Belvoir Castle is the ancestral home of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland for one thousand years. Currently the family home of the 11th Duke, Duchess and their young family. The present Castle is the fourth to have stood on the site since Norman times, the…
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15 miles
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Many visitors come to the castle to see the original Lincoln Magna Carta. This 780‐year‐old document is one of only four surviving originals sealed by King John after his meeting with the Barons at Runnymede in 1215. Relocated from its old home in the Cathedral, the…
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12.5 miles
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Doddington Hall is a much loved family home and has never been sold since it was built in 1595 by Robert Smythson, one of Englands foremost Elizabethan architects. The mellow brick exterior with its walled courtyards has barely changed while the interior was redecorated in Georgian times in…
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8.6 miles
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Restoration country house with magnificent interiors, gardens and parkBuilt in 1685‐88 for 'Young' Sir John Brownlow, Belton is undoubtedly one of the finest examples of Restoration country house architecture. The stunning interiors contain exceptionally fine plasterwork and wood‐carving, as well as important collections of paintings, furniture, tapestries…
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13.1 miles
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Located near Ollerton, on the edge of historic Sherwood Forest, this 150 acre park is one of Nottinghamshire's most popular visitor attractions. At the heart of the park are the picturesque remains of a 12th century Cistercian monastery and later country house. Around them lie gardens,…
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12.2 miles
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From a building that nobody wanted to enter, we want to create a heritage facility that anyone would want to visit and where everyone is welcome. The often overlooked lives of the poor and destitute in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is explored at The Workhouse,…
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7.7 miles
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