https://heritage.directory/Properties Heritage, the app that helps you find history. Featuring properties from CCT, English Heritage, Scottish Heritage Trust, Scottish National Trust, HHA, CADW and many independent sites. en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The York Cold War Bunker is a two-storey semi-subterranean Cold War bunker in the Holgate area of York, England, built in 1961 to monitor nuclear explosions and fallout in Yorkshire in the event of nuclear war. The building was used throughout its operational existence as the regional headquarters and control centre for No. 20 Group Royal Observer Corps YORK between 1961 and 1991. It is an English Heritage Scheduled Monument and was opened in 2006 by English Heritage as a tourist attraction. During its Cold War operational period the building could have supported 60 local volunteer members of the Royal Observer Corps inclusive of a ten man United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation scientific warning team. They would have collated details of nuclear bombs exploded within the UK and tracked radioactive fallout across the Yorkshire region, warning the public of its approach. The fully restored building contains air filtration and generating plant, kitchen and canteen, dormitories, radio and landline communication equipment and specialist 1980s computers and a fully equipped operations room with vertical illuminated perspex maps. The attraction opens every 1st and 3rd weekends of each month and Bank Holidays from 10am - 3pm and is only accessible by one hour long tours, departing every 30 minutes and includes a 10 minute (PG rated) informational video about nuclear war. Access on weekdays is by arrangement for school and other interested group visits. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/yorkcoldwarbunker Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:20:14 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=294 Yarmouth Castle is a small off-square blockhouse built by Henry VIII in 1547, to guard Yarmouth, Isle of Wight harbour. It was built as part of Henry's second device programme to fortify the English coast with a chain of coastal defences known as Device Forts or Henrician Castles. These were built to guard against the threat of foreign invasion. As it is a later fortification it did not have the earlier rounded or concentric shape but a square keep with angular bastions. It is now owned by English Heritage. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/yarmouthcastle Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:27:51 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=209 Wroxeter (or 'Viroconium' ) was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. It began as a legionary fortress and later developed into a thriving civilian city. Though much still remains below ground, today the most impressive features are the 2nd-century municipal baths, and the remains of the huge wall dividing them from the exercise hall in the heart of the city. The site museum and audio tour reveal how Wroxeter worked in its heyday, and the health and beauty practices of its 5,000 citizens. Dramatic archaeological discoveries provide a glimpse of the last years of the Roman city, and its possible conversion into headquarters of a 5th century British or Irish warlord. In February 1859 workmen began excavating the baths complex, and by April much of the present site was exposed and thronged with fascinated visitors, including Charles Dickens. Donated by the landowner for public viewing, Wroxeter thus became one of the first archaeological visitor attractions in Britain. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/wroxeterromancity Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:53:42 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=325 Wrest Park is a country estate located near Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England. It comprises Wrest Park, a Grade I listed country house, and Wrest Park Gardens, also Grade I listed, formal gardens surrounding the mansion. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/wrestpark Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:11:38 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=36 Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle monument located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/woodhenge Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:31:50 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=364 Wolvesey Castle is a ruined castle in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was erected by the Bishop of Winchester Henry of Blois between 1130 and 1140. The castle was the scene for the Rout of Winchester in which the Empress Matilda assaulted the Bishop Henry in 1141, during a period known as The Anarchy. The besieged defenders of Wolvesey set fire to the city, destroying most of the old town of Winchester and holding off Empress Matilda's forces until King Stephen's wife, Queen Matilda, arrived with re-enforcements from London. It was once a very important building, and was the location on July 25, 1554 of the wedding breakfast of Queen Mary and Philip II of Spain. The castle was destroyed by Roundheads during the English Civil War in 1646. It is currently owned by English Heritage. The chapel is the only considerable remnant of the south range of the castle, and is still in use, being attached to the palace built by Bishop Morley in 1684, which is now the residence of the Bishop of Winchester. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/wolveseycastle Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:57:19 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=194 The vast and rambling remains of the palatial 19th century mansion are surrounded by magnificent landscaped gardens, which still contain huge stone fountains. The largest, representing Perseus and Andromeda - now restored - was described as making the 'noise of an express train' when fired. Before 1846, when William Humble Ward (later first Earl of Dudley) inherited Witley Court, the land surrounding the house was laid out in the 18th century English landscape style. As part of Ward's transformation of the estate, he called in the leading landscape designer of the time, William Andrews Nesfield, whose skills in designing intricate and elegant parterres were complemented by his great ability as an artist and engineer. Nesfield started work in 1854, creating the South Parterre with its great Perseus and Andromeda fountain. His scheme involved elegantly designed planting and parterres of clipped evergreens and shrubs. The central avenue of planting from the house led to the fountains, terminating at the South Parterre. The East Parterre garden, with its Flora fountain, was designed in the Parterre de Broderie style - that is resembling embroidery, with box-edged shapes filled with coloured gravel and flowers. Easter 2011 sees the completion of an extensive restoration project on the East Parterre garden, with new bedding displays and authentic topiary. Following the disastrous fire in 1937, the Witley Estate, including its gardens, fell into long decline. English Heritage has restored the south garden. In addition, Wolfson Foundation funding has assisted with major restoration works in the East Parterre garden, also enabling us to plan development of the formal gardens based on the original Nesfield designs. The showpiece Woodland Walks in the North Park pass many different species of tree and shrub from all over the world. Attached to Witley Court is Great Witley Church, with its amazing Italianate Baroque interior (not managed by English Heritage). The church has a tearoom, and Witley Court has a superb gift shop. The restored Perseus and Andromeda fountain, with its original high cascades operating, will be firing between April and October on weekdays at 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm and at weekends on the hour every hour from 11am to 4pm. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/witleycourtandgardens Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:33:41 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=366 A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/winterbournepoorlotbarrows Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:30:00 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=123 The highest point on the Wall, in rugged country with spectacular views. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/winshieldswall Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:37:28 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=155 Wingfield Manor is a deserted (since the 1770s) and ruined manor house some 4 miles from the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire. There is a working farm that forms part of the old manor. It is now in the care of English Heritage, though only viewable by appointment. https://heritage.directory/properties/english-heritage/wingfieldmanor Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:04:36 +0100 https://heritage.directory/index.php?pcat=2&item=111