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Tyntesfield
Coach Trip
May 19th
Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic revival country house near Wraxhall in North Somerset.
In the 1830’s a Georgian mansion was built on the site subsequently bought by English businessman William Gibbs in 1843.
In the 1860’s the house was significantly expanded.
A farming estate was founded on dairy production and forestry which at its peak spanned over 6,000 acres and employed more than 500 workers.
It was owned by the Gibbs family until the death of Richard Gibbs, 2nd Baron of Wraxhall in 2001
In 2002 the NT purchased the main central part of the estate comprising 160 acres to include the house, the kitchen garden and the park.
Acton Round
Car Trip
June 25th
Acton Round is a finely proportioned Grade 1 Queen Anne House built in 1714.
Built as a dower house by Sir William Acton for the Acton family of Aldenham it was unoccupied for almost 200 years.
The house retains much of its original panelling and decorative features.
Mr & Mrs Kennedy give personal tours of the house.
Surprisingly the house was used as an agricultural building during World War 2 with grain being stored in the dining room and pigs in the hall.
Haddon Hall
Coach Trip
July 16th
Haddon Hall is a grade 1 listed house that has a long history of over 900 years in the ownership of only three families.
It has been called the most perfect house to survive from the Middle Ages partly because the Manners family chose to live at their ancestral home Belvoir Castle.
The house contains remarkable tapestries, the most important Early English furniture collection in the country, banqueting hall and the 110-foot-long Gallery.
The self-guided tour included the medieval kitchens and the private family chapel with C14th frescoes.
The gardens are arranged in a series of terraces that cascade down to the River Wye with views over the ancient parkland and Peak District National Park.
Haddon is also famous for it’s rose garden, herbaceous borders, topiary and knot garden.
Peover Hall
August 5th
Coach Trip
Peover Hall in Cheshire is an Elizabethan House built in 1585 by Sir Randle Mainwaring. A new wing was added by the 4th Baronet Sir Henry in the 1760’s before the hall and estate was acquired in 1919 by the Peel family.
Some 20 years later the hall and estate was bought by the Brooks family.
The house boasts splendid oak panelling and a long gallery which has been furnished using contents with a historic connection to Peover and the Mainwarings.
The beautiful gardens have a classical feeling containing a 500-year-old oak tree and an avenue of pleached lime trees.
Built in 1654 the Grade 1 listed Carolean stables are the finest of their kind and were a gift from Ellen Mainwaring to her son who became Baronet in 1660.
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Charterhouse & Coventry Cathedral
September 17th
Coach trip
Charterhouse
Founded in 1381 Charterhouse is one of the most important Carthusian Monastries in the Country
It ceased to operate during the dissolution of the Monastries in the 16th Century and became a private residence
Gifted to Coventry in 1940 the Grade 1 listed building is steeped in medieval history and has added Tudor and Georgian features.
It has original wall paintings and peaceful walled gardens.
Coventry Cathedral
St Michael’s, a14th century Gothic church, was designated as a cathedral in 1918 and now stands ruined, bombed almost to destruction during the Coventry Blitz of 14 November 1940 by the German Luftwaffe. Only the tower, spire, outer wall, bronze effigy and tomb of the first bishop remain. The spire rises to 284 feet (87 metres) to the base of the weathervane and is the tallest structure in the city. It is also the third tallest cathedral spire in England.
Present structure
The current St Michael’s Cathedral, built next to the remains of the old one, designed by Basil Spence and Arup, was built by John Laing and is a Grade I listed building consecrated in 1962.