{"id":29836,"date":"2023-08-24T12:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T10:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=29836"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T10:23:57","slug":"top-10-national-trust-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2023\/08\/24\/top-10-national-trust-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 National Trust Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"772\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/CFM_207_p073-081_TOPF1-1-772x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/CFM_207_p073-081_TOPF1-1-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/CFM_207_p073-081_TOPF1-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/CFM_207_p073-081_TOPF1-1-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/CFM_207_p073-081_TOPF1-1-1158x1536.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/CFM_207_p073-081_TOPF1-1-1544x2048.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/CFM_207_p073-081_TOPF1-1-scaled.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Opening times vary so check the NT website before leaving home. <a href=\"http:\/\/nationaltrust.org.uk\/\">nationaltrust.org.uk<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>1 Cliveden, Buckinghamshire <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><strong>Scandalously luxurious<\/strong><br><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em>BOATING<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image alignwide size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1349265_preview-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1349265_preview-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1349265_preview-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1349265_preview-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1349265_preview-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1349265_preview-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-full-body\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Built in 1666 by the 2nd Duke of Buckingham as a lavish gift for his mistress, Cliveden has famously passed through the hands of dukes, earls, viscounts and even a prince. However, the house is most associated with one family \u2013 the Astors. William Waldorf Astor was the richest man in America when he paid $1.2m for the house in 1893. He was made First Viscount Astor and his daughter-in-law, Nancy Astor, became the first woman in the UK to take a seat as an MP. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">But the family never recovered from arguably the biggest scandal of the 1960s: the Profumo Affair. The married Secretary of State for War John Profumo met 19-year-old model Christine Keeler at Cliveden and they began a relationship. However, she was also seeing a Soviet naval attach\u00e9. This was an awkward state of affairs and Profumo was forced to resign. Today Cliveden \u2013 perched high above the Thames atop a chalk cliff \u2013 doubles as a luxury hotel, but you can still grab a guided tour that includes the family chapel. The grounds are open to the public and comprise 121 hectares of woodland and 32 hectares of formal gardens, including an oriental water garden and a maze. You can even hit the Cliveden Reach of the Thames on a mini cruise or by hiring one of Cliveden\u2019s wide variety of boats (<a href=\"http:\/\/boatingatcliveden.co.uk\">boatingatcliveden.co.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-a9efeee7-abc5-4aa3-8ba6-ae4779315126\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Gardens opening hours: 9.30\u20135.30 (winter 9.30\u20134). <br>\u2022 Caf\u00e9; plant shop; second-hand bookshop; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire; dogs welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">Opening times vary so check the NT website before leaving home. <a href=\"http:\/\/nationaltrust.org.uk\">nationaltrust.org.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>2 Kingston Lacy, Dorset <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><span style=\"\"><strong>Italianate splendour<\/strong><\/span><br><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em>VIEWING ART<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1421787_preview-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1421787_preview-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1421787_preview-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1421787_preview-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1421787_preview-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1421787_preview-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Fancy going to Venice without leaving Britain? Well, it\u2019s perfectly possible. At least, that\u2019s what the explorer William John Bankes would have had you believe. He took the house he inherited \u2013 built in the 1660s by his ancestor Ralph Bankes \u2013 and had it remodelled to resemble a Venetian palace. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The work was carried out in the 1830s by Sir Charles Barry, who also designed the Houses of Parliament. Bankes\u2019 vision was to turn the house into a work of art, one that was filled with beautiful things in the style of the Venetian palazzi. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">As an inveterate adventurer, Bankes had travelled through much of Europe and south along the Nile, deep into Egypt. He brought the treasures acquired during these expeditions to Kingston Lacey. His legacy is an art collection now considered to be the most impressive in the National Trust\u2019s care and includes paintings by Rubens and Titian.<\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-50973a69-e3b6-4711-af00-cbae5a69f666\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <strong>House opening hours: <\/strong>10.30\u20133 (winter 10.30\u20132.30). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Caf\u00e9; shop; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire; dogs welcome in the parkland. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>3 Dunham Massey, Cheshire<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><strong>Go \u2018below stairs\u2019 <\/strong><br><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em><span>SERVANTS\u2019 QUARTERS<\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2094\" height=\"1396\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1151934_preview-edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1151934_preview-edited-1.jpg 2094w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1151934_preview-edited-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1151934_preview-edited-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1151934_preview-edited-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1151934_preview-edited-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1151934_preview-edited-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2094px) 100vw, 2094px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">This moated Georgian house is the result of a substantial rebuild by the 2nd Earl of Warrington in the early 17th century. Its later history reveals the prejudices of Victorian England. The 7th Earl of Stamford, for example, was married twice \u2013 to a shoemaker\u2019s daughter (who died) and a circus performer. This made him deeply unpopular with the snooty local gentry. He eventually moved out of Dunham Massey, never to return. The title and house passed to a distant cousin who was a farm labourer in South Africa married to the daughter of an emancipated slave. However, their eldest son, John, who was of mixed race, was barred from becoming the 9th Earl because he had been born before his parents married. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">While most grand houses concentrate on life \u2018above stairs\u2019, a visit to Dunham Massey begins where many of the servants spent their days: in the kitchen, laundry and dairy. All three have been wonderfully restored to give a real sense of the hard work carried out by those of humbler birth. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Heading outside, fallow deer still roam a 121-hectare park that has existed since at least 1362. There\u2019s all-yearround colour to be enjoyed in the grounds, which include one of Britain\u2019s largest winter gardens. And visitors can also take a tour of the estate\u2019s 400-year-old water mill.<\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-cc02ce08-776e-4b58-be1d-f2509ea082b1\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <strong>Gardens opening hours:<\/strong> 10\u20135 (winter 10\u20134). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Caf\u00e9; restaurant; book shop; shop; parkland; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire; dogs welcome. <strong>Also nearby:<\/strong><span> Rostherne Mere National Nature Reserve, with a lake full of birds. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cawos.org\">cawos.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>4 Ightham Mote, Kent <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><strong>Medieval sumptuousness <br><\/strong><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em><span>A MAJESTIC MOAT <\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1548\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/dab21b93-0b82-4827-9e07-3db63f836d35.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/dab21b93-0b82-4827-9e07-3db63f836d35.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/dab21b93-0b82-4827-9e07-3db63f836d35-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/dab21b93-0b82-4827-9e07-3db63f836d35-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/dab21b93-0b82-4827-9e07-3db63f836d35-768x1016.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/dab21b93-0b82-4827-9e07-3db63f836d35-1161x1536.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1548px) 100vw, 1548px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Built of Kentish ragstone and Wealden oak, with a stylish moat dug for protection \u2013 Ightham Mote was once the very height of decorous country living. A sort of 14th-century Downton Abbey, if you will. Ightham is not only one of England\u2019s oldest surviving manor houses, it\u2019s also one its most complete, having altered little over nearly 700 years. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Unusually, the identity of the individual who had the house built has been lost to posterity. All we know is that, within 20 years of its construction in the mid1300s, it came into the hands of Thomas Cawne, the son of a tailor and tenement landlord. Thomas was an army captain and, since this was at the time of the Hundred Years\u2019 War (which went on for 116 years), he probably chose Ightham because its location allowed him easy access both to his friends in London, and \u2013 whenever he needed to do some soldiering \u2013 to France. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Subsequent owners include an aunt to an English queen, a \u2018gentleman composer\u2019, a Commisioner of Sewers, and Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, who employed a dozen servants and eight gardeners and always ate off his finest porcelain. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Hidden away in a narrow valley, Ightham is blessed with 202 hectares of woodland, as <span>well as gardens, lakes, pleasure grounds, an orchard and a play area.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-c16d9848-d02d-4551-b2d2-8868f6e3329c\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <strong>House opening hours: <\/strong>11\u20134.30 (winter 11\u20133). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Caf\u00e9; book shop; shop; gardens and parkland; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire; dogs allowed in the gardens Nov\u2013Feb. Also nearby: Knole House, one of England\u2019s grandest stately homes. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>5 Attingham Park, Shropshire <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><strong>Style on a vast scale <br><\/strong><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em><span>FAMILY FUN<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/0230abf6-11fa-49a1-b34c-ed71b2185be2-1024x959.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/0230abf6-11fa-49a1-b34c-ed71b2185be2-1024x959.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/0230abf6-11fa-49a1-b34c-ed71b2185be2-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/0230abf6-11fa-49a1-b34c-ed71b2185be2-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/0230abf6-11fa-49a1-b34c-ed71b2185be2.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/65696e35-dab8-460b-ab83-d4598e06441e-1024x957.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/65696e35-dab8-460b-ab83-d4598e06441e-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/65696e35-dab8-460b-ab83-d4598e06441e-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/65696e35-dab8-460b-ab83-d4598e06441e-768x718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/65696e35-dab8-460b-ab83-d4598e06441e.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/99606b64-e4c7-45df-bdd2-d05865d064dc-1024x958.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/99606b64-e4c7-45df-bdd2-d05865d064dc-1024x958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/99606b64-e4c7-45df-bdd2-d05865d064dc-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/99606b64-e4c7-45df-bdd2-d05865d064dc-768x718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/99606b64-e4c7-45df-bdd2-d05865d064dc.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/e416339a-2d9b-40b3-92dd-6e8a845f9416-1024x954.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/e416339a-2d9b-40b3-92dd-6e8a845f9416-1024x954.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/e416339a-2d9b-40b3-92dd-6e8a845f9416-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/e416339a-2d9b-40b3-92dd-6e8a845f9416-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/e416339a-2d9b-40b3-92dd-6e8a845f9416.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">There\u2019s wealthy and there\u2019s wealthy. The motto of the Hill family \u2013 who became the Lords Berwick \u2013 was \u2018Let wealth be his who knows its use\u2019. So they commissioned a vast Georgian mansion in the Regency style, which was set in 81 hectares of parkland on a 3,237-hectare estate. They emptied and levelled a nearby village that was \u201cin the way\u201d. They diverted the route of the London to Holyhead trunk road away from their house. Oh, and they owned a working model of Mount Vesuvius. Which of us doesn\u2019t? Today the estate runs to a paltry 1,618 hectares (that\u2019s still over six square miles) with the Tern and Severn Rivers flowing across it and woodland to explore on specially designed walking routes. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Attingham is a particularly fun place to take children. This summer there\u2019s a straw-bale fortress to have adventures in, a \u2018Field of Play\u2019, complete with apparatus, an amazing wheelchair-accessible tunnel, and sports equipment you can borrow (with a caf\u00e9 and loos nearby). During the school holidays, the Summer of Play includes a calendar of events for the whole family. There are also natural play areas around the estate, too, where children can mess about in streams. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Just one word of warning: this is the National Trust\u2019s most <span>popular property, with more than half a million visitors a year, so try to go off-season to avoid the largest crowds.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-27b10a68-75ff-493f-8842-c6619a676b5d\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <strong>House opening hours: <\/strong>11\u20134 (winter 10\u20133.30). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Caf\u00e9; shop; parkland; walled garden; playground; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire; dogs on leads welcome. <strong>Also nearby: <\/strong>Attingham Home Farm \u2013 a historic working farm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">Photos: National Trust Images\/Rob Coleman, Arnhel de Serra, Matthew Antrobus, Annapurna Mellor, Chris Lacey, Andrew Butler<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>6 Cragside, Northumberland <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><strong>A technical first <br><\/strong><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em><span>SCIENCE FANS<\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1515\" height=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/b4fbd288-8b9f-4660-96c6-f637f599bd53.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/b4fbd288-8b9f-4660-96c6-f637f599bd53.jpg 1515w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/b4fbd288-8b9f-4660-96c6-f637f599bd53-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/b4fbd288-8b9f-4660-96c6-f637f599bd53-940x1024.jpg 940w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/b4fbd288-8b9f-4660-96c6-f637f599bd53-768x836.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/b4fbd288-8b9f-4660-96c6-f637f599bd53-1410x1536.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1515px) 100vw, 1515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">It\u2019s fair to say that William Armstrong did not do things by halves. Born in Newcastle in 1810, he became an amateur scientist, inventing a hydraulic crane. Setting up a company to produce his creation was the first step on the road to becoming a major industrialist. He moved swiftly into weaponry and warships and it\u2019s said that he almost single-handedly armed Japan in the Russo-Japanese War. He was knighted, then made 1st Baron Armstrong. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The enormous wealth that arms manufacturing brought gave Armstrong the chance to build the house of his dreams. The result was Cragside, an immense mock-Tudor pile on a hillside near Rothbury that architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner was to call \u201cthe most dramatic Victorian mansion in the north of England\u201d. And thanks to five carefully situated artificial lakes, he created the world\u2019s first hydro-electricity scheme (and the world\u2019s first house to be powered by one). With this plentiful power he was able to introduce brand new technology that made Cragside the most cuttingedge house on the planet. He installed electric lighting, a dishwasher, a washing machine, a vacuum cleaner, an automatic plant-watering device and a telephone system. He also built several follies and grottoes on his estate, and planted seven million trees and shrubs. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Saved for the nation in 1977, Cragside offers up a unique glimpse into the future, as seen by a Victorian. <\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-078ed0ba-60ea-4abf-9458-ba4c0ccdb022\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 House opening hours: 11\u20134 (closed from 6 Nov). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Tea room; shop; garden; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire; dogs welcome outdoors. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>7 Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><strong><span style=\"\">A palace built for a countess<\/span><br><\/strong><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em><span>ELIZABETHAN SPLENDOUR<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1075993_preview-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1075993_preview-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1075993_preview-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1075993_preview-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1075993_preview-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1075993_preview-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/1075993_preview-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2018Bess of Hardwick\u2019 is a cracking moniker and it belonged to a pretty impressive woman. Born around 1521, she was widowed four times. Her first husband was a boy of 13 who died after 18 months. With her second husband she had eight children in 10 years before inheriting a (well-earned) fortune. From her third she inherited another tidy sum. From her fourth she obtained a swanky title \u2013 Countess of Shrewsbury. A month after the death of this fourth husband, she began construction work on her new home: Hardwick Hall. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Built in the Italian Renaissance style with an English spin, Hardwick was, astonishingly, the first English house that was architectdesigned. Hardwick Hall remains little changed from its days of Elizabethan splendour. Inside, you\u2019ll find an extremely fine assortment of 16th and 17th-century tapestries and furniture that helped make it one of the most lavish of its day. <\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-d128226d-8028-48e1-bc26-573bfecd96ba\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 House opening hours: 11\u20133.30 (winter 11\u20133). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Restaurant; shop; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>8 Belton House, Lincolnshire <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><span style=\"\"><strong>Lavish interiors<\/strong><\/span><br><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em>20TH-CENTURY HISTORY<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"807\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/52264_preview-807x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/52264_preview-807x1024.jpg 807w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/52264_preview-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/52264_preview-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/52264_preview-1210x1536.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/52264_preview-1614x2048.jpg 1614w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/52264_preview-scaled.jpg 2017w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Ever since 1685, when work began on the Carolean-style mansion, money has been absolutely lavished on Belton House. Sir John Brownlow employed the very best designers and artisans in its creation. When the Industrial Revolution came along, an orangery was built with a cast-iron frame fresh from the furnace. The interior of the house was filled with the finest silver and porcelain and appointed with one of the country\u2019s largest libraries. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">But it hasn\u2019t all been silver service and garden parties. In the First World War, Belton was transformed into a veritable town when a so-called Kitchener Camp was created in the grounds. Barracks housed 20,000 trainee troops and electricity, water and sewage services were laid on. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Now, there are Dutch and Italian-inspired gardens to enjoy and 526 hectares of parkland, plus a large outdoor adventure playground and miniature train. <\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-218ec2ea-86f8-4cb6-9343-28035aa08cbb\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 House opening hours: 11\u20134 (winter 11\u20132.30). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Caf\u00e9; shop; book shop; garden; park, indoor play; playground; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire; dogs on leads welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>9 Stourhead, Wiltshire <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><strong>\u201cA living work of art\u201d <\/strong><br><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em><span>LANDSCAPED GARDENS<\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1515\" height=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/4123c6e1-549f-476a-ac0a-b4ec4daa3ee7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/4123c6e1-549f-476a-ac0a-b4ec4daa3ee7.jpg 1515w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/4123c6e1-549f-476a-ac0a-b4ec4daa3ee7-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/4123c6e1-549f-476a-ac0a-b4ec4daa3ee7-940x1024.jpg 940w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/4123c6e1-549f-476a-ac0a-b4ec4daa3ee7-768x836.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/4123c6e1-549f-476a-ac0a-b4ec4daa3ee7-1410x1536.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1515px) 100vw, 1515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The parks of England\u2019s stately homes are renowned for their beauty. Often landscaped in the 18th century by artists such as Lancelot \u2018Capability\u2019 Brown, they created little Elysian worlds for their wealthy owners, insulating them from the everyday struggles of lesser mortals. But then there is Stourhead, a park on a higher plain, that casts all others into the shade. While some grand estates have artificial lakes that improve the view, Stourhead\u2019s lake tells an epic story: with its temples, grottoes and Palladian bridge, a walk around it is intended to conjure up a vision of Greek hero Aeneas\u2019 journey down into the underworld. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The park was acquired in 1717 by Henry Hoare I, whose father Sir Richard founded Hoares bank, which is still run by the family today. Henry had one of the country\u2019s first Palladian-style villas built on the estate. But it was his son, Henry II \u2013 known as The Magnificent \u2013 who used his wealth to transform the park into what was dubbed at the time \u201ca living work of art\u201d. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The estate is immense. There are four square miles of Wiltshire to explore, with paths taking visitors beyond the parkland and across farmland, through all too rare ancient woodland, and all the way to King Alfred\u2019s Tower, a triangular folly that offers views of three counties. So do take a camera. <\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-9cc54ee6-db84-46bb-949a-2ebc59fbfe12\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 House opening hours: 11\u20134 (winter 11\u20133). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Restaurant; pub; shop; book shop; landscape garden; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire; dogs on leads welcome. <strong>Also nearby: <\/strong>White Sheet Hill Camp: walk up from Stourhead to a Neolithic encampment and hill fort.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>10 Blickling Hall, Norfolk <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subsubhead\"><strong>Corridors of power <\/strong><br><em>Best for&#8230; <\/em><span>BOLEYN FANS <\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1548\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/ae68b618-1061-4214-b1e4-1456ffb92405.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/ae68b618-1061-4214-b1e4-1456ffb92405.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/ae68b618-1061-4214-b1e4-1456ffb92405-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/ae68b618-1061-4214-b1e4-1456ffb92405-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/ae68b618-1061-4214-b1e4-1456ffb92405-768x1016.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/08\/ae68b618-1061-4214-b1e4-1456ffb92405-1161x1536.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1548px) 100vw, 1548px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Was Anne Boleyn born in a Tudor house on the Blickling Estate? Well, although there\u2019s no definitive evidence, the sumptuous mansion that replaced it is home to both a statue and a portrait of Henry VIII\u2019s doomed second wife that bear the words \u2018Anna Bolena hic nata 1507\u2019 (\u2018Anne Boleyn born here 1507\u2019). And her parents certainly owned Blickling around that time, so it seems likely that she and <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Mary \u2013 \u2018The Other Boleyn Girl\u2019 \u2013 did indeed draw their first breaths here. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">One imagines they would both have approved of the grand Jacobean moated house that is the centrepiece of the estate today. One extraordinarily large room \u2013 the Long Gallery \u2013 was designed so that the family could parade up and down in it when wet weather prevented them from exercising outside. It\u2019s since become a place for exercising one\u2019s brain: a nationally important library holding around 14,000 books. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Life at Blickling was probably at its most \u2018Downtonesque\u2019 during the tenure of Philip Kerr, the 11th Marquess of Lothian. A leading light behind the formation of the National Trust, in the 1930s he was also a member of the \u2018Cliveden set\u2019. Blickling thus thronged with famous names, such as Nancy Astor and her niece and \u2013 scandalously \u2013 the German ambassador and leading Nazi, Joachim von Ribbentrop. <\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-b980e9c4-dfbb-46bf-9ef5-457f46f667d2\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Useful info<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <strong>House opening hours<\/strong>: 11\u20134 (tours only in winter). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Caf\u00e9; restaurant, shop; gardens; parkland; accessible toilets; wheelchair hire.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">Photos: National Trust Images, National Trust Images\/Hugh 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