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This year the scheme includes its first ‘hard hat’ property,
the Royal Gunpowder Mills, where areas are normally
out-of-bounds. Hats will be provided. Several other of
the 14 newcomers this year are also works in progress:
Rowena Colthurst and her husband have bought back
her former family home, Pitchford Hall, and are rescuing
it following 25 years of neglect; at Ashley Court, the
owners are restoring the Grade II country house and
Rugbourne Farm has been saved from collapse by its
architect owner. Others have connections with famous
people: Prince Duleep Singh lived at Hockwold Hall;
William Kent redesigned Raynham Hall for ‘Turnip’
Townshend; William Smith, who drew the first
stratological map of Britain, lived at Rugbourne Farm
and works by Isidor Kaufmann, the ‘Jewish Holbein’,
are on show at Hartsheath. As an incentive to dedicated
Invitation to View fans, Talliston House offers a prize of
a night’s stay and b&b (see page 53.)
Cover (clockwise from top left): Raynham Hall, Norfolk; Plas Dinam,
Powys; Bressingham Hall, Suffolk/Norfolk border; Pitchford Hall,
Shropshire; Hatton Grange, Shropshire; Rugbourne Farm, Somerset
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N O O R D I N A RY B RO K E R
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Bd=Beds; Cb=Cambs; Ex=Essex;
Nf=Norfolk; Sf=Suffolk
1 The Abbey Coggeshall, Ex
Eastern England, London AND kenT
Kent Group tours only in 2017
Hunstanton
Spalding
nr Woodbridge, Sf May 10, 17
Cb Mar 30; May 4; Aug 3, 10
34 Old Hall South Burlingham,
Nf Apr 26; May 5; June 22; July
11; Aug 15; Sept 21; Oct 4, Dec 15
37
King’s Lynn
42
9
3 Belle Grove nr Halesworth, Sf
23
Wisbech
Swaffham
Peterborough
March
Downham
Market
nr Diss, Nf Mar 21; Apr 25;
May 16; Sept 19; Oct 17
21
St Ives
25
nr Framlington, Sf
May 16; June 27; Sept 12
St Neots
Newmarket
Saffron
Walden
22
16
Bishop’s
Stortford
Ware
Hatfield
Bury St
Edmunds
Hertford
nr Fakenham, Nf Apr 8; July 12
19
12
7
Stowmarket
29 15
35 28
20
Ipswich
2
Felixstowe
Harwich
31
Braintree
1
Witham
4
11
27
Maldon
Epping
Woodbridge, Sf Apr 6; May 12, 29;
June 7; July 11, 19, 23; Aug 28;
Sept 3, 6; Oct 11; Dec 6, 15
See website for date
40 Royal Gunpowder Mills
Waltham Abbey, Ex
Mar 25; Apr 22; May 20; June 24
41 St Peter’s Hall nr Bungay,
Sf May 30; June 27; July 25; Aug
15, 29; Sept 26; Oct 31; Nov 28
42 Silverstone Farm
nr Harleston, Sf/Nf border
Apr 17; May 1; Sept 14
nr Sible Hedingham, Ex
May 14; June 17; Sept 3
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45 37 Spital Square, London E1
Southend-on-Sea
LONDON
45
May 17
46 Stanstead Bury nr Ware,
Herts July 20, 25; Aug 2, 8
Dartford
47 The Swan Lavenham, Sf
Swanley
Mar 15; Apr 19; May 4; June 23;
July 19; Aug 16; Sept 20; Oct 18
Sevenoaks
32
Maidstone
48 Talliston Gt Dunmow, Ex
21 Hockwold Hall nr Thetford, Nf
26 Kirstead Hall nrNorwich, Nf
Apr 4; May 2; June 6; July 5;
Aug 1; Sept 5; Oct 3
June 24; July 25; Aug 8, 24; Sept 3
Jan 29; Feb 26; Mar 26; Apr 23;
May 28; June 25; July 30;
Aug 27; Sept 24; Oct 29; Nov 26;
Dec 17
27 Layer Marney Tower
49 Valentines Mansion Ilford
nr Stowmarket, Sf Apr 6, 18;
May 9; June 12; July 9; Aug 3, 31
22 Hoses Hall nr Halstead, Ex
May 19; June 9; Aug 4
nr Tiptree, Ex Apr 26; June 7;
Aug 14; Sept 24; Nov 1
18 Heath Farmhouse nr
23 Hoveton Hall nr Wroxham, Nf
28 Letheringham Lodge
Mar 8; Oct 18; Nov 15; Dec 13
Harleston, Sf Apr 21; May 18;
June 15; July 14; Aug 18; Sept 21;
Oct 26; Dec 21
May 10; June 7; July 12; Aug 9;
Sept 13
nr Woodbridge, Sf Apr 27, 28, 29,
30; Sept 7, 8, 9, 10
51 Warner Textile Archive
24 Ingatestone Hall Ex
29 Letheringham Water Mill
Apr 19; May 17; June 14; July 12;
Aug 16; Sept 27
nr Woodbridge, Sf Apr 27; May 7;
July 2; Sept 9, 10
25 Island Hall Godmanchester, Cb
30 Linden House Eye, Sf
Apr 19; May 16; June 22; July 5;
Aug 2, 30; Sept 27; Nov 18;
Dec 13
Aug 4, 11, 16, 18
16 Harlington Manor nr Luton,
Beds Mar 23; Apr 20; May 25;
June 10, 29; Sept 7; Oct 12;
17 Haughley House
19 Henstead Exotic Garden
nr Beccles, Sf May 19; June 17;
July 7, 22; Aug 4, 19
20 Hintlesham Hall
nr Ipswich, Sf Feb 15; Mar 22;
Apr 12; June 7; Aug 16; Sept 13;
Nov 22; Dec 6
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39 Roos Hall nr Beccles, Sf
44 Spencers Garden
May 9; June 6; Sept 5
15 Glemham Hall nr
nr Gamlingay, Cb
May 11, 18; June 13; July 11
43 South Elmham Hall
Clactonon-Sea
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13 Earsham Hall nr Bungay, Sf
38 Rippington Manor
North Elmham, Nf
Apr 16; July 16; Sept 10
Colchester
46
Chelmsford
40
3
17
10
44
51
48
nr Debenham, Sf Apr 25
14 Finchingfield Guildhall Ex
Eye
14
Stevenage
Hemel
Hempstead
37 Raynham Hall
43 41
30 53
Sudbury
8
Royston
Luton
39
Haverhill
Biggleswade
10 Columbine Hall
Mar 22; Apr 20; May 16;
June 14; July 11; Sept 18;
Oct 12; Dec 5
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47
9 Clifton House
12 Crow’s Hall
36
Cambridge
38
Bedford
Saffron Walden, Ex May 23;
June 16, 26; July 11, 28; Aug 8
Diss
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33
7 Bruisyard Hall
May 7; Aug 20
5
Mildenhall
Godmanchester
nr Newmarket, Sf
May 18; June 15, 29
Bungay
Thetford
Ely
Feb 23; May 11; June 14; July
20; Aug 17
Beccles
13
Chatteris
6 Brinton Hall nr Holt, Nf
36 Ousden House
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5 Bressingham Hall
11 Copped Hall nr Epping, Ex
Apr 27; May 9; June 15; July 4, 27;
Aug 21; Sept 14; Dec 15
Norwich
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4 Braxted Park nr Witham, Ex
Apr 24; May 8, 22; June 19
nr Stowmarket, Sf May 7, 13;
July 12, 21; Aug 2, 17
35 Otley Hall nr Ipswich, Sf
Dereham
June 7, 21; July 5, 19; Aug 2, 16,
30; Sept 13
King’s Lynn, Nf May 19, 26; June
16, 30; July 14, 21; Sept 8, 15
33 Netherhall Manor Soham,
6
Fakenham
2 Bawdsey Manor
Cromer
50
May 8; June 7; July 7; Aug 9;
Sept 4
8 25-27 Church Street
32 Mere House, nr Maidstone,
31 Mercury Theatre, Colchester,
Ex Mar 8; May 10; Aug 9; Oct 11
June 19; Oct 16; Dec 4
50 Voewood nr Holt, Nf Feb 8;
Braintree, Ex Feb 16; Mar 11;
June 13; July 8; Nov 7
52 West Stow Hall nr
Mildenhall, Sf Mar 19; May 25;
June 21; July 6; Aug 13; Oct 29;
Nov 19
53 Wingfield College nr Eye, Sf
May 26; June 9; July 5; Sept 15
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The Abbey, Coggeshall
THE ABBEY
Founded 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; in 1293 the vicar was
gaoled for poaching the abbot’s
carp. Tour includes abbot’s
house, chapel, cloister, guest
house and riverside courtyard.
Exceptional medieval brickwork.
Tour approx 2 hours, £17 including tea or coffee with home-made cakes
and biscuits. www.theabbeycoggeshall.co.uk
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Coggeshall Abbey is arguably one of the most important
architectual 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.
BAWDSEY MANOR
Architectural extravaganza, built
1880-1900 for Sir Cuthbert
Quilter and set in 150 acres of
historic parkland overlooking the
Deben Estuary. Guided tour of
the gardens and 400-metre
Pulhamite cliff walk with refreshments in the Green Room and
Great Hall of the Manor House.
A short talk on the history of
Bawdsey Manor is included.
Tour 2 hours, £15 including tea or coffee with cakes.
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BELLE GROVE
Extraordinary, memorable house,
overall winner of Daily Telegraph
Building Awards 2011. ‘Out of a
fairy tale,’ said one judge, spying a
20-ft fierce metal dragon poised on
the chimney. Built by Nick Fisher
with his wife Jo Jordan using
reclaimed local materials and straw
bales with exotic additions. Tree
trunk staircase and sedum roof.
Tour 2½-3 hours, £22 including tea or coffee and home-made cakes. Sorry, no
group visits. Accommodation. www.belle-grove.com
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Self-catering as never before!
5 star rural retreat near Suffolk’s Heritage Coast.
Exotically converted barns ooze charm & character.
Well-behaved pets welcome.
www.belle-grove.com
Tel: 01986 873124
Gold Winner VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2012
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BRAXTED PARK
Mid-18th century 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 church.
Tour 2 hours, £18 including tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits.
www.braxtedpark.co.uk
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BRESSINGHAM HALL
Grade II country mansion and
companion High Barn, restored
and furnished to their elegant
Regency origins by the Bloom
family, who have just celebrated
seven decades there. Surrounded
by 17 acres of world-famous
gardens, often seen on TV, there
is something for everyone
throughout the seasons.
Tour 2-2½ hours, £18.50 including tea with scones and cakes. Guests may spend
more time in the gardens if they wish. www.bressinghamgardens.com
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BRINTON HALL
C16 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, include
formal beds, C19 greenhouse,
haha, lake, woods and meadows.
Tour 2½ hours, £15 inc tea or coffee, with sandwiches, home-made cakes and
fresh scones with local cream and home-made jam. Snowdrop tour £20 inc lunch.
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BRUISYARD HALL
One 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, £18 including tea, coffee, soft drinks, cakes and biscuits.
www.bruisyardhall.com
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25-27 CHURCH ST.
Douglas Kent, a director of
SPAB, put his training into
reality when he bought an
empty, unmodernised Grade
I building in Saffron Walden.
It’s famous for two huge
pargeted figures and is C14,
once part of the Sun Inn.
Visitors can see his progress
and pick his brains.
Tour 1½ hours, £13.50 including tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits.
blog: http://thespab.wordpress.com
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Beautiful 15th/16th century moated Hall, set in
10 acres of award-winning gardens.
Stunning location for your wedding.
‘A retreat from daily living to nourish your inner spirit’
Escape with our Retreat Day Programme.
Gardens and Café open every Wednesday between
May–September 11am–5pm
Private guided tours of the Hall and Gardens
by appointment.
Visit www.otleyhall.co.uk
Tel: 01473 890264
WEST STOW HALL
“A hidden gem of peace and tranquillity”
West Stow Hall is an
historic 16th century
house offering two
en-suite bedrooms
and a family suite in
the Hall, plus a selfcontained studio in
the grounds. Holiday
cottage available.
T: 01284 728127
E: [email protected]
www.weststowhall.com
West Stow Hall, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds IP28 6EY
See pages 41–55 for tour calendars, index and how to book
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CLIFTON HOUSE
KING’S LYNN
England’s most complete
and fascinating merchant’s
residence. This 800-yearold house, with its famous
Elizabethan tower and
unspoilt Tudor and Stuart
interiors, is the home of
historians Anna Keay and
Simon Thurley and their
family. In the centre of
historic King’s Lynn, Clifton
House is being restored as
a family home after 30 years
of institutional use.
“really fascinating history both
past and present, thank you”
“The most amazing house –
with an extraordinary story”
“Without a doubt our best
ItV visit so far!”
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CLIFTON HOUSE
Grade I-listed house is ‘the most
remarkable catalogue of building periods from middle ages
onwards.’ (Pevsner.) Huge wine
cellar (earliest brick structure
in Norfolk), largest medieval
tiled pavement in England.
Elizabethan tower with
Jacobean murals and extensive
views. Now a family home.
Tour approx 2 hours, £16.50 including tea, coffee and home-made cakes.
www.cliftonhouse.org.uk
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COLUMBINE HALL
Dating from 1390, the Grade
II* timber-framed house is
surrounded by a defensive moat
which laps its walls. The owners
have transformed the interior
with imagination and filled it
with their eccentric and evergrowing collections. The
gardens include vistas of the
rolling landscape beyond.
Tour 2 hours, £16 including tea and home-made cakes. Picnic in grounds.
Plants and owners’ books on sale. Accommodation. www.columbinehall.co.uk
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COPPED HALL
Architect Alan Cox, who helped
rescue this Palladian mansion,
leads the special tours to show
how it’s being brought back
from extreme dereliction. Burnt
1917, asset stripped 1950,
saved from development 19861995, now being restored.
Vaulted kitchen and cellars,
stables and extensive gardens.
Tour approx 2½ hours, £15 including tea or coffee and home-made cakes and
biscuits. www.coppedhalltrust.org.uk
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CROW’S HALL
A double avenue of oaks leads
to a Tudor building with fine
detailing, surrounded by large,
fish-filled moat. It has won
an award for its restoration.
Adjoining barn, C16 or earlier,
is longest in the county (possibly
an early court hall.) The site
dates from the Anglo-Saxon
period. Fine garden setting.
Tour approx 2½-3 hours, £17.50 including tea or coffee, cakes and biscuits.
Sorry, no group visits in 2017. www.crows-hall.com
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EARSHAM HALL
Large, authentic Queen Anne
house with medieval origins is
home to an enthusiastic 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 here. Tea
room open for lunch.
Tour 2½-3 hours, £20.50 inc tea/coffee & nibbles on arrival and full afternoon tea .
Candlelit supper tour in November, £30. www.earshamhallevents.co.uk
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Atmospheric ancient manor house bed and breakfast.
Masses of art, antiques and other quirky finds.
Luxury four poster and state bed accommodation.
Sawdays member • www.harlingtonmanor.com
Harlington Manor, Harlington, Beds LU5 6LD E: [email protected] T: 07788 742209
FINCHINGFIELD
GUILDHALL
Once ‘at risk’, this Grade I-listed
guildhall from the 15th and 17th
centuries 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 including tea, coffee, cordial and a selection of homemade cakes. www.finchingfieldguildhall.org.uk
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GLEMHAM HALL
The huge 16th-18th century
house and its owner, Philip
Hope-Cobbold, are equally
exuberant – a double wow factor.
As is the haunted staircase and
fine 200-acre park designed by
Repton and known for its ancient
oaks. The whole estate was
bought by the Cobbold brewing
family in the early 20th century.
St. Peter’s Hall
Restaurant & Bar
Real Ale • Real Food • Real Welcome
Tour 2 hours, £16 including tea, coffee and cakes. Ghostly supper tour 3½ hours,
£35; Christmas tour with mulled wine & mince pies £20. www.glemhamhall.co.uk
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HARLINGTON MANOR
The house has hall house
antecedents dating from the late
C14, but C16, C17, C18, C19
and early C20 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.
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South Elmham, near Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1NQ
www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk • tel: 01986 782288
Tour 2½ hours, £15 inc tea and home-made cakes. Twilight tour with 6-course
supper, glass of fizz, port & harpsichord recital £55. www.harlingtonmanor.com
Open Wednesday to Sunday from 11 am.
(Please see website for closing times.)
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HAUGHLEY HOUSE
Late medieval manor with C18
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, £15 including tea, coffee, home-made scones and cake. Lunch
by arrangement for groups. Accommodation. www.haughleyhouse.co.uk
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HOCKWOLD HALL
Tour 2 hours, £17 including tea or coffee and cakes. www.hockwoldhallnorfolk.com
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HOSES HALL
Elizabethan farmhouse in the
Waveney valley, additional wings
added C17 and C18. Unspoilt
interior retains Tudor colouring
in various rooms. Original features include C17 ‘creased’ doors,
St Cross bricks, protection marks,
shutter grooves, rare game larder
and large brick oven. Records list
all farmers from 1779.
Originally 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. Tythe barn contemporary
with Cressing Temple. Wellstocked 4-acre garden plus 4
acres of meadows with bulbs.
Tour 2½ hours, £15 including afternoon tea with home-made scones and
meringues. Accommodation: 4-star bed and breakfast.
Tour 3-3½ hours, £28 inc coffee, tour of garden and principal room of house, and
2-course lunch with wine.
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HENSTEAD EXOTIC
GARDEN
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HOVETON HALL
The tropics in Suffolk with 100
large palms, 20 bananas, 200
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 TV
show Britain’s Best Back Gardens.
Fine Regency house c1810,
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 its
spider iron gate). Tour includes
main reception rooms and freedom to wander in the gardens.
Tour approx 2 hours, £12 including tea, coffee or soft drinks and home-made
cakes. Exotic plants and owner’s book for sale. www.hensteadexoticgarden.co.uk
Tour 3 hours, £16 including afternoon tea with home-made cakes and biscuits.
www.hovetonhallestate.co.uk
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HEATH FARMHOUSE
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Elizabethan E-plan manor with
C15 origins. Sir Cyril Wyche (a
founder of the Royal Society)
took over the estate in 1688.
Prince Victor Duleep Singh,
eldest son of the last Maharaja
of Lahore and a godson of
Queen Victoria, came to live
here in 1895 and added a substantial extension at the end of
the C19. Fine walled gardens.
HINTLESHAM HALL
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INGATESTONE HALL
Façade built c1720 conceals Grade
I Elizabethan mansion of which
chimney breasts remain. Sections
date back to mid C15. Principal
suite, built c1690, has Carolean
undercut plaster ceiling ‘among the
best of late C17 anywhere in East
Anglia’ (Pevsner). Red Cross
wartime hospital. Famous cookery school, restaurant and hotel.
Grade I, C16 manor with 11
acres. Built by Sir William Petre,
Secretary of State to four Tudor
monarchs and still occupied by
the family. Building largely Tudor
with oak panelling and two priests’
holes. Grounds with stew ponds,
walled pleasure garden and lime
tree walks. Family memorabilia
collected over the centuries.
Tour 4 hours, £35 inc tea or coffee on arrival and 2-course lunch followed by tea
or coffee with petits fours. www.hintleshamhall.com
Tour approx 2½ hours, £16 inc tea or coffee and home-made cakes. Visitors may
linger in grounds or visit the tea room after the tour. www.ingatestonehall.com
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ISLAND HALL
Named 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
owners’ ancestors since 1800.
Described by Octavia Hill as
‘the loveliest, dearest house....’
Tranquil riverside setting.
Tour 3 hours, £17.50 including full afternoon tea with sandwiches and cakes.
www.islandhall.com
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KIRSTEAD HALL
Grade I Elizabethan house with
three stepped gables. Unspoilt
redbrick house of E-shaped plan,
built ca 1560, has diaper patterns
in blue. Witchcraft symbols in
porch and elsewhere. Former
studio for Edward Seago (19101974). Partly walled gardens with
grade II* dovecote. Antique
restoration on site (part of tour).
Tour 2½ hours, £16 including tea, coffee or soft drinks, fruited scones with
cream and jam and selection of cakes. Antiques for sale. www.kirsteadhall.co.uk
HaugHley
House
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guest accommodation
Haughley 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.
Tel: 01449 673398
www.haughleyhouse.co.uk
Rural skills and craft courses at
ASSINGTON MILL
Courses are on-going, so see the website for more
information & dates or contact Anne Holden
T: 01787 229955 M: 07770 550570
E: [email protected] www.assingtonmill.com
Assington Mill, Assington, Suffolk CO10 5LZ
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LAYER MARNEY TOWER
Grade I Tudor gatehouse,
decorated with fine Italianate
terracotta. Henry VIII was so
impressed, he visited while it was
being built. Henry, first Lord
Marney, was the King’s Lord Privy
Seal. He died in 1523 and work
stopped two years later. Church,
altered to match house, has
effigies of him and his son, John.
Tour 2 hours, £18. Morning tours include tea or coffee with traybake; lantern
tour includes mulled wine and nibbles. www.layermarneytower.co.uk
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LETHERINGHAM LODGE
Grade II* timber-framed house
of 1472 making it a rare,
prestigious medieval hunting
lodge. Original dragon beams,
witches marks, Tudor fireplaces
and impressive Jacobean staircase.
Also smallest occupied moated
site in county. Tour of entire
house by owners with PowerPoint
presentation of its history.
Tour 1½ hours, £18, morning tours include tea/coffee and home-made cakes on
arrival, afternoon tours include a cream tea. www.letheringhamlodge.com
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LETHERINGHAM
WATER MILL
NETHERHALL MANOR
Clapboarded and timber-framed
1740s mill (but recorded in
Domesday) with C19 additions. It
stopped operating in 1927 but the
mill wheel and its octagonal wooden
shaft still exist. Mill inner frame close
studded with angle braces and
chamfered beams. Formal gardens
and wild woodland walks
Tour 1½ hours, £18, morning tours include tea or coffee and home-made cakes
on arrival, afternoon tours include a cream tea after the tour.
Tour, including talk and recital on early square piano, 1½-2 hours, £14 including
tea and home-made cakes.
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LINDEN HOUSE, EYE
Classic example of country town
house in one of England’s
smallest towns. Timbered and
plastered farmhouse dates from
16th century. Around 1780 given
brick skin to make it smart, with
fine entrance hall and stairs.
Home of a family of six sisters
(two suffragettes.) Film set for a
Miss Marple thriller. Perfect
starting point for Eye Town Trail.
Tour 2 hours, £12 including tea/coffee, cakes and scones.
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MERCURY THEATRE
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OLD HALL
Small grade II* listed Elizabethan
manor (one of 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, pleasant garden. A
house full of books and pictures.
Tour 2-2½ hours, £15 including tea and cakes; festive tea in December with
mince pies.
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OTLEY HALL
See behind the scenes of a
leading producing theatre.
Talk on its history and plans
for the future. Tour of setbuilding workshop, costume
and props department and set
for current show (see calendar
on pages 41–47 for details),
will show how a production
is staged.
The ‘outstanding individual house’
in east Suffolk (Bettley & Pevsner,
2015). Grade I C16 moated hall,
still a family home, is a perfect
example of unspoilt late medieval
architecture. According to Farrer
(Old Suffolk Houses, Vol. 6) the
great hall and linenfold parlour,
which look out onto the rose
garden, are unequalled in Suffolk.
Tour 2-2½ hours, £15 including tea and scones. Ring box office on 01206 573948
to buy tickets for the 7.30 pm performance on the same day. (Tickets from £12.)
Tour 2½ hours including time in garden, £15 including tea/coffee and cakes.
Christmas tour £16.50 inc mulled wine and festive nibbles. www.otleyhall.co.uk
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One-acre walled garden filled
with old-fashioned flowers.
Tours by the expert owner
and garden writer. ‘Elegant
with a touch of antiquity... a
positive delight’ Good
Gardens Guide. Tour
concludes with eighteenth
century music played on early
family square piano.
MERE HOUSE
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OUSDEN HOUSE
Quintessential mid-Georgian
house, built as a rectory in 1780.
Lord Le Despencer (Sir Francis
Dashwood) employed the
architect Nicholas Revett.
Extended c1830 and 1876.
Painted, rendered brick building
in parkland with C18 lake,
ornamental trees and extensive
spring bulbs.
Georgian building, formerly a
stable and coach house, converted
to an elegant and delightful
house. Remarkable eight-acre
garden includes herbaceous
borders, rose garden, water
gardens and long double crinklecrankle yew hedge. Small lake and
ornamental woodland. Courtyard,
also clock tower and dovecote.
Tour 2-3 hours including church, £16 including tea/coffee, home-made cakes and
biscuits. Group visits only during 2017.
Tour 2 hours, £17 including tea with sandwiches, home-made cakes and biscuits.
All proceeds to Ousden church.
Visit www.invitationtoview.co.uk for more information
See pages 41–55 for tour calendars, index and how to book
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37
RAYNHAM HALL
Grade I* early C17 house by Sir
Roger Townshend with interiors
redesigned by William Kent from
1725 for the second Viscount
‘Turnip’ Townshend, an important
political figure at the court of
Queen Anne and King George I.
Tour includes the King’s bedroom
and the Belisarius Room. Visitors
are welcome to visit the new garden, church and park near the lake.
Tour 2 hours, £30 including tea or coffee and biscuits. www.raynhamrecitals.co.uk
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RIPPINGTON MANOR
Remarkably complete H-shaped
Tudor manor house with enormous stone chimney breast, built
by Robert Audley of lath and
plaster in 1565 but brick-encased
1645. Home to Sir Charles Caesar
and son Julius, Master of the
Rolls. Many works of art on show
including portraits of Henry VIII.
Charming gardens with fine views.
Tour 2 hours, £16 inc tea/coffee with home-made sandwiches, savoury bites,
cakes and biscuits. Affordable paintings and owner’s book Heart in Art for sale.
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ROOS HALL
A Grade I red brick Tudor manor
house dated 1583, Roos Hall is
an important example of
Elizabethan Classicism in the
Waveney valley vernacular tradition. Set in its medieval parkland
with river frontage, the hall retains
original fireplaces and panelling.
Bought by Sir John Suckling
(father of the poet and Secretary
of State to James I) in 1613.
Civil War to
Cold War
and rocketry
Landscapes and
structures of a
unique industry
Discover its history today with a tour
Tour approx 2 hours, £18 including tea and cakes. Sorry, no group visits.
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ROYAL GUNPOWDER
MILLS
Described as the ‘most important
site for the history of explosives in
Europe’, the Royal Gunpowder
Mills is a Scheduled Monument
with over 20 listed buildings, and
a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
‘Hard-hat’ tours to areas normally
out-of-bounds introduce visitors
to hidden architectural gems.
Tour 2 hours, £18 including tea or coffee and cakes. Sturdy footwear suitable for
rough terrain required. Hard hats provided. www.royalgunpowdermills.com
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Corporate and private hire, education
and events, location shoots
www.royalgunpowdermills.com
T: 01992 707370 • E: [email protected]
See pages 41–55 for tour calendars, index and how to book
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41
ST PETER’S HALL
37 SPITAL SQUARE
Head office of the Society for
the Protection of Ancient
Buildings (SPAB) in Georgian
silk merchant’s house in
Spitalfields, a short walk from
Liverpool St station. Atmospheric
working building with many
original features, including
staircase, panelling and fireplaces.
SPAB’s work explained.
Tour 3 hours, £18.50 inc tea/coffee and home-made nibbles on arrival and full
afternoon tea. Candlelit supper tours £25/£30 (see calendar for more details.)
Tour 1½ hours, £14.50 including tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits.
www.spab.org.uk
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SILVERSTONE FARM
House 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 2 acres, accompanied by
owner. Subject of TV programmes,
many books and magazine features.
Tour 1½ hours, £13 including tea, scones and cake. Books by George Carter
are for sale.
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SOUTH ELMHAM HALL
46
STANSTEAD BURY
Grade 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 interesting
C18 interior, and C16 ice house.
Tour 2-2½ hours, £16 including tea or coffee with sandwiches and cakes.
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THE SWAN
Recent work reveals more of the
original C13 bishop’s palace
than thought. The C16 exterior
of the Grade I building hides a
medieval first floor hall where
the Bishop of Norwich held
court. Features include Suffolk’s
earliest domestic wall paintings.
Tour includes deer park walk,
Minster and chapel ruins.
Famous medieval inn in famous
medieval town. Timber-framed
building dates from early C15
and was originally three houses.
British and American airmen were
stationed in the town in WWII and
their memorabilia is on show. A
short presentation on arrival and a
guided tour following lunch will
explain the building’s history.
Tour 2 hours (house and tea) or 3 hours inc walk to Minster, £18 including tea
and cakes. www.southelmham.co.uk www.batemansbarnweddings.co.uk
Tour 3 hours, £35 including tea/coffee on arrival and two-course hot lunch. Ring
01787 247477 re special dietary requirements. www.theswanatlavenham.co.uk
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Half-moated manor house from
c1280, extended 1539 with
salvage from nearby Flixton
Priory, 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
except Oct 31st candlelit supper.
SPENCERS GARDEN
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TALLISTON
Romantic C18 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.
Once an ordinary house, Talliston
House and Gardens have been
transformed into a series of locations, each set in a different time
and place. Over 25 years, the
project has taken a three-bedroomed, semi-detached ex-council
house and transformed it into what
The Sunday Times calls ‘Britain’s
most extraordinary home.’
Tour 2-3 hours, £22 including light two-course lunch with glass of wine and
guided tour of garden. Plants for sale. www.spencersgarden.net
Tour 2½ hours, £15 inc tea, coffee and cake; Halloween tour inc light supper
£18.50; Christmas tour inc festive food £18.50. www.talliston.com
Visit www.invitationtoview.co.uk for more information
See pages 41–55 for tour calendars, index and how to book
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VALENTINES MANSION
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WINGFIELD COLLEGE
Grade II* country house built for
the widow of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, Elizabeth Tillotson in
c1696. Later owners created
impressive gardens and grottoes
c1720s followed by a Georgian
update c1760s. The house has
been recently restored after spells
as a hospital, camp for wartime
refugees and housing department.
Georgian 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 led by ‘Victorian’ guide, 2 hours, £15 inc tea/coffee/biscuits. Dec tour inc
mince pies. Visitors may explore gardens after tour. www.valentinesmansion.com
Tour 3 hours including the garden, £16 including tea and home-made cakes.
www.wingfieldcollege.com
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VOEWOOD
Arts 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.
House combines striking architecture with eccentric interiors filled
with retro objects, pop art and
Arts and Crafts furniture.
A GREAT GIFT IDEA
An Invitation to View tour makes the perfect present for
the person who has everything. You can book a tour
directly through the Mercury Theatre, or order a voucher
from www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/gift-vouchers.* Ring us
on 01284 827087 or email [email protected]
for a brochure to accompany your gift.
* Mercury Theatre vouchers can be exchanged for any of our tours. Pre-booked
tickets can be exchanged with a minimum of five working days’ notice.
Tour approx 2 hours, £18 including tea/coffee and biscuits. www.voewood.com
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WARNER TEXTILE
ARCHIVE
Situated in part of the original midC19 mill buildings, the archive has
over 100,000 textile and wallpaper
samples, paper designs and documents showing the history of
Warner & Sons. The archive store is
open to Invitation to View visitors
who will have a special tour and talk
on the firm and its fabrics.
Tour 2½-3 hours, £18 including gallery talk, visit to Archive store and tea or
coffee with biscuits and home-made cakes. www.warnertextilearchive.co.uk
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WEST STOW HALL
C16 hall built either by the last
abbot of Bury St Edmunds or by
wealthy merchant John Croft.
Downstairs, heavily timbered,
perhaps from earlier manor, has
one of the largest inglenooks in
Suffolk and great reception hall.
Gatehouse, c1520, has terracotta
figures and very rare C16 wall
painting of the four ages of man.
1570 colonnade joins the two.
Tour 2-2½ hours, £16 including tea, coffee and cakes. www.weststowhall.com
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Bristol
Bath
SOUTH WEST – MAP
AND DATES 2017
Weston-Super-Mare
67
Exmoor
National
Park
56
Bridgwater
58
63
Taunton
Shaftesbury
Ilminster
Yeovil
72
Blandford
Forum
Tiverton
54
Bude
Crediton
Okehampton
Launceston
57
62
Tavistock
Padstow
Sidmouth
Newquay
Lostwithiel
55
Truro
Dawlish
Teignmouth
Torquay
Saltash
St Germans
Plymouth
St Austell
St Ives
Dorchester
Weymouth
Liskeard
Looe
Lyme Regis
Exmouth
Newton
Abbot
Calington
Bodmin
Honiton
69
Exeter
Dartmoor
National
Park
64
70
Warminster
66
Glastonbury
59
Barnstaple
Bideford
Shepton
Mallet
Burnham-on-Sea
Minehead
Ilfracombe
Trowbridge
Totnes
60 65
Ivyb ridge
68
Paignton
Brixham
71
Mevagissey
Salcombe
Redruth
Falmouth
Penzance
Helston
54 Ashley Court
near Tiverton, Devon
59 Crowcombe Court
near Taunton, Somerset
64 Kelly House
near Lifton, Devon
68 Shilstone House
near Modbury, Devon
May 14; June 20; July 16;
August 6
May 25; June 22; July 13, 20;
August 10, 24
April 2; July 9; September 10;
October 22; November 19
March 21; April 18; May 16;
June 20; July 18; August 15;
September 19; October 17
55 Boconnoc
near Lostwithiel, Cornwall
60 Delamore
near Ivybridge, Devon
65 Lukesland
near Ivybridge, Devon
May 8, 23; June 13; July 25;
August 14; September 12
July 26; September 6
March 23; June 8; November 9
61 Gatcombe Court
Flax Bourton, Bristol
66 Old Bowlish House
Shepton Mallet, Somerset
57 Coombe Trenchard
near Okehampton, Devon
62 Great Fulford
near Exeter, Devon
April 11; May 10; June 13;
July 19; August 23;
September 12; October 11;
December 20
May 17; Sept 19; Dec 14
May 25; September 19
May 17; June 10, 22; July 20;
August 19; September 6
May 9; June 20; July 18;
September 5
May 22; June 12; July 3;
August 14; September 11
67 Rugbourne Farm
High Littleton, Somerset
April 22; May 26; June 24;
July 8; August 11
58 Cothelstone Manor
near Taunton, Somerset
63 Hall Bishops Tawton,
near Barnstaple, Devon
May 20; July 1, 22;
September 23; October 28
72 Tiverton Castle Devon
June 4; December 10
April 6; June 8; September 14
56 Chapel Cleeve Manor
near Minehead, Somerset
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69 Sidbury Manor
near Sidmouth, Devon
April 26; June 7
70 Talboys Keevil, Wiltshire
71 Thorn House &
Gardens near Plymouth,
Devon
June 21; July 18
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ASHLEY COURT
Grade II Regency country house
built by Tiverton wool merchant
John Upcott. Largely unaltered
since the last redecoration in the
Edwardian era, it gives an insight
into the working life of a small
country estate in the early C19.
The owners are now embarking
on a long process of restoration.
Victorian stable block, apple lofts,
walled garden and woodland walks.
Tour 2 hours, £13 including tea with biscuits/cake.
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COTHELSTONE
MANOR
Grade II* from early C17 plus
important C16 Grade I gate
house and Grade II* gazebo built
for built for the wedding of Sir
John Stawell in 1619. Church of
St Thomas lies within the grounds.
Situated at foot of Quantocks
where there’s been a settlement
since Saxon times.
Tour 3 hours, £17.50 including tea with home-made sandwiches and cakes.
Accommodation. www.cothelstonemanor.co.uk
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CROWCOMBE COURT
Boconnoc House, winner of the
2012 HHA/Sotheby’s Award
for Restoration, 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 this unique
estate. Beautiful woodland garden, Georgian bath house,
Soane stable yard and C15 church onsite.
Grade I listed squire’s manor
built in English Baroque style for
the landowner, Thomas Carew.
By Nathaniel Ireson, it was finished in 1729. Pevsner was
highly complimentary: ‘The
finest of its date in Somerset
south of Bath...it has sumptuous
interiors of c1740.’ Now fully
restored and standing within
Quantocks AONB.
Tour 3 hours, £18 including Cornish cream tea. www.boconnoc.com
Tour 2 hours, £15 including tea, coffee and cakes. www.crowcombecourt.co.uk
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CHAPEL CLEEVE MANOR
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DELAMORE
Subject 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 C19 and
C20 centuries 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.
The present and fourth
Delamore, with stunning
gardens, was laid out and built
in 1859. The private chapel
and house have stained glass
from the period and earlier.
Outstanding private art
collection of West Country
artists, plus the largest cromlech
in the world.
Tour 1½ hours, £15 including tea, coffee and home-made cakes.
www.chapelcleevemanor.org.uk
Tour 2 hours, £16 including tea or coffee and cream tea.
www.delamore.com
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BOCONNOC
58
COOMBE TRENCHARD
61
GATCOMBE COURT
House and gardens were designed
in 1906 by architect Walter Sarel.
The house still has many original
Arts & Crafts features including
a ‘disappearing’ wall, recently
discovered. Gardens are being
restored with Edwardian planting
schemes. Woodland walks, water
gardens and croquet lawn. Bed
and breakfast available.
Manor house by John de Gatcombe
pre-1254 uses Roman stone from
settlement beneath. Two fireplaces
have lintels from Roman altar and
sarcophagus. Jenkins (Thousand
Best Houses) says ‘nothing is
regular...yet everything is
pleasing.’ Old roses, Romaninspired herb garden by Jekka
McVicar and ancient yew hedge.
Tour 2½ hours, £18 inc Devonshire cream tea with home-made scones and cakes.
www.coombetrenchard.co.uk
Tour 2½ hours, £14.50 including tea, coffee and home-made cakes; evening
tours include wine and cheese. Accommodation. www.gatcombecourt.co.uk
Visit www.invitationtoview.co.uk for more information
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GREAT FULFORD
Home of the Fulford family
since circa 1190. Mainly early
Tudor, built round a courtyard.
Superb early 16th century panelling in great hall. Grand late
17th century staircase leads to
recently restored great dining
room. Façade remodelled in the
‘Gothic’ taste by James Wyatt
circa 1805.
MAKE A CASTLE YOUR HOME
Tour of house and gardens 1½ hours, £17.50 including a cream tea.
www.greatfulford.co.uk
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HALL
Owned by the Chichester family
since the early 14th century, Hall
opened to the public for the first
time in 2013. The present house
is c1840 by Philip C. 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, C17 stable block.
Come and stay at historic Tiverton Castle
and visit other Invitation to View houses
open in the area.
All modern comforts in medieval surroundings.
Tel: 01884 253200 • email [email protected]
www.tivertoncastle.com
Tour 2 hours, £16 inc tea/coffee, squash, cream tea and cake. www.hallestate.co.uk
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KELLY HOUSE
Home to the Kelly family for over
900 years, this Grade I Georgian
house offers ancestral intrigue and
an introduction to the social and
architectural history of country
houses. The house dates from the
15th century with alterations from
every century until 1877. Pevsner
compliments its good contemporary features. Unsual brick granary.
Tour 2½ hours, £15 including tea or coffee and home-made cake.
B&B available. www.kelly-house.co.uk
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LUKESLAND
Fanciful Victorian Gothic house
on the southern slopes of
Dartmoor, built as a hunting lodge
in 1862. Lived in by the Howell
family since 1931. Features include
a mock hammer-beam roof and
impressive vaulting. Gardens are
home to Britain’s largest magnolia
and groves of huge camellias,
rhododendrons and azaleas.
a beautiful setting for a perfect event
Tour 2 hours, £17 including tea or coffee and home-baking.
www.lukesland.co.uk
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66
OLD BOWLISH HOUSE
TALBOYS
Timber-framed late C14 to mid
C15 building stands on dressed
limestone plinth. It has vaulted
hall, wood carvings, ancient
stained glass and wall paintings
including talbot dog with
crusader flag. East wing of
1876 and whole restored 1899.
Tea served in the kitchen where
Crawfords famous biscuits were
first created.
Tour 2½ hours, £14 including cream tea. www.iankeys2.wixsite.com/oldbowlishhouse
Tour 1½-2 hours, £15 including tea and cakes; £25 including lunch.
67
RUGBOURNE FARM
Early Renaissance 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 in this house, an
excellent print of which is on view.
Tour 1½-2 hours, £14 inc coffee and biscuits (am) or tea and cake (pm). Visitors
are welcome to picnic in the grounds or spend time outside after the tour.
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SHILSTONE HOUSE
71
THORN HOUSE
Located on the banks of the River
Yealm, dating to Tudor times.
Edmund Lockyer, who discovered
Western Australia, lived at Thorn.
Later in C19, Prince of Wales
was a frequent visitor. Historic
garden, principally created by
William Arkwright (c1920), offers
outstanding views and exotic
mature trees from around the
world. Guided tour by owner.
Tour 2½ hours, £16.50 inc cream tea or coffee and cakes. www.thornhouse.co.uk
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TIVERTON CASTLE
Evidence of occuption since first
century BC and site of a Domesday
manor. Well-documented, it shows
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, and nationally important,
C17 water theatre in Britain.
Originally from 1106, building
periods from C14 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 cream tea.
www.shilstonedevon.co.uk; www.devonruralarchive.com/shilstone.html
Tour 2½ hours, £16 including Devon cream tea and cakes and biscuits.
Accommodation. www.tivertoncastle.com
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SIDBURY MANOR
Victorian manor house built in
1870s by David Brandon for Sir
Stephen Cave MP (in Disraeli’s
cabinet) described by Pevsner as
‘a mansion in free Jacobean
Renaissance style.’ Stained glass,
panelling. Stands in parkland in
the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Walled
gardens, rare trees and shrubs.
Tour 2-2½ hours, £16 including Devon cream tea and home-made cakes.
www.sidburymanor.co.uk
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70
Built around 1618, this clothier’s
mansion was modernised by the
Georgians c1735 and the Victorians
c1860. A Palladian frontage and
stone mullioned rear windows enclose finely proportioned rooms, original fireplaces and a heavily-carved
Jacobean openwork scroll staircase.
Five modest gardens including a
romantic ruin. A tapestry of wool,
wars, Huguenots and a ghost or two.
Visit www.invitationtoview.co.uk for more information
LUKESLAND GARDENS
24 acres of magnificent camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas
Dartmoor stream with ponds, pools and waterfalls
Over 45 champion and notable trees
Open 11am-5pm Sun, Wed & bank holidays
from 26 March to 11 June and 8 October to 12 November
Home-made teas and children’s trail. Dogs welcome
Gardens: admission £5, children (under 16) FREE
Lukesland House, Harford, Ivybridge, South Devon PL21 0JF
Tel 01752 691749 • Website www.lukesland.co.uk
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MIDLANDS, North West & NORTH WALES
MAP & DATES 2017
83 Iscoyd Park
near Whitchurch,
Shropshire
May 16; July 11;
August 8
73 Abberley Hall
near Worcester
June 13; October 28
84
74 Aldenham Park
near Bridgnorth,
Shropshire
April 27; June 20;
September 13
84 Knowsley Hall
near Liverpool,
Merseyside
June 14; October 4
75 Brithdir Hall
Mold
near Welshpool, Powys
March 16; May 22;
July 12; September 6
81
85 Morton Hall
Gardens
78
83
76 Brynkinalt Hall
near Wrexham
May 23; June 29;
September 19
79
Whitchurch
76
86 Nantiago
near Knighton, Powys
March 17; May 23;
July 13; September 7
87 Pitchford Hall
& Tree House near
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
March 25; April 5, 22;
May 3
Welshpool
87
75
90
82
77
74
Newtown
88
86
88 Plas Dinam
Llandinam, Powys
March 15; April 26;
May 10; June 14
Ludlow
73
79 Combermere
Abbey near
Whitchurch, Shropshire
No scheduled tours
during 2017 as the
owner is unavilable.
80 Hardwick Hall
near Ellesmere, Shropshire
March 22; May 24;
September 13
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near Redditch,
Worcestershire
May 4; July 13;
August 10
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77 Burton Court
Eardisland,
Herefordshire
May 23; June 13;
July 4; August 8;
September 12;
October 17
78 Casterne Hall
near Ilam,
Staffordshire
May 2, 30
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Llandrindod
Wells
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81 Hartsheath
near Mold, Flintshire
May 10; June 1; July 3;
August 25; September 12
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82 Hatton Grange
near Telford, Shropshire
May 16, 31; June 22;
July 5
89 Tissington Hall
near Ashbourne,
Derbyshire
March 27; April 10,
24; May 8; June 20
90 Willey Park
near Telford, Shropshire
May 9; June 21; September 21
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ABBERLEY HALL
BURTON COURT
Grade 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’ says Simon Jenkins.
Tour 2½ hours, £15 including tea and cake. www.abberleyhallfoundation.org.uk
Tour 2 hours, £14 including cream tea. www.burtoncourt.com
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ALDENHAM PARK
Grade II* Palladian house. Strong
links with Charles I who took
refuge here in a priest hole from
Oliver Cromwell (leaving his coat
behind) and, later, Charles II
presented the Acton family with a
fine Van Dyck portrait of himself.
This 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, £20 including tea, coffee and cakes. www.aldenhampark.com
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BRITHDIR HALL
Substantial C16 timber-framed
hall house with large C17
porch, all within Regency
remodelling c1815. Owner’s
family has lived here since 1906,
so filled with interesting family
memorabilia. Tour includes
early C19 flannel mill, C14origin corn mill and recently
created Gothick ‘ferme ornée’.
Tour 2½ hours, £17.50 including tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits.
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BRYNKINALT HALL
Fine Grade II* house, built in 1612
by Sir Edward Trevor overlooking
the Ceiriog Valley, which was then
extended in the early 1800s. Still
lived in by the Trevor family. Tour
covers the formal rooms of the
house and family history. Visitors
also welcome to explore the formal
west garden and ornamental
woodland shrubbery.
Tour 2 hours, £16 including tea, coffee and home-made cake and biscuits.
www.brynkinalt.co.uk
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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
also climb the landmark, 1880s
Clock Tower – seven counties can
be seen from here on a clear day.
Visit www.invitationtoview.co.uk for more information
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CASTERNE HALL
Ancient panelled manor house
in a romantic location above the
Manifold Valley. Remodelled in
1730 but incorporates previous
incarnations back to Roman
times. ‘Grandeur in miniature’,
but very much a family home.
Finalist in the 2011 Country
Life search for England’s favourite
house.
Tour 1½ hours, £15 including tea, sandwiches and cakes. Visitors are welcome
to picnic in the garden. www.casterne.co.uk
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COMBERMERE ABBEY
One of Cheshire’s pre-eminent
Grade I buildings, which has recently undergone substantial restoration.
Established as Cistercian monastery
in 1133, transformed by the Cotton
family into 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.
Sorry, no tours during 2017. www.combermereabbey.co.uk
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HARDWICK HALL
A 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. (This is not the National
Trust’s Hardwick Hall.)
Tour 2 hours, £14 including tea and cake.
See pages 41–55 for tour calendars, index and how to book
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HARTSHEATH
MORTON HALL
GARDENS
Eight acres of garden and park
combine historic and new features, providing the backdrop for
nearly 1,000 plant varieties. Tour
covers the estate’s history, garden design and horticultural
practices. Fritillary meadow,
potager, woodland rockery and
Japanese Stroll Garden with tea
house.
2-2½ hours, £13 including tea or coffee and home-made cakes.
Tour
Tour 2 hours, £15 including tea or coffee with sandwiches and cakes.
www.mortonhallgardens.co.uk
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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 including tea, coffee and home-made biscuits and cakes.
Lunch can be arranged for groups at an additional cost.
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ISCOYD PARK
Family home dating back to
1737. 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 restoration.
Tour 2-2½ hours, £18 including tea, coffee, soft drinks and home-made cake
and biscuits. www.iscoydpark.com
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85
Grade II* C18 and C19 country
house, set in C19 landscape park.
Drawing room has trompe l’oeil
decoration with pineapple motifs.
Unique collection of ‘Welsh’
C18 and C19 watercolours and
works by ‘Jewish Holbein’ Isidor
Kaufmann, as well as interesting
collections of furniture and
porcelain. Six-acre garden for
visitors to explore
KNOWSLEY HALL
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NANTIAGO
Borders long house with cruck
frames of circa 1540, with later
extensions and Regency Gothick
windows. In use as local vicarage
for 180 years. Attractive grounds
with small lake and arboretum.
Tour includes ground floor
rooms, containing memorabilia
from lost Welsh houses, and two
bedrooms. Collection of live
owls and classic cars on display.
Tour 2½ hours, £17 including tea, coffee, cakes, biscuits and sandwiches.
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PITCHFORD HALL
Described as Britain’s finest halftimbered house, Pitchford Hall was
owned by the Colthurst family for
more than 500 years before being
sold in 1992. Now on the ‘at Risk’
register, the house has been bought
back by Rowena Colthurst and
her husband, who are embarking
on the task of saving it. Queen
Victoria played in the Tudor-style
tree house as a child.
Tour 1½ hours, £16 including cream tea. www.pitchfordestate.com
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PLAS DINAM
Home to the 19th Earl and
Countess of Derby, Knowsley Hall
has been owned by the Stanley
family since 1385. It is believed that
a building of sorts has been on the
current hall’s site since the C12.
However, today’s building dates, in
part, from about 1495 with a later
Georgian wing and some fine
Victorian and Edwardian interiors.
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 hours, £15.50 including tea, coffee and biscuits. Sorry, no group visits.
www.knowsley.com
Tour 2-3 hours, £14 including tea,coffee, soft drinks and cakes.
www.plasdinamcountryhouse.co.uk
Visit www.invitationtoview.co.uk for more information
See pages 41–55 for tour calendars, index and how to book
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TISSINGTON HALL
Built 1609 by Francis
FitzHerbert whose family still
lives here. Wings added late C18
and circa 1900. Sir Richard
FitzHerbert shows visitors the
3017-volume library with C19
photo albums, his favourite
room. Fine panelling and
collection of old masters. Tenacre garden and arboretum.
Tour 1½-2 hours, £18 including tea and cakes served in the library, lined with
3017 books. www.tissingtonhall.co.uk
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WILLEY PARK
Complete example of an early C19
neo-classical mansion of outstanding quality, 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.
Tours 2-2½ hours, £20 including tea, coffee and home-made cakes served in the
orangery.
Eastern england &
London 2017 CALENDAR
Tours include tea or coffee with cakes, biscuits, etc. as shown
under each property’s entry, except where otherwise listed.
When booking tours including meals, please advise box office
staff if anyone in your party has specific dietary requirements.
JANUARY
Sun 29, 3.00 pm
Talliston (candlelit tour)
£15.00
FEBRUARY
Wed 8, 10.30 am
Voewood
£18.00
Wed 8, 2.30 pm
Voewood
£18.00
Wed 15, 11.00 am
Hintlesham Hall (inc lunch)
£35.00
Thu 16, 10.30 am
Warner Textile Archive
£18.00
Thu 23, 11.30 am
Brinton Hall (snowdrop tour, house tour
£20.00
Sun 26, 3.00 pm
Talliston (candlelit tour)
and lunch. Outoor shoes needed)
£15.00
MARCH
Wed 8, 10.30 am
Voewood
Wed 8, 2.00 pm
Mercury Theatre (including set of Bang Bang)
£18.00
£15.00
Wed 8, 2.30 pm
Voewood
£18.00
Sat 11, 10.30 am
Warner Textile Archive
£18.00
Wed 15, 11.30 am
The Swan (inc lunch)
£35.00
Sun 19, 2.00 pm
West Stow Hall
£16.00
Tue 21, 2.30 pm
Bressingham Hall
£18.50
Wed 22, 11.00 am
Hintlesham Hall (inc lunch)
£35.00
Wed 22, 2.15 pm
Earsham Hall
£20.50
Thu 23, 2.00 pm
Harlington Manor
Sat 25, 2.00 pm
£15.00
Quantock
Hills, West £18.00
Somerset
Royal Gunpowder Mills (sturdy
footwear
Sun 26, 3.00 pm
Talliston (candlelit tour)
£15.00
Thu 30, 3.00 pm
Netherhall Manor (Tudor primroses, old
£14.00
suitable for uneven terrain needed)
DO YOU BELONG TO A GROUP?
If you are a member of a history or arts society, a WI or a
tour operator, why not arrange to make an exclusive visit to
our houses? Nearly all of us are happy to show groups of
visitors around at a mutually convenient time. Just pick
where you would like to go and telephone Pat Jacobs on
01284 827087, request a visit via our website or email
[email protected].
For more information about our properties, including
details of what visitors will see on an Invitation to View
tour, directions, location maps, disabled access and
additional photographs, see our website
www.invitationtoview.co.uk
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for regular updates on our tours during 2017.
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varieties of hyacinths, daffodils, crown imperials)
APRIL
Tue 4, 2.30 pm
Hockwold Hall
£17.00
Thu 6, 2.30 pm
Glemham Hall
£16.00
£15.00
Thu 6, 2.30 pm
Haughley House
Sat 8, 10.30 am
Raynham Hall
£30.00
Sat 8, 2.30 pm
Raynham Hall
£30.00
Wed 12, 11.00 am
Hintlesham Hall (inc lunch)
£35.00
Sun 16, 2.30 pm
Silverstone Farm
£13.00
Mon 17, 2.00 pm
South Elmham Hall
£18.00
Tue 18, 2.30 pm
Haughley House
£15.00
Wed 19, 10.00 am
Ingatestone Hall
£16.00
Wed 19, 11.30 am
The Swan (inc lunch)
£35.00
Wed 19, 2.30 pm
Island Hall
£17.50
£15.00
Thu 20, 2.00 pm
Harlington Manor
Thu 20, 2.15 pm
Earsham Hall
£20.50
Fri 21, 2.30 pm
Heath Farmhouse
£15.00
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Sat 22, 2.00 pm
Royal Gunpowder Mills (sturdy footwear
suitable for uneven terrain needed)
£18.00
Sun 23, 12 noon
Talliston
£15.00
Sun 23, 3.00 pm
Talliston
£15.00
Mon 24, 11.00 am
Braxted Park
£18.00
Tue 25, 2.30 pm
Bressingham Hall
£18.50
Tue 25, 2.30 pm
Crow’s Hall
£17.50
Wed 17, 2.30 pm
37 Spital Square
£14.50
Thu 18, 2.30 pm
Heath Farmhouse
£15.00
Thu 18, 2.30 pm
Ousden House
£17.00
Thu 18, 2.30 pm
Rippington Manor
£16.00
Fri 19, 11.30 am
Hoses Hall (inc lunch)
£28.00
Fri 19, 2.30 pm
Henstead Exotic Garden
£12.00
(special early opening)
Wed 26, 11.00 am
Layer Marney Tower
£18.00
Fri 19, 3.30 pm
Clifton House
£16.50
Wed 26, 2.30 pm
Old Hall
£15.00
Sat 20, 2.00 pm
Royal Gunpowder Mills (sturdy footwear
£18.00
Thu 27, 11.00 am
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Thu 27, 11.00 am
Letheringham Water Mill
£18.00
Thu 27, 2.30 pm
Letheringham Water Mill
£18.00
Thu 27, 2.30 pm
Otley Hall
£15.00
Thu 27, 3.00 pm
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Fri 28, 11.00 am
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Fri 28, 3.00 pm
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Sat 29, 11.00 am
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Sat 29, 3.00 pm
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Sun 30, 11.00 am
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Sun 30, 3.00 pm
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
suitable for uneven terrain needed)
Mon 22, 11.00 am
Braxted Park
£18.00
Tue 23, 2.30 pm
25-27 Church Street
£13.50
Thu 25, 2.00 pm
Harlington Manor
£15.00
Thu 25, 2.00 pm
West Stow Hall
£16.00
Fri 26, 2.00 pm
Wingfield College
£16.00
Fri 26, 3.30 pm
Clifton House
£16.50
Sun 28, 12 noon
Talliston
£15.00
Sun 28, 3.00 pm
Talliston
£15.00
Mon 29, 10.30 am
Glemham Hall
£16.00
Tue 30, 3.00 pm
St Peter’s Hall
£18.50
JUNE
MAY
Mon 1, 2.00 pm
South Elmham Hall
Tue 2, 2.30 pm
Hockwold Hall
£17.00
Thu 4, 11.30 am
The Swan (inc lunch)
£35.00
Thu 4, 3.00 pm
Netherhall Manor (Old English florists’ tulips)
£14.00
Fri 5, 2.30 pm
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£18.00
Old Hall
£15.00
Sun 7, 2.00 pm
Copped Hall
£15.00
Sun 7, 2.30 pm
Columbine Hall
£16.00
Sun 7, 2.30 pm
Letheringham Water Mill
£18.00
Mon 8, 11.00 am
The Abbey
£17.00
Mon 8, 11.00 am
Braxted Park
£18.00
Tue 6, 2.30 pm
Finchingfield Guildhall
Tue 6, 2.30 pm
Hockwold Hall
£13.00
£17.00
Wed 7, 11.00 am
Hintlesham Hall (inc lunch)
£35.00
Wed 7, 11.00 am
Layer Marney Tower
£18.00
Wed 7, 2.00 pm
Hoveton Hall
£16.00
Wed 7, 2.30 pm
The Abbey
£17.00
£22.00
Wed 7, 2.30 pm
Belle Grove
Wed 7, 2.30 pm
Glemham Hall
£16.00
Fri 9, 11.30 am
Hoses Hall (inc lunch)
£28.00
Fri 9, 2.00 pm
Wingfield College
£16.00
Sat 10, 6.00 pm
Harlington Manor (twilight tour inc
£55.00
Tue 9, 2.30 pm
Finchingfield Guildhall
£13.00
Tue 9, 2.30 pm
Haughley House
£15.00
Tue 9, 2.30 pm
Otley Hall
£15.00
Mon 12, 2.30 pm
Haughley House
£15.00
Wed 10, 2.00 pm
Bawdsey Manor
£15.00
Tue 13, 10.30 am
Warner Textile Archive
£18.00
Wed 10, 2.00 pm
Hoveton Hall
£16.00
Tue 13, 2.30 pm
Rippington Manor
£16.00
Wed 10, 2.00 pm
Mercury Theatre (including set of Spamalot)
£15.00
Wed 14, 10.00 am
Ingatestone Hall
£16.00
£20.50
six-course dinner, glass of fizz and port with
a harpsichord recital)
Thu 11, 2.30 pm
Brinton Hall
£15.00
Wed 14, 2.15 pm
Earsham Hall
Thu 11, 2.30 pm
Rippington Manor
£16.00
Wed 14, 2.30 pm
Brinton Hall
£15.00
Fri 12, 2.30 pm
Glemham Hall
£16.00
Thu 15, 2.30 pm
Heath Farmhouse
£15.00
Sat 13, 2.30 pm
Columbine Hall
£16.00
Thu 15, 2.30 pm
Otley Hall
£15.00
Sun 14, 11.00 am
Spencers Garden (inc lunch)
£22.00
Thu 15, 2.30 pm
Ousden House
£17.00
Tue 16, 11.00 am
Bruisyard Hall
£18.00
Fri 16, 11.00 am
25-27 Church Street
£13.50
Tue 16, 2.00 pm
Bruisyard Hall
£18.00
Fri 16, 3.30 pm
Clifton House
£16.50
£22.00
Tue 16, 2.15 pm
Earsham Hall
£20.50
Sat 17, 11.00 am
Spencers Garden (inc lunch)
Tue 16, 2.30 pm
Bressingham Hall
£18.50
Sat 17, 2.30 pm
Henstead Exotic Garden
£12.00
Tue 16, 2.30 pm
Island Hall
£17.50
Mon 19, 11.00 am
Braxted Park
£18.00
Wed 17, 10.00 am
Ingatestone Hall
£16.00
Mon 19, 11.30 am
Valentines Mansion & Gardens
£15.00
Wed 17, 11.00 am
37 Spital Square
£14.50
Wed 21, 2.00 pm
West Stow Hall
£16.00
Wed 17, 2.00 pm
Bawdsey Manor
£15.00
Wed 21, 2.30 pm
Belle Grove
£22.00
See page 52 for index of properties
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Thu 22, 2.30 pm
Island Hall
£17.50
Tue 25, 2.30 pm
Stanstead Bury
£16.00
Thu 22, 2.30 pm
Old Hall
£15.00
Tue 25, 3.00 pm
St Peter’s Hall
£18.50
Fri 23, 11.30 am
The Swan (inc lunch)
£35.00
Thu 27, 2.30 pm
Otley Hall
£15.00
Sat 24, 2.00 pm
Royal Gunpowder Mills (sturdy footwear
£18.00
Fri 28, 11.00 am
25-27 Church Street
£13.50
suitable for uneven terrain needed)
Sat 24, 2.30 pm
Kirstead Hall
£16.00
Sun 25, 12 noon
Talliston
£15.00
Sun 25, 3.00 pm
Talliston
£15.00
Mon 26, 2.30 pm
25-27 Church Street
£13.50
Tue 27, 11.00 am
Bruisyard Hall
£18.00
Tue 27, 2.00 pm
Bruisyard Hall
£18.00
Tue 27, 3.00 pm
St Peter’s Hall
£18.50
Thu 29, 2.00 pm
Harlington Manor
£15.00
Thu 29, 2.30 pm
Ousden House
£17.00
Fri 30, 3.30 pm
Clifton House
£16.50
Sun 30, 12 noon
Talliston
£15.00
Sun 30, 3.00 pm
Talliston
£15.00
Tue 1, 2.30 pm
Hockwold Hall
£17.00
Wed 2, 2.30 pm
Belle Grove
£22.00
Wed 2, 2.30 pm
Columbine Hall
£16.00
Wed 2, 2.30 pm
Island Hall
£17.50
Wed 2, 2.30 pm
Stanstead Bury
£16.00
AUGUST
Thu 3, 2.30 pm
Haughley House
£15.00
Thu 3, 3.00 pm
Netherhall Manor (Victorian gold
£14.00
and silver tri-coloured pelargoniums, heliotrope,
calceolaria and pompom dahlias)
JULY
Sun 2, 2.30 pm
Letheringham Water Mill
Tue 4, 2.30 pm
Otley Hall
£15.00
Wed 5, 2.00 pm
Wingfield College
£16.00
Wed 5, 2.30 pm
Belle Grove
£22.00
Wed 5, 2.30 pm
Hockwold Hall
£17.00
Wed 5, 2.30 pm
Island Hall
£17.50
Thu 6, 2.00 pm
West Stow Hall
£16.00
Fri 4, 10.30 am
Linden House
£12.00
Fri 4, 11.30 am
Hoses Hall (inc lunch)
£28.00
Fri 4, 2.30 pm
Henstead Exotic Garden
£12.00
Tue 8, 2.30 pm
25-27 Church Street
£13.50
Tue 8, 2.30 pm
Kirstead Hall
£16.00
Tue 8, 2.30 pm
Stanstead Bury
£16.00
Wed 9, 2.00 pm
Mercury Theatre (including set of summer
show – see website for more information)
£15.00
Fri 7, 11.00 am
The Abbey
£17.00
Wed 9, 2.00 pm
Hoveton Hall
£16.00
Fri 7, 2.30 pm
Henstead Exotic Garden
£12.00
Wed 9, 2.30 pm
The Abbey
£17.00
Thu 10, 3.00 pm
Netherhall Manor (Victorian gold
and silver tri-coloured pelargoniums, heliotrope,
calceolaria and pompom dahlias)
£14.00
Sat 8, 10.30 am
Warner Textile Archive
£18.00
Sun 9, 2.30 pm
Haughley House
£15.00
Tue 11, 2.15 pm
Earsham Hall
£20.50
Tue 11, 2.30 pm
25-27 Church Street
£13.50
Tue 11, 2.30 pm
Glemham Hall
£16.00
Tue 11, 2.30 pm
Old Hall
£15.00
Tue 11, 2.30 pm
Rippington Manor
Wed 12, 10.00 am
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£18.00
£16.00
Ingatestone Hall
£16.00
Fri 11, 10.30 am
Linden House
£12.00
Sun 13, 2.00 pm
West Stow Hall
£16.00
Mon 14, 11.00 am
Layer Marney Tower
£18.00
Tue 15, 2.30 pm
Old Hall
£15.00
Tue 15, 6.30 pm
St Peter’s Hall (canapes and supper,
£30.00
full brewery tour, tasting and complimentary
bottle of beer)
Wed 12, 10.30 am
Raynham Hall
£30.00
Wed 12, 2.00 pm
Hoveton Hall
£16.00
Wed 16, 10.00 am
Ingatestone Hall
£16.00
Wed 12, 2.30 pm
Columbine Hall
£16.00
Wed 16, 10.30 am
Linden House
£12.00
Wed 12, 2.30 pm
Raynham Hall
£30.00
Wed 16, 11.00 am
Hintlesham Hall (inc lunch)
£35.00
Fri 14, 2.30 pm
Heath Farmhouse
£15.00
Wed 16, 11.30 am
The Swan (inc lunch)
£35.00
Fri 14, 3.30 pm
Clifton House
£16.50
Wed 16, 2.30 pm
Belle Grove
£22.00
Sun 16, 2.30 pm
Silverstone Farm
£13.00
Thu 17, 2.30 pm
Brinton Hall
£15.00
Wed 19, 11.30 am
The Swan (inc lunch)
£35.00
Thu 17, 2.30 pm
Columbine Hall
£16.00
Wed 19, 2.30 pm
Belle Grove
£22.00
Fri 18, 10.30 am
Linden House
£12.00
£15.00
Wed 19, 2.30 pm
Glemham Hall
£16.00
Fri 18, 2.30 pm
Heath Farmhouse
Thu 20, 2.30 pm
Brinton Hall
£15.00
Sat 19, 2.30 pm
Henstead Exotic Garden
£12.00
Thu 20, 2.30 pm
Stanstead Bury
£16.00
Sun 20, 2.00 pm
Copped Hall
£15.00
Fri 21, 2.30 pm
Columbine Hall
£16.00
Mon 21, 2.30 pm
Otley Hall
£15.00
Kirstead Hall
£16.00
Talliston
£15.00
Fri 21, 3.30 pm
Clifton House
£16.50
Thu 24, 2.30 pm
Sat 22, 2.30 pm
Henstead Exotic Garden
£12.00
Sun 27, 12 noon
Sun 23, 10.30 am
Glemham Hall
£16.00
Sun 27, 3.00 pm
Talliston
£15.00
Tue 25, 2.30 pm
Kirstead Hall
£16.00
Mon 28, 2.30 pm
Glemham Hall
£16.00
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Tue 29, 3.00 pm
St Peter’s Hall
£18.50
Wed 4, 2.30 pm
Old Hall
£15.00
Wed 30, 2.30 pm
Belle Grove
£22.00
Wed 11, 2.00 pm
Mercury Theatre (including set of autumn
£15.00
Wed 30, 2.30 pm
Island Hall
£17.50
Thu 31, 2.30 pm
Haughley House
£15.00
SEPTEMBER
Sun 3, 11.00 am
Spencers Garden (inc lunch)
£22.00
Sun 3, 2.30 pm
Glemham Hall
£16.00
Sun 3, 2.30 pm
Kirstead Hall
£16.00
Mon 4, 11.00 am
The Abbey
£17.00
Tue 5, 2.30 pm
Finchingfield Guildhall
£13.00
Tue 5, 2.30 pm
Hockwold Hall
£17.00
Wed 6, 2.30 pm
Glemham Hall
£16.00
Thu 7, 11.00 am
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Thu 7, 2.00 pm
Harlington Manor
£15.00
Thu 7, 3.00 pm
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Fri 8, 11.00 am
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Wed 11, 2.30 pm
Glemham Hall
£16.00
Thu 12, 2.00 pm
Harlington Manor
£15.00
Thu 12, 2.15 pm
Earsham Hall
£20.50
Mon 16, 11.30 am
Valentines Mansion & Gardens
£15.00
Tue 17, 2.30 pm
Bressingham Hall
£18.50
Wed 18, 10.30 am
Voewood
£18.00
Wed 18, 11.30 am
The Swan (inc lunch)
£35.00
Wed 18, 2.30 pm
Voewood
£18.00
Thu 26, 2.30 pm
Heath Farmhouse
£15.00
Sun 29, 2.00 pm
West Stow Hall
£16.00
Sun 29, 3.00 pm
Talliston (Halloween ghost tour
£18.50
inc light supper)
Tue 31, 6.30 pm
St Peter’s Hall (candlelit supper tour,
£25.00
no brewery tour)
NOVEMBER
Fri 8, 3.00 pm
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Fri 8, 3.30 pm
Clifton House
£16.50
Wed 1, 7.00 pm
Layer Marney Tower (candlelit tour)
£18.00
Sat 9, 11.00 am
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Tue 7, 10.30 am
Warner Textile Archive
£18.00
£18.00
Sat 9, 11.00 am
Letheringham Water Mill
£18.00
Wed 15, 2.30 pm
Voewood
Sat 9, 2.30 pm
Letheringham Water Mill
£18.00
Sat 18, 3.00 pm
Island Hall (candlelit tour)
£17.50
Sat 9, 3.00 pm
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Sun 19, 2.00 pm
West Stow Hall
£16.00
Wed 22, 11.00 am
Hintlesham Hall (inc lunch, Hall
£35.00
Sun 10, 11.00 am
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Sun 10, 11.00 am
Letheringham Water Mill
£18.00
Sun 10, 2.30 pm
Letheringham Water Mill
£18.00
Sun 10, 2.30 pm
Silverstone Farm
£13.00
decorated for Christmas)
Sun 26, 3.00 pm
Talliston (candlelit tour)
£15.00
Tue 28, 11.00 am
St Peter’s Hall (Christmas tour and lunch,
£30.00
full brewery tour, tasting and complimentary
bottle of beer)
Sun 10, 3.00 pm
Letheringham Lodge
£18.00
Tue 12, 11.00 am
Bruisyard Hall
£18.00
Tue 12, 2.00 pm
Bruisyard Hall
£18.00
Wed 13, 11.00 am
Hintlesham Hall (inc lunch)
£35.00
Wed 13, 2.00 pm
Hoveton Hall
£16.00
Tue 5, 5.30 pm
Earsham Hall (Christmas candlelit tour)
£30.00
Wed 6, 11.00 am
Hintlesham Hall (inc lunch, Hall
£35.00
Wed 13, 2.30 pm
Belle Grove
£22.00
Thu 14, 2.00 pm
South Elmham Hall
£18.00
Thu 14, 2.30 pm
Otley Hall
£15.00
Fri 15, 2.00 pm
Wingfield College
£16.00
Fri 15, 3.30 pm
Clifton House
£16.50
Mon 18, 2.15 pm
Earsham Hall
£20.50
Tue 19, 2.30 pm
Bressingham Hall
£18.50
Wed 20, 11.30 am
The Swan (inc lunch)
£35.00
Thu 21, 2.30 pm
Heath Farmhouse
£15.00
Thu 21, 2.30 pm
Old Hall
£15.00
Sun 24, 11.00 am
Layer Marney Tower
£18.00
Sun 24, 12 noon
Talliston
£15.00
Sun 24, 3.00 pm
Talliston
£15.00
Tue 26, 3.00 pm
St Peter’s Hall
£18.50
Wed 27, 10.00 am
Ingatestone Hall
£16.00
Wed 27, 2.30 pm
Island Hall
£17.50
OCTOBER
Tue 3, 2.30 pm
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Hockwold Hall
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DECEMBER
Mon 4, 11.30 am
Valentines Mansion & Gardens
£15.00
(with mince pies and seasonal refreshments)
decorated for Christmas)
Wed 6, 6.00 pm
Glemham Hall (ghostly supper)
£35.00
Wed 13, 10.30 am
Voewood
£18.00
Wed 13, 2.30 pm
Voewood
£18.00
Wed 13, 3.00 pm
Island Hall (Christmas tour by candlelight)
£17.50
Fri 15, 2.30 pm
Old Hall (festive tea, house decorated
£15.00
for Christmas)
Fri 15, 6.00 pm
Glemham Hall (Christmas tour with
£20.00
mulled wine and mince pies)
Fri 15, 6.30 pm
Otley Hall (Christmas tour with mulled
£16.50
wine and festive nibbles)
Sun 17, 3.00 pm
Talliston (Christmas candlelit tour inc
£18.50
festive food and drink)
Thu 21, 2.30 pm
Heath Farmhouse (festive tea, house
decorated for Christmas)
£15.00
To book for these tours please ring the
Mercury Theatre on 01206 573948
£17.00
Booking line 01206 573948
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JULY
South West 2017 CALENDAR
Tours include tea or coffee with cakes, biscuits, etc. as shown
under each property’s entry, except where otherwise listed.
Sat 1, 11.00 am
Rugbourne Farm
£14.00
Mon 3, 2.30 pm
Great Fulford
£17.50
Sat 8, 2.30 pm
Thorn House & Garden
£16.50
When booking tours including meals, please advise staff if
anyone in your party has specific dietary requirements.
Sun 9, 2.30 pm
Kelly House
£15.00
Thu 13, 2.30 pm
Crowcombe Court
£15.00
MARCH
Sun 16, 2.30 pm
Ashley Court
£13.00
Tue 21, 2.00 pm
Thu 23, 2.30 pm
Shilstone House
Lukesland (magnificent magnolia
£18.00
Tue 18, 2.00 pm
Coombe Trenchard
£18.00
£17.00
Tue 18, 2.00 pm
Shilstone House
£18.00
Tue 18, 2.30 pm
Tiverton Castle
£16.00
Wed 19, 2.30 pm
Old Bowlish House
£14.00
may be in bloom)
APRIL
Sun 2, 2.30 pm
Kelly House
£15.00
Thu 20, 2.30 pm
Crowcombe Court
£15.00
Thu 20, 7.00 pm
Gatcombe Court
£14.50
Thu 6, 2.30 pm
Hall, Bishops Tawton
£16.00
Tue 11, 2.30 pm
Old Bowlish House
£14.00
Sat 22, 2.30 pm
Rugbourne Farm
£14.00
Tue 18, 2.00 pm
Shilstone House
£18.00
Tue 25, 2.00 pm
Boconnoc
£18.00
Sat 22, 2.30 pm
Thorn House & Garden
£16.50
Wed 26, 2.30 pm
Delamore
£16.00
Wed 26, 2.30 pm
Sidbury Manor
£16.00
Sun 6, 2.30 pm
Ashley Court
£13.00
Thu 10, 2.30 pm
Crowcombe Court
£15.00
MAY
Mon 8, 2.00 pm
Boconnoc
£18.00
AUGUST
Tue 9, 2.00 pm
Coombe Trenchard
£18.00
Fri 11, 2.30 pm
Thorn House & Garden
£16.50
Wed 10, 2.30 pm
Old Bowlish House
£14.00
Mon 14, 2.00 pm
Boconnoc
£18.00
Sun 14, 2.30 pm
Ashley Court
£13.00
Mon 14, 2.30 pm
Great Fulford
£17.50
Tue 16, 2.00 pm
Shilstone House
£18.00
Tue 15, 2.00 pm
Shilstone House
£18.00
Wed 17, 12 noon
Talboys (tour and lunch)
£25.00
Sat 19, 2.00 pm
Gatcombe Court
£14.50
Wed 17, 2.00 pm
Gatcombe Court
£14.50
Wed 23, 2.30 pm
Old Bowlish House
£14.00
Sat 20, 2.30 pm
Rugbourne Farm
£14.00
Thu 24, 2.30 pm
Crowcombe Court
£15.00
SEPTEMBER
Mon 22, 2.30 pm
Great Fulford
£17.50
Tue 23, 2.00 pm
Boconnoc
£18.00
Tue 5, 2.00 pm
Coombe Trenchard
£18.00
Thu 25, 2.30 pm
Chapel Cleeve Manor
£15.00
Wed 6, 2.30 pm
Delamore
£16.00
Thu 25, 2.30 pm
Crowcombe Court
£15.00
Wed 6, 7.00 pm
Gatcombe Court
£14.50
Fri 26, 2.30 pm
Thorn House & Garden
£16.50
Sun 10, 2.30 pm
Kelly House
£15.00
Mon 11, 2.30 pm
Great Fulford
£17.50
Sun 4, 2.00 pm
Cothelstone Manor
£17.50
Tue 12, 2.00 pm
Boconnoc
£18.00
Wed 7, 2.30 pm
Sidbury Manor
£16.00
Tue 12, 2.30 pm
Old Bowlish House
£14.00
Hall, Bishops Tawton
£16.00
JUNE
Thu 8, 2.30 pm
Hall, Bishops Tawton
£16.00
Thu 14, 2.30 pm
Thu 8, 2.30 pm
Lukesland (spectacular handkerchief
£17.00
Tue 19, 12 noon
Talboys (tour and lunch)
£25.00
Tue 19, 2.00 pm
Shilstone House
£18.00
tree in bloom)
Sat 10, 2.00 pm
Gatcombe Court
£14.50
Tue 19, 2.30 pm
Chapel Cleeve Manor
£15.00
Mon 12, 2.30 pm
Great Fulford
£17.50
Sat 23, 2.30 pm
Rugbourne Farm
£14.00
Wed 11, 2.30 pm
Old Bowlish House
£14.00
Tue 17, 2.00 pm
Shilstone House
£18.00
Tue 13, 2.00 pm
Boconnoc
£18.00
Tue 13, 2.30 pm
Old Bowlish House
£14.00
Tue 20, 2.00 pm
Coombe Trenchard
£18.00
Tue 20, 2.00 pm
Shilstone House
£18.00
Tue 20, 2.30 pm
Ashley Court
£13.00
OCTOBER
Sun 22, 2.30 pm
Kelly House
£15.00
Sat 28, 2.30 pm
Rugbourne Farm
£14.00
Wed 21, 2.30 pm
Tiverton Castle
£16.00
Thu 22, 2.00 pm
Gatcombe Court
£14.50
Thu 22, 2.30 pm
Crowcombe Court
£15.00
Thu 9, 2.30 pm
Lukesland (autumn colours)
£17.00
Sat 24, 2.30 pm
Thorn House & Garden
£16.50
Sun 19, 2.30 pm
Kelly House
£15.00
NOVEMBER
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Tue 13, 2.30 pm
Burton Court
£17.50
Tue 13, 2.00 pm
Abberley Hall
£15.00
Wed 14, 2.00 pm
Knowsley Hall
£15.50
£14.00
DECEMBER
Sun 10, 2.00 pm
Cothelstone Manor (special Christmas tour)
Thu 14, 2.30 pm
Talboys (Christmas tour with festive tea)
£15.00
Wed 20, 2.30 pm
Old Bowlish House (house decorated for
£14.00
Christmas with Jacobean, Georgian & Victorian
examples. Sample seasonal food, music and
readings from each period. Log fire)
MIDLANDS, North West &
NORTH WALES 2017 CALENDAR
Tours include tea or coffee with cakes, biscuits, etc. as shown
under each property’s entry, except where otherwise listed.
When booking tours including meals, please advise staff if
anyone in your party has specific dietary requirements.
MARCH
Wed 15, 2.30 pm
Plas Dinam
£14.00
Thu 16, 2.30 pm
Brithdir Hall
£17.50
£14.00
Wed 14, 2.30 pm
Plas Dinam
Tue 20, 2.00 pm
Tissington Hall
£20.00
Tue 20, 2.30 pm
Aldenham Park
£20.00
Wed 21, 2.30 pm
Willey Park
£20.00
Thu 22, 2.30 pm
Hatton Grange (David Austin rose wall in flower) £20.00
Thu 29, 10.30 am
Brynkinalt Hall
£16.00
JULY
Mon 3, 2.00 pm
Hartsheath
£15.00
Tue 4, 2.30 pm
Burton Court
£14.00
Wed 5, 2.30 pm
Hatton Grange (David Austin rose wall in flower) £20.00
Tue 11, 2.30 pm
Iscoyd Park
£18.00
Wed 12, 2.30 pm
Brithdir Hall
£17.50
Thu 13, 2.00 pm
Morton Hall Gardens
£13.00
Thu 13, 2.30 pm
Nantiago
£17.00
Wed 19, 2.30 pm
Hatton Grange
£20.00
AUGUST
Fri 17, 2.30 pm
Nantiago
£17.00
Wed 22, 2.15 pm
Hardwick Hall
£14.00
Tue 8, 2.30 pm
Burton Court
£14.00
Iscoyd Park
£18.00
Sat 25, 2.30 pm
Pitchford Hall
£16.00
Tue 8, 2.30 pm
Mon 27, 2.00 pm
Tissington Hall
£20.00
Thu 10, 2.00 pm
Morton Hall Gardens
£13.00
Fri 25, 2.00 pm
Hartsheath
£15.00
APRIL
SEPTEMBER
Wed 5, 2.30 pm
Pitchford Hall
£16.00
Mon 10, 2.00 pm
Tissington Hall
£20.00
Wed 6, 2.30 pm
Brithdir Hall
£17.50
Sat 22, 2.30 pm
Pitchford Hall
£16.00
Thu 7 , 2.30 pm
Nantiago
£17.00
Mon 24, 2.00 pm
Tissington Hall
£20.00
Tue 12, 2.30 pm
Burton Court
£14.00
Hartsheath
£15.00
Wed 26, 2.30 pm
Plas Dinam
£14.00
Tue 12, 2.00 pm
Thu 27, 10.00 am
Aldenham Park
£20.00
Wed 13, 2.15 pm
Hardwick Hall
£14.00
Wed 13, 2.30 pm
Aldenham Park
£20.00
Tue 19, 2.30 pm
Brynkinalt Hall
£16.00
Thu 21, 2.30 pm
Willey Park
£20.00
MAY
Tue 2, 3.00 pm
Wed 3, 2.30 pm
Casterne Hall
Pitchford Hall
£15.00
£16.00
OCTOBER
Thu 4, 2.00 pm
Morton Hall Gardens
£13.00
Mon 8, 2.00 pm
Tissington Hall
£20.00
Wed 4, 10.00 am
Knowsley Hall
£15.50
Burton Court
£14.00
Abberley Hall
£15.00
Tue 9, 2.30 pm
Willey Park
£20.00
Tue 17, 2.30 pm
Wed 10, 2.00 pm
Hartsheath
£15.00
Sat 28, 10.30 am
Wed 10, 2.30 pm
Plas Dinam
£14.00
Tue 16, 2.30 pm
Hatton Grange (azaleas and rhododenrons)
£20.00
Tue 16, 2.30 pm
Iscoyd Park
£18.00
Mon 22, 2.30 pm
Brithdir Hall
£17.50
Tue 23, 10.30 am
Brynkinalt Hall
£16.00
Tue 23, 2.30 pm
Burton Court
£14.00
Tue 23, 2.30 pm
Nantiago
£17.00
Wed 24, 2.15 pm
Hardwick Hall
£14.00
Tue 30, 3.00 pm
Casterne Hall
£15.00
Wed 31, 2.30 pm
Hatton Grange (azaleas and rhododenrons)
£20.00
To book for these tours please ring
the Mercury Theatre box office on
01206 573948
To arrange a group visit on any other
date, please ring Invitation to View on
01284 827087
JUNE
Thu 1, 2.00 pm
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£15.00
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INDEX
OF
Abberley Hall p.36
The Abbey p.7
Aldenham Park p.36
Ashley Court p.28
Bawdsey Manor p.7
Belle Grove p.7
Boconnoc p.28
Braxted Park p.7
Bressingham Hall p.8
Brinton Hall p.8
Brithdir Hall p.36
Bruisyard Hall p.8
Brynkinalt Hall p.36
Burton Court p.37
Casterne Hall p.37
Chapel Cleeve Manor p.28
Church Street p.8
Clifton House p.11
Columbine Hall p.11
Combermere Abbey p.37
Coombe Trenchard p.28
Copped Hall p.11
Cothelstone Manor p.29
Crowcombe Court p.29
Crow’s Hall p.11
Delamore p.29
Earsham Hall p.12
Finchingfield Guildhall p.12
Gatcombe Court p.29
Glemham Hall p.12
Great Fulford p.30
Hall, Bishops Tawton p.30
Hardwick Hall p.37
Harlington Manor p.12
Hartsheath p.38
Hatton Grange p.38
Haughley House p.14
Heath Farmhouse p.14
Henstead Exotic
Garden p.14
Hintlesham Hall p.14
Hockwold Hall p.15
Hoses Hall p.15
Hoveton Hall p.15
Ingatestone Hall p.15
Iscoyd Park p.38
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PROPERTIES
Island Hall p.17
Kelly House p.30
Kirstead Hall p.17
Knowsley Hall p.38
Layer Marney Tower p.17
Letheringham Lodge p.17
Letheringham Water Mill p.18
Linden House p.18
Lukesland p.30
Mercury Theatre p.18
Mere House p.18
Morton Hall Gardens p.39
Nantiago p.39
Netherhall Manor p. 19
Old Bowlish House p.32
Old Hall p.19
Otley Hall p.19
Ousden House p.19
Pitchford Hall p.39
Plas Dinam p.39
Raynham Hall p.20
Rippington Manor p.20
Roos Hall p.20
Royal Gunpowder Mills p.20
Rugbourne Farm p.32
Shilstone House p.32
Sidbury Manor p.32
Silverstone Farm p.22
South Elmham Hall p.22
Spencers p.22
Spital Square p.23
Saint Peter’s Hall p.22
Stanstead Bury p.23
The Swan p.23
Talboys p.33
Talliston p.23
Thorn House & Garden p.33
Tissington Hall p.40
Tiverton Castle p.33
Valentines Mansion &
Gardens p.24
Voewood p.24
Warner Textile Archive p.24
West Stow Hall p.24
Willey Park p.40
Wingfield College p.25
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‘Britain's Most Extraordinary Home’
The person who books the most 2017 Invitation to View tours
will be invited to enjoy supper for two and a night in the Haunted
Bedroom, the Room of Dreams or the Cabin (finalist in Channel
4’s Shed of the Year), courtesy of the owners of Talliston House &
Gardens, Essex. See www.talliston.com to find out more about this
amazing property or book for one of their tours (p.23).
Please ask your host to sign below to confirm your visit.
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Bookings will be verified with the Mercury Theatre, so they need to be have been made in the
name of the claimant. In the event of a tie, the winner will be drawn at random. The prize is
subject to availability and advance booking is required. It cannot be redeeemed for cash. The
competition closes on 31st December 2017 and claims should be made by 31st January 2018.
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BOOKING FORM
HOW TO BOOK
Booking for 2017 tours opens on 1st December 2016.
To book online visit www.invitationtoview.co.uk. You can
choose to have your tickets posted or print them at home.
To book in person visit the Mercury Theatre, Balkerne Gate,
PLEASE USE BLOCK CAPITALS
Title ________ Initials ________ Surname ___________________________
Colchester CO1 1PT between 10.00 am and 8.00 pm, Monday
to Saturday.
Address _________________________________________________________
To book by post send full details of your booking, or the
________________________________________________________________
booking form opposite, with your cheque (please add £1 for
postage) payable to Mercury Theatre Ltd, to the Mercury
Theatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester CO1 1PT.
To book by telephone ring the Mercury Theatre box office
on 01206 573948 (opening hours are 10.00 am to 7.00 pm,
Monday to Saturday).
Group bookings for tours listed in the calendars on pages
41–51 should be made through the Mercury Theatre. To
arrange a group visit on any other date please submit an enquiry
via our website, ring Invitation to View on 01284 827087 or
email [email protected].
Brochure requests and any other enquiries: please ring
Invitation to View on 01284 827087 or visit our website.
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Please supply a mobile number and email address if possible in case a tour is
cancelled at the last minute. We will not pass your details on to anyone else.
Property
No. of
tickets
Date and time
Total price
Directions will be enclosed with your ticket(s). If you do not
receive them, please ring the Mercury Theatre or see our website.
Tokens issued by the Mercury Theatre or Theatre Tokens (tel:
0844 887 7878, www.theatretokens.com) can be exchanged for
Invitation to View tickets through the Mercury Theatre.
BOOKING
CONDITIONS
Bookings can only be confirmed when full payment has been
received. For security, we will need your name and address and a
contact telephone number. Please give a mobile number if possible
in case the tour is cancelled at the last minute (eg. due to illness).
Plus postage fee
£1.00
TOTAL
Please present your ticket to the owner when you arrive.
If you have to cancel your visit, please give a minimum of five
working days’ notice. You will be offered a credit to be used at a
later date or you can exchange your tickets for another tour within
the same calendar year, subject to a £1 administration fee per
transaction. Occasionally tours may be cancelled if visitor numbers
are too low, in which case a full refund will be given.
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unfortunately we cannot include children under 14.
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On receipt of this form we will forward your tickets together with the
directions and any further information about the property.
To avoid disappointment, if you are on holiday at the time of your tour, please
contact the Mercury Theatre on 01206 573948 a day or two before the date
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