Hall £18.50

MAYWed 1, 2.30 pm Hockwold Hall £17.00Thur 2, 2.00 pm Heath Farmhouse £15.00Thur 2, 3.00 pm Netherhall Manor (old English tulips) £14.00Tue 7, 11.00 am The Abbey £20.00Tue 7, 2.30 pm Old Hall £15.00Wed 8, 2.30 pm Crow’s Hall £18.00Wed 8, 2.30 pm Queen Alexandra’s House £15.00Thur 9, 2.30 pm Haughley House £17.00Thur 9, 2.30 pm Stanstead Bury £16.00Fri 10, 2.30 pm 25-27 Church Street £14.00Fri 10, 2.30 pm Glemham Hall £18.00Mon 13, 11.00 am Braxted Park £18.00Tue 14, 2.30 pm Finchingfield Guildhall £13.00Tue 14, 2.30 pm Island Hall £23.50Tue 14, 2.30 pm Rippington Manor £17.50Tue 14, 2.30 pm West Stow Hall £17.50Wed 15, 10.00 am Ingatestone Hall £16.00Wed 15, 10.30 am Voewood £20.00Wed 15, 2.00 pm Bruisyard Hall £20.00

Calendar

East and London

JANUARYSunday 27, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sunday 27, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50

FEBRUARYTuesday 12, 10.30 am Warner Textile Archive £18.00Wednesday 13, 11.30 am Hoveton Hall (snowdrop walk with a light lunch) £20.00Friday 15, 11.00 am Brinton Hall (snowdrop walk and lunch) £24.00Sunday 3, 2.30 pm West Stow Hall £17.50Tuesday 19, 2.30 pm Belchamp Hall £18.00Wednesday 20, 11.00 am Brinton Hall (snowdrop walk and lunch) £24.00Wednesday 20, 2.30pm Queen Alexandra’s House £15.00Thursday 21, 2.30 pm Belchamp Hall £18.00Sunday 24, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sunday 24, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50

MARCH Sunday 10, 11.00 am Parsonage Farm (Tudor lunch) £30.00Thursday 14, 3.00 pm Netherhall Manor £14.00 (early hellebore hybrids, Tudor primroses, Edwardian hyacinths)

Saturday 16, 1.00 pm Royal Gunpowder Mills £18.00Sunday 17, 2.30 pm West Stow Hall £17.50Tuesday 19, 2.30 pm Bressingham Hall £18.50Wednesday 20, 10.30 am Voewood £20.00Wednesday 20, 2.30 pm Voewood £20.00Tuesday 26, 2.15 pm Earsham Hall £21.00Sunday 31, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sunday 31, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50

APRILThursday 4, 10.00 am Raynham Hall £30.00Thursday 4, 10.30 am Warner Textile Archive £18.00Thursday 4, 2.00 pm Raynham Hall £30.00Thursday 4, 2.30 pm Haughley House £17.00Thursday 4, 3.00 pm Netherhall Manor (crown imperials, daffodils, Tudor primroses) £14.00Sunday 7, 2.30 pm Silverstone Farm £15.00Tuesday 9, 2.30 pm Crow’s Hall £18.00

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Tues 11, 2.30 pm Finchingfield Guildhall £13.00Tues 11, 2.30 pm Rippington Manor £17.50Wed 12, 2.00 pm Bruisyard Hall £20.00Wed 12, 2.30 pm Haughley House £17.00Wed 12, 2.30 pm West Stow Hall £17.50Thur 13, 2.00 pm Harlington Manor £15.00Thur 13, 2.30 pm Ousden House £18.00Fri 14, 3.30 pm Clifton House £18.00Sat 15, 1.00 pm Royal Gunpowder Mills £18.00Sat 15, 2.00 pm 25 Kensington Gore £18.00Sat 15, 2.30 pm Henstead Exotic Garden £12.00Sun 16, 2.30 pm West Stow Hall £17.50Mon 17, 11.00 am Braxted Park £18.00Mon 17, 2.30 pm 25-27 Church Street £14.00Tue 18, 2.00 pm Hoveton Hall £17.00Tue 18, 2.00 pm Wingfield College £16.00Tue 18, 2.30 pm Bressingham Hall £18.50Tue 18, 2.30 pm Otley Hall £16.00Wed 19, 10.00 am Ingatestone Hall £16.00Thur 20, 2.30 pm Island Hall £23.50Thur 20, 2.30 pm Kirstead Hall £17.00Sat 22, 11.00 am Spencers Garden £22.00Mon 24, 2.30 pm Old Hall £15.00Tue 25, 10.30 am Mannington Hall £18.00Tue 25, 2.30 pm St Peter’s Hall £18.50Wed 26, 10.00 am Raynham Hall £30.00Wed 26, 2.00 pm Raynham Hall £30.00Wed 26, 2.30 pm Rippington Manor £17.50Thur 27, 11.30 am Hoses Hall (includes lunch) £29.50Thur 27, 2.00 pm Heath Farmhouse £15.00Thur 27, 2.30 pm Ousden House £18.00Thurs 27, 2.30 pm Wolterton Hall £32.00Fri 28, 3.30 pm Clifton House £18.00Sat 29, 2.00 pm 25 Kensington Gore £18.00Sun 30, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sun 30, 2.00 pm Roos Hall £22.00Sun 30, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50

JULY Mon 1, 2.30 pm Otley Hall £16.00Mon 1, 2.30 pm Stanstead Bury £16.00Wed 3, 2.30 pm Island Hall £23.50Fri 5, 2.30 pm 25-27 Church Street £14.00Friday 5, 2.30 pm Henstead Exotic Garden £12.00

Wed 15, 2.30 pm Mannington Hall £18.00Wed 15, 2.30 pm Voewood £20.00Thur 16, 2.00 pm Harlington Manor £15.00Thur 16, 2.00 pm Hoveton Hall (azaleas and rhododendrons) £17.00Thur 16, 2.30 pm Otley Hall £16.00Thur 16, 2.30 pm West Stow Hall £17.50Fri 17, 11.30 am Hoses Hall (includes lunch) £29.50Fri 17, 2.15 pm Earsham Hall £21.00Sat 18, 1.00 pm Royal Gunpowder Mills £18.00Sat 18, 2.00 pm 25 Kensington Gore £18.00Sun 19, 2.00 pm Copped Hall £15.00Mon 20, 11.00 am 25-27 Church Street £14.00Tue 21, 2.30 pm Bressingham Hall £18.50Wed 21, 2.30 pm Butley Priory £18.50Tue 21, 2.30 pm Wolterton Hall £32.00Wed 22, 11.00 am Layer Marney Tower £20.00Wed 22, 11.00 am Parsonage Farm (Tudor lunch) £30.00Wed 22, 11.00 am 37 Spital Square £18.00Wed 22, 2.30 pm Haughley House £17.00Wed 22, 2.30 pm 37 Spital Square £18.00Thur 23, 2.00 pm South Elmham Hall £18.00Thur 23, 2.00 pm Wingfield College £16.00Thur 23, 2.30 pm Brinton Hall £17.00Fri 24, 2.30 pm Kirstead Hall £17.00Fri 24, 3.30 pm Clifton House £18.00Sat 25, 2.00 pm 25 Kensington Gore £18.00Sun 26, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sun 26, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Mon 27, 10.30 am Glemham Hall £18.00Tue 28, 2.30 pm St Peter’s Hall £18.50Wed 29, 2.30 pm Columbine Hall £18.00Thur 30, 2.30 pm Rippington Manor £17.50Fri 31, 2.00 pm Heath Farmhouse £15.00

JUNEMon 3, 2.00 pm The Abbey £20.00Wed 5, 2.30 pm Crow’s Hall £18.00Wed 5, 2.30 pm Glemham Hall £18.00Wed 5, 2.30 pm Hockwold Hall £17.00Thur 6, 2.30 pm Brinton Hall £17.00Fri 7, 2.30 pm 25-27 Church Street £14.00Mon 10, 2.15 pm Earsham Hall £21.00Tues 11, 2.30 pm Belchamp Hall £18.00Tues 11, 2.30 pm Butley Priory £18.50

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Tuesday 6, 11.00 am 25-27 Church Street £14.00Tuesday 6, 2.30 pm Stanstead Bury £16.00Tuesday 6, 6.00 pm Mannington Hall £18.00Wednesday 7, 2.00 pm The Abbey £20.00Wednesday 7, 2.30 pm Columbine Hall £18.00Wednesday 7, 2.30 pm Haughley House £17.00Wednesday 7, 2.30 pm Kirstead Hall £17.00Wednesday 7, 2.30 pm Parsonage Farm £18.00Thursday 8, 11.00 am Layer Marney Tower £20.00Thursday 8, 3.00 pm Netherhall Manor (heliotropes and dahlias) £14.00Friday 9, 10.30 am Linden House £15.00Wednesday 14, 10.00 am Ingatestone Hall £16.00Wednesday 14, 10.30 am Linden House £15.00Thursday 15, 2.30 pm Brinton Hall £17.00Friday 16, 10.30 am Linden House £15.00Saturday 17, 1.00 pm Royal Gunpowder Mills £18.00Saturday 17, 2.30 pm Henstead Exotic Garden £12.00Monday 19, 2.30 pm Columbine Hall £18.00Wednesday 21, 2.00 pm Heath Farmhouse £15.00Thursday 22, 2.00 pm South Elmham Hall £18.00Thursday 22, 2.30 pm Brinton Hall £17.00Friday 23, 2.30 pm Otley Hall £16.00Sunday 25, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sunday 25, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Monday 27, 2.30 pm Glemham Hall £18.00Tuesday 27, 2.30 pm St Peter’s Hall £18.50Wednesday 28, 2.15 pm Earsham Hall £21.00Thursday 29, 2.30 pm Wolterton Hall £32.00Saturday 31, 11.00 am Spencers Garden £22.00Saturday 31, 2.30 pm Henstead Exotic Garden £12.00

SEPTEMBER Sunday 1, 2.30 pm Kirstead Hall £17.00Tuesday 3, 11.00 am The Abbey £20.00Friday 6, 2.30 pm Mannington Hall £18.00Saturday 7, 2.00 pm 25 Kensington Gore £18.00Sunday 8, 2.00 pm Hoveton Hall £17.00Sunday 8, 2.30 pm Glemham Hall £18.00Sunday 8, 2.30 pm Silverstone Farm £15.00Tuesday 10, 2.30 pm Belchamp Hall £18.00Tuesday 10, 2.30 pm Butley Priory £18.50Tuesday 10, 2.30 pm Finchingfield Guildhall £13.00Wed 11, 2.30 pm Glemham Hall £18.00

Friday 5, 2.30 pm Old Hall £15.00Friday 5, 3.30 pm Clifton House £18.00Saturday 6, 11.00 am Parsonage Farm (Tudor lunch) £30.00Sunday 7, 11.00 am Layer Marney Tower £20.00Sunday 7, 2.30 pm Haughley House £17.00Sunday 7, 2.30 pm Silverstone Farm £15.00Sunday 8, 2.30 pm West Stow Hall £17.50Tuesday 9, 2.30 pm Belchamp Hall £18.00Tuesday 9, 2.30 pm Columbine Hall £18.00Tuesday 9, 2.30 pm Glemham Hall £18.00Wednesday 10, 2.00 pm The Abbey £20.00Wednesday 10, 2.30 pm Hockwold Hall £17.00Thursday 11, 2.00 pm Harlington Manor £15.00Thursday 11, 2.30 pm Rippington Manor £17.50Thursday 11, 2.30 pm Stanstead Bury £16.00Friday 12, 3.30 pm Clifton House £18.00Saturday 13, 2.30 pm Finchingfield Guildhall £13.00Sunday 14, 10.30 am Glemham Hall £18.00Tuesday 16, 10.30 am Mannington Hall £18.00Wednesday 17, 10.00 am Ingatestone Hall £16.00Wednesday 17, 2.00 pm Hoveton Hall £17.00Thursday 18, 2.30 pm Brinton Hall £17.00Thursday 18, 2.30 pm Columbine Hall £18.00Wednesday 18, 2.30 pm Glemham Hall £18.00Saturday 20, 10.30 am Warner Textile Archive £18.00Saturday 20, 1.00 pm Royal Gunpowder Mills £18.00Saturday 20, 2.30 pm Henstead Exotic Garden £12.00Tuesday 23, 2.30 pm Kirstead Hall £17.00Wed 24, 2.00 pm Heath Farmhouse £15.00Wednesday 24, 2.30 pm Wolterton Hall £32.00Thursday 25, 2.30 pm Otley Hall £16.00Friday 26, 11.30 am Hoses Hall (includes lunch) £29.50Saturday 27, 2.00 pm 25 Kensington Gore £18.00Sunday 28, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sunday 28, 2.30 pm Columbine Hall £18.00Sunday 28, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Tuesday 30, 2.30 pm St Peter’s Hall £18.50Wednesday 31, 2.30 pm Island Hall £23.50

AUGUST Thursday 1, 3.00 pm Netherhall Manor (gold- and silver-leaved pelargoniums) £14.00Friday 2, 10.30 am Linden House £15.00Friday 2, 2.30 pm Henstead Exotic Garden £12.00

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NOVEMBERTue 5, 10.30 am Warner Textile Archive £18.00Fri 8, 10.30 am Mannington Hall £18.00Tue 12, 2.30 pm Butley Priory £18.50Wed 13, 2.30 pm Voewood £20.00Sat 16, 12 noon Royal Gunpowder Mills £18.00Fri 15, 3.00 pm Island Hall £23.50 (candlelit Christmas tour with mulled wine and festive nibbles)

Sat 16, 3.00 pm Island Hall £23.50 (candlelit Christmas tour with mulled wine and festive nibbles)

Sat 23, 12 noon Parsonage Farm (Tudor Christmas feast and entertainment) £75.00Sun 24, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sun 24, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Thur 28, 5.30 pm Earsham Hall £34.00 (candlelit Christmas tour with mulled wine and festive nibbles)

DECEMBERTue 3, 2.30pm Queen Alexandra’s House £15.00Thur 5, 6.30 pm Layer Marney Tower (includes mulled wine and mince pies) £20.00Wed 11, 10.30 am Voewood (Christmas tree) £20.00Wed 11, 2.30 pm Voewood (Christmas tree) £20.00Wed 11, 3.00 pm Island Hall £23.50 (candlelit Christmas tour with mulled wine and festive nibbles)

Fri 13, 6.00 pm Glemham Hall (includes mulled wine and mince pies) £21.00

Thur 12, 6.30 pm Otley Hall £17.50 (candlelit Christmas tour with mulled wine and festive nibbles)

Sun 15, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sun 15, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £18.50 (candlelit Christmas tour with festive food and drink)

Fri 20, 2.30 pm Old Hall £15.00Mon 23, 2.00 pm Heath Farmhouse £15.00 (traditional decorations, lighted candles on the tree, festive tea)

South West

FEBRUARYSunday 24, 2.30 pm The Summer House (snowdrop walk around church and ruins) £20.00

MARCHTuesday 12, 2.00 pm Shilstone House £18.00

Wednesday 13, 2.00 pm Ashley Court £16.00

Wednesday 27, 12 noon Talboys £30.00

Thur 12, 2.00 pm Harlington Manor £15.00Thur 12, 2.00 pm Wingfield College £16.00Thur 12, 2.15 pm Earsham Hall £21.00Thur 12, 2.30 pm Belchamp Hall £18.00Fri 13, 11.30 am Hoses Hall (includes lunch) £29.50Fri 13, 3.30 pm Clifton House £18.00Sat 14, 2.30 pm Parsonage Farm £18.00Sun 15, 2.00 pm Copped Hall £15.00Tue 17, 2.30 pm Bressingham Hall £18.50Tue 17, 2.30 pm Island Hall £23.50Tue 17, 2.30 pm Queen Alexandra’s House £15.00Wed 18, 11.00 am Layer Marney Tower £20.00Wed 18, 2.00 pm Bruisyard Hall £20.00Wed 18, 2.00 pm Heath Farmhouse £15.00Wed 18, 2.30 pm Hockwold Hall £17.00Fri 20, 12 noon Henstead Exotic Garden £12.00Fri 20, 3.30 pm Clifton House £18.00Sat 21, 1.00 pm Royal Gunpowder Mills £18.00Tue 24, 2.30 pm St Peter’s Hall £18.50Tue 24, 2.30 pm Wolterton Hall £32.00Wed 25, 10.00 am Ingatestone Hall £16.00Wed 25, 10.30 am Voewood £20.00Wed 25, 2.30 pm Voewood £20.00Thur 26, 2.00 pm South Elmham Hall £18.00Thur 26, 2.30 pm West Stow Hall £17.50Sun 29, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sun 29, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens £16.50

OCTOBERWed 2, 2.30 pm Otley Hall £16.00Tue 8, 2.30 pm Butley Priory £18.50Tue 8, 2.30 pm Finchingfield Guildhall £13.00Wed 9, 2.30 pm Glemham Hall £18.00Wed 9, 2.30 pm Old Hall £15.00Tue 15, 2.15 pm Earsham Hall £21.00Wed 16, 10.30 am Voewood £20.00Wed 16, 2.30 pm Voewood £20.00Sat 19, 1.00 pm Royal Gunpowder Mills £18.00Tue 22, 2.30 pm Bressingham Hall £18.50Sun 27, 12 noon Talliston House & Gardens £16.50Sun 27, 3.00 pm Talliston House & Gardens (Halloween tour incl. light supper) £18.50Sat 30, 2.30 pm Parsonage Farm £18.00

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Tuesday 18, 2.00 pm Shilstone House £18.00

Tuesday 18, 2.30 pm Old Bowlish House £15.00

Wednesday 19, 10.30 am Bindon Mill £20.00

Thursday 20, 11.00 am Canonteign Manor £15.00

Saturday 22, 2.30 pm Trereife House £17.00

Tuesday 25, 2.00 pm Boconnoc House £22.00

Friday 28, 2.30 pm Great Fulford £17.50

JULYWednesday 3, 12 noon Talboys £30.00

Thursday 4, 2.30 pm Old Bowlish House £15.00

Saturday 6, 2.30 pm Rugbourne Farm £14.00

Sunday 7, 2.30 pm Thorn House £18.00

Tuesday 9, 2.30 pm Chapel Cleeve Manor £16.00

Saturday 13, 2.30 pm Trereife House £17.00

Sunday 14, 2.30 pm Kelly House £18.00

Tuesday 16, 2.00 pm Shilstone House £18.00

Wednesday 17, 2.00 pm Ashley Court £16.00

Wednesday 17, 2.00 pm Bindon Mill £20.00

Wednesday 17, 2.00 pm Coombe Trenchard £19.00

Friday 19, 1.00 pm Halswell Park £15.00

Tuesday 23, 2.00 pm Boconnoc House £22.00

Friday 26, 2.30 pm Great Fulford £17.50

Friday 26, 2.30 pm Thorn House £18.00

AUGUSTWednesday 7, 2.00 pm Coombe Trenchard £19.00

Tuesday 13, 2.30 pm Chapel Cleeve Manor £16.00

Tuesday 13, 2.30 pm Old Bowlish House £15.00

Saturday 17, 2.30 pm Trereife House £17.00

Sunday 18, 2.00 pm Ashley Court £16.00

Sunday 18, 2.30 pm Kelly House £18.00

Tuesday 20, 2.00 pm Shilstone House £18.00

Thursday 6, 11.00 am Canonteign Manor £15.00

Tuesday 10, 2.30 pm Chapel Cleeve Manor £16.00

Wednesday 11, 2.00 pm Bindon Mill £20.00

Wednesday 11, 2.30 pm Talboys £17.50

Saturday 14, 2.30 pm Rugbourne Farm £14.00

Tuesday 17, 2.00 pm Shilstone House £18.00

Wednesday 18, 2.30 pm Old Bowlish House £15.00

Wednesday 25, 2.00 pm Ashley Court £16.00

APRILThursday 4, 2.30 pm Hall, Bishops Tawton £17.00

Sunday 7, 2.30 pm Kelly House £18.00

Tuesday 9, 2.00 pm Shilstone House £18.00

Tuesday 9, 2.30 pm Chapel Cleeve Manor £16.00

Wednesday 10, 10.30 am Bindon Mill £20.00

Saturday 13, 11.00 am The Summer House £20.00

Saturday 13, 2.30 pm Rugbourne Farm £14.00

Friday 19, 2.30 pm Trereife House £17.00

Wednesday 24, 2.00 pm Ashley Court £16.00

Thursday 25, 11.00 am Canonteign Manor £15.00

Friday 26, 2.30 pm Thorn House £18.00

MAYWednesday 1, 10.30 am Bindon Mill £20.00

Thursday 2, 2.30 pm Hall, Bishops Tawton £17.00

Saturday 11, 2.30 pm Rugbourne Farm £14.00

Saturday 11, 2.30 pm Thorn House £18.00

Sunday 12, 2.30 pm Kelly House £18.00

Tuesday 14, 2.00 pm Shilstone House £18.00

Tuesday 14, 2.30 pm Chapel Cleeve Manor £16.00

Tuesday 14, 2.30 pm Tiverton Castle £18.00

Wednesday 15, 2.00 pm Ashley Court £16.00

Wednesday 15, 2.30 pm Old Bowlish House £15.00

Friday 17, 2.30 pm Great Fulford £17.50

Saturday 18, 2.30 pm Trereife House £17.00

Tuesday 21, 2.00 pm Boconnoc House £22.00

Wednesday 22, 2.00 pm Bindon Mill £20.00

Wednesday 22, 2.30 pm Talboys £17.50

Thursday 23, 11.00 am Canonteign Manor £15.00

JUNETuesday 4, 2.00 pm Boconnoc House £22.00

Wednesday 5, 2.30 pm Tiverton Castle £18.00

Thursday 6, 2.30 pm Hall, Bishops Tawton £17.00

Friday 7, 1.00 pm Halswell Park £15.00

Saturday 8, 2.30 pm Thorn House £18.00

Sunday 9, 2.30 pm Kelly House £18.00

Tuesday 11, 2.30 pm Chapel Cleeve Manor £16.00

Wednesday 12, 2.00 pm Ashley Court £16.00

Saturday 15, 2.30 pm Tiverton Castle £18.00

Tuesday 18, 2.00 pm Coombe Trenchard £19.00

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Sunday 28, 2.30 pm 21 Yateley Road £11.50

Monday 29, 2.00 pm Tissington Hall £22.50

Tuesday 30, 2.30 pm Iscoyd Park £18.00

MAYThursday 2, 2.30 pm Aldenham Park £25.00

Friday 3, 10.30 am Millichope Park £20.00

Friday 3, 10.30 am Treowen £12.00

Friday 3, 1.00 pm Cornwall House (includes two-course lunch, wine and coffee) £22.00

Wednesday 8, 2.00 pm Hartsheath £15.00

Thursday 9, 2.30 pm Stokesay Court £18.00

Thursday 9, 2.30 pm Stokesay Court £18.00

Saturday 11, 2.30 pm Pitchford Hall £20.00

Tuesday 14, 2.30 pm Mysevin (bluebells in wood and rhododendrons in bloom) £17.00

Wednesday 15, 12 noon Upton Cressett Hall (includes lunch) £35.00

Thursday 16, 2.30 pm Willey Park £30.00

Monday 20, 2.30 pm Coughton Court £15.00

Tuesday 21, 2.00 pm Combermere Abbey £18.00

Wednesday 22, 2.00 pm Plas Dinam £14.00

Wednesday 22, 2.15 pm Hardwick Hall £20.00

Thursday 23, 10.30 am Brynkinalt Hall (azaleas and rhododendrons) £17.50

Wednesday 29, 2.30 pm Pitchford Hall £20.00

JUNESunday 2, 2.00 pm Upton Cressett Hall £20.00

Tuesday 4, 10.30 am Brynkinalt Hall (azaleas and rhododendrons) £17.50

Tuesday 4, 2.00 pm Owlpen Manor £18.50

Tuesday 4, 2.30 pm Burton Court £14.00

Wednesday 5, 2.30 pm Pitchford Hall £20.00

Thursday 6, 2.30 pm Brynkinalt Hall (azaleas and rhododendrons) £17.50

Thursday 6, 2.30 pm Hatton Grange (David Austin rose wall in flower) £20.00

Monday 10, 6.30 pm Coughton Court (includes rosé wine in the rose labyrinth) £15.00

Tuesday 11, 10.30 am Llanover Garden £14.00

Tuesday 11, 2.00 pm Abberley Hall £15.00

Wednesday 12, 2.00 pm Hartsheath £15.00

Wednesday 12, 2.30 pm Aldenham Park £25.00

Wednesday 12, 2.30 pm Brithdir Hall £17.50

Thursday 13, 2.30 pm Mysevin (bluebells in wood and rhododendrons in bloom) £17.00

Thursday 13, 2.30 pm Nantiago £17.00

Thursday 13, 2.30 pm Stokesay Court £18.00

Thursday 13, 2.30 pm Stokesay Court £18.00

Saturday 17, 2.30 pm Trereife House £17.00

SEPTEMBERFriday 4, 2.30 pm Great Fulford £17.50

Tuesday 17, 2pm Shilstone House £18.00

Saturday 17, 2.30pm Trereife House £17.00

OCTOBERThursday 10, 11.00 am Canonteign Manor £15.00

Tuesday 22, 2.00 pm Shilstone House £18.00

Wednesday 23, 2.00 pm Ashley Court £16.00

Sunday 27, 2.30 pm Kelly House £18.00

DECEMBERWednesday 11, 12 noon Talboys (Christmas decorations and two-course festive lunch) £30.00

Thursday 19, 2.00 pm Old Bowlish House £20.00 (fire, Christmas decorations. period food, music, readings.)

Central & Wales

MARCHMonday 4, 2.00 pm Tissington Hall £22.50

Monday 11, 2.00 pm Tissington Hall £22.50

Saturday 16, 10.30 am 21 Yateley Road £11.50

Saturday 16, 2.30 pm 21 Yateley Road £11.50

Tuesday 19, 2.00 pm Combermere Abbey £18.00

Wednesday 20, 2.15 pm Hardwick Hall £20.00

Saturday 30, 2.30 pm Pitchford Hall £20.00

APRILWednesday 10, 2.30 pm Pitchford Hall £20.00

Thursday 11, 2.30 pm Nantiago £17.00

Monday 15, 2.00 pm Tissington Hall £22.50

Monday 15, 2.30 pm Brithdir Hall £17.50

Wednesday 17, 11.00 am Kentchurch Court £28.00

Thursday 18, 2.30 pm Coughton Court £15.00

Tuesday 23, 2.00 pm Combermere Abbey £18.00

Wednesday 24, 2.15 pm Hardwick Hall £20.00

Wednesday 24, 2.30 pm Mysevin £17.00

Saturday 27, 2.30 pm Pitchford Hall £20.00

Sunday 28, 10.30 am 21 Yateley Road £11.50

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Tuesday 18, 10.30 am Brynkinalt Hall (roses and herbaceous and mixed beds) £17.50

Tuesday 18, 2.30 pm Hatton Grange (David Austin rose wall in flower) £20.00

Wednesday 19, 11.00 am Kentchurch Court £28.00

Wednesday 19, 2.00 pm Broadward Hall (herbaceous borders) £18.00

Wednesday 19, 2.30 pm Pitchford Hall £20.00

Saturday 22, 2.30 pm Pitchford Hall £20.00

Tuesday 25, 10.30 am Brynkinalt Hall (roses and herbaceous and mixed beds) £17.50

Wednesday 26, 11.00 am Owlpen Manor (includes lunch) £32.00

Wednesday 26, 12 noon Upton Cressett Hall (includes lunch) £35.00

Wednesday 26, 2.00 pm Plas Dinam £14.00

JULYWednesday 3, 2.00 pm Hartsheath £15.00

Thursday 4, 2.00 pm Owlpen Manor £18.50

Monday 8, 2.30 pm Coughton Court £15.00

Sunday 10, 2.00 pm Upton Cressett Hall £20.00

Thursday 11, 2.30 pm Mysevin £17.00

Tuesday 16, 2.30 pm Brithdir Hall £17.50

Tuesday 16, 2.30pm Iscoyd Park £18.00

Thursday 18, 2.30 pm Nantiago £17.00

Monday 22, 2.30 pm Coughton Court £15.00

Tuesday 23, 2.00 pm Combermere Abbey £18.00

Wednesday 24, 11.00 am Kentchurch Court £28.00

Wednesday 24, 2.15 pm Hardwick Hall £20.00

Tuesday 30, 2.30 pm Iscoyd Park £18.00

AUGUSTFriday 2, 10.45 am Cornwall House £10.00

Wednesday 7, 2.30 pm Llanover Garden £14.00

Thursday 8, 2.30 pm Mysevin £17.00

Wednesday 14, 11.00 am Kentchurch Court £28.00

Wednesday 21, 2.00 pm Hartsheath £15.00

SEPTEMBER

Monday 2, 2.30 pm Brynkinalt Hall (roses and herbaceous and mixed beds) £17.50

Tuesday 3, 2.00 pm Owlpen Manor £18.50

Wednesday 4, 11.00 am Kentchurch Court £28.00

Monday 9, 2.00 pm Tissington Hall £22.50

Monday 9, 2.30 pm Coughton Court £15.00

Tuesday 10, 10.30 am Brynkinalt Hall (roses and herbaceous and mixed beds) £17.50

Tuesday 10, 2.30 pm Aldenham Park £25.00

Wednesday 11, 2.30 pm Willey Park £30.00

Friday 13, 2.30 pm Brithdir Hall £17.50

Thursday 13, 2.30 pm Nantiago £17.00

Monday 16, 2.00 pm Hartsheath £15.00

Tuesday 17, 2.00 pm Combermere Abbey £18.00

Tuesday 17, 2.30 pm Burton Court £14.00

Wednesday 18, 2.00 pm Plas Dinam £14.00

Wednesday 18, 2.15 pm Hardwick Hall £20.00

Thursday 19, 2.30 pm Llanover Garden £14.00

Monday 23, 2.30 pm Coughton Court £15.00

OCTOBERTuesday 1, 2.30 pm Mysevin £17.00

Friday 11, 10.30 am Millichope Park £20.00

Saturday 12, 10.30 am Abberley Hall £15.00

YorkshireAPRILTuesday 9, 10.30 am Aldby Park (includes lunch) £22.00

Tuesday 9, 2.30 pm Birdsall House £20.00

Wednesday 10, 2.30 pm Clifton Castle £15.00

MAYWednesday 15, 2.30 pm Birdsall House £20.00

Wednesday 29, 2.00 pm Sion Hill Hall £18.00

JUNESaturday 1, 2.00 pm Sion Hill Hall £18.00

Tuesday 11, 10.30 am Aldby Park (includes lunch) £22.00

Tuesday 11, 2.30 pm Birdsall House £20.00

JULYTuesday 9, 2.30 pm Clifton Castle £15.00

Wednesday 10, 2.30 pm Birdsall House £20.00

AUGUSTTuesday 13, 10.30 am Aldby Park (includes lunch) £22.00Tuesday 13, 2.30 pm Birdsall House £20.00

SEPTEMBERWednesday 11, 2.30 pm Birdsall House £20.00Tuesday 17, 2.00 pm Sion Hill Hall £18.00Saturday 21, 2.00 pm Sion Hill Hall £18.00

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Mannington Hall 15

Millichope Park 37

Mysevin 37

Nantiago 37

Netherhall Manor 16

Old Bowlish House 29

Old Hall, South Burlingham 16

Otley Hall 16

Ousden House 16

Owlpen Manor 29

Parsonage Farm 16

Pitchford Hall & Tree House 37

Plas Dinam 38

Queen Alexandra’s House 18

Raynham Hall 18

Rippington Manor 18

Roos Hall 18

Royal Gunpowder Mills 18

Rugbourne Farm 29

St Peter’s Hall 19

Shilstone House 29

Silverstone Farm 19

Sion Hill Hall 43

South Elmham Hall 19

Spencers Garden 19

37 Spital Square 19

Stanstead Bury 20

Stokesay Court 38

The Summer House 29

Talboys 30

Talliston House & Gardens 20

Thorn House & Garden 30

Tissington Hall 38

Tiverton Castle 30

Treowen 38

Trereife House 30

Upton Cressett Hall 38

Voewood 20

Warner Textile Archive 20

West Stow Hall 20

Willey Park 39

Wingfield College 22

Wolterton Hall 22

21 Yateley Road 39

IndexAbberley Hall 34

The Abbey 8

Aldby Park 42

Aldenham Park 34

Ashley Court 26

Belchamp Hall 8

Bindon Mill 26

Birdsall House 42

Boconnoc House 26

Braxted Park 8

Bressingham Hall 8

Brinton Hall 8

Brithdir Hall 34

Broadward Hall 34

Bruisyard Hall 10

Brynkinalt Hall 34

Burton Court 35

Bury St Edmunds Guildhall 10

Butley Priory 10

Canonteign Manor 26

Chapel Cleeve Manor 26

25-27 Church Street 10

Clifton Castle 42

Clifton House 10

Columbine Hall 11

Combermere Abbey 35

Constable Burton 42

Coombe Trenchard 28

Copped Hall 11

Cornwall House 35

Coughton Court North Wing 35

Courteenhall House 35

Crow’s Hall 11

Danby on Yore 42

Earsham Hall 11

Finchingfield Guildhall 11

Glemham Hall 12

Great Fulford 28

Hall 28

Halswell Park 28

Hardwick Hall 36

Harlington Manor 12

Hartsheath 36

Hatton Grange 36

Haughley House 12

Heath Farmhouse 12

Henstead Exotic Garden 12

Hockwold Hall 14

Hoses Hall 14

Hoveton Hall 14

Ingatestone Hall 14

Iscoyd Park 36

Island Hall 14

Kelly House 28

25 Kensington Gore 15

Kentchurch Court 36

Kirstead Hall 15

Layer Marney Tower 15

Linden House, Eye 15

Llanover Garden 37

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