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This is a list of National Trust properties in England, including any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of the National Trust in England. Bedfordshire [ edit ]
Knowsley Hall is a stately home near Liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. [1] It is the ancestral home of the Stanley family, the Earls of Derby. [2] The hall is surrounded by 2,500 acres (10 km 2) of parkland, [1] which contains the Knowsley Safari Park. [3]
It was founded in the early 1970s by nine of the foremost stately homes in England still in private ownership, with the aim of marketing and promoting themselves as tourist venues. Houses [ edit ]
This National Trust estate is one of the backdrops for 28 Years Later, the Danny Boyle-directed horror due out in June 2025.While we’re not exactly sure which areas will feature – the estate ...
It was the first stately home to open to the public, and the Longleat estate has the first safari park outside Africa and other attractions including a hedge maze. The house was built by Sir John Thynne and designed mainly by Robert Smythson, after Longleat Priory was destroyed by fire in 1567. It took 12 years to complete and is widely ...
Its gardens were landscaped by Inigo Thomas, [1] and were Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens in 1986. [21] In addition to the main house, the lodge, ice house, and kitchen garden walls are Grade II listed, [22] [23] [24] and the front courtyard, south terrace walls and gazebos, and stable block are listed Grade II*.
Over 1,600 sites are listed, ranging from the grounds of large stately homes to small domestic gardens, as well other designed landscapes such as town squares, public parks and cemeteries. [2] The register is published on the National Heritage List for England alongside other national heritage designations. [3]
The park is in the grounds of Longleat House, a stately home which is open to the public and is the home of the 8th Marquess of Bath. Longleat Safari Park and the concept of safari parks were the brainchild of Jimmy Chipperfield (1912–1990), former co-director of Chipperfield's Circus.