- Heritage

The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage Boutique hotel, situated in the centre of the wonderful home town of the Southwell Minster, was formerly a Vicarage linked to the Local Holy Trinty Church from 1847 to 1946, when it was then sold to the Nottingham County Council who subsequently opened its doors to guests as an old age peoples home and respite care. Sadly for the local community this was closed in 1999. The current owner Suzanne Fitzpatrick bought the property in 2005, in an auction with a dream to turn the very much delapidated building into something special – which after 2 very long and hard years she did…

Meldon Park

Meldon Park is a traditional rural estate west of Morpeth, Northumberland. Entry is free to the working kitchen garden and surrounding wild garden. The cafe and shop sell home grown produce. Meg’s walk meanders through parkland by the river Wansbeck. Group tours of the house and gardens can be arranged…

Woolhanger Manor

Woolhanger Estate is a large hill farm covering some 3000 acres, with open moorland, fields and steep coombes. It is situated in the Exmoor National Park and has some of the most spectacular panoramic views on Exmoor, with South Wales to the north, Lundy Island to the west and Dartmoor to the south…

Somerset House

Somerset House is a spectacular neo-classical building in the heart of London, sitting between the Strand and the River Thames. During summer months a ‘grove’ of 55 fountains dance in the courtyard, and in winter you can skate on London’s favourite ice rink. Somerset House also hosts open-air concerts and films, contemporary art and design exhibitions, family workshops and free guided tours of spaces normally hidden to visitors…

Chelsea Physic Garden

Chelsea Physic Garden, founded in 1673, is London’s oldest botanic garden and a unique living museum. Features include Europe’s oldest pond rockery; pharmaceutical and perfumery beds; the Garden of World Medicine; a tropical plant greenhouse and over 5,000 different named plants. The Garden’s renowned licensed cafe serves delicious homemade food…

Titsey Place

Dating from the 16th century, the Titsey Estate is one the largest surviving historic estates in Surrey. Nestling under the North Downs, Titsey Place, with its stunning garden, lakes, woodland walks, walled kitchen garden and park offering panoramic views, and enchants visitors. Enjoy the fine family portraits, furniture, a beautiful collection of porcelain and a marvelous set of four Canaletto pictures of Venice. After visiting the mansion house and grounds, why not relax in our tea room where light refreshments are available…

RHS Garden Hyde Hall

In 1955 when Dr and Mrs Robinson came to Hyde Hall there were only six trees on the top of a windswept hill and no garden. If they had known then what they soon learned, it is very doubtful that the garden would have been made! The site was cold and windy, the top of the hill was covered in gravel and the soil on the slopes comprised a sticky clay with a pH of around neutral…

Little Hall

One of the oldest buildings in the best preserved of the Suffolk wool towns, this 14th century house was built for the Causton family of clothiers and its subsequent development has mirrored the changing fortunes of Lavenham…

Ryton Gardens

The home of UK’s leading organic growing charity - Garden Organic. Ten acres of organic grounds, comprising individual demonstration gardens showcasing organic ornamentals to fruit and veg growing, earth friendly pest and disease control, and tips on how to compost. Great place to visit for all ages and gardening abilities…

Hagley Hall

Hagley Hall and Park are among the supreme achievements of eighteenth-century English architecture and landscape gardening. They remain largely the creation of one man, George, 1st Lord Lyttelton (1709-73), secretary to Frederick, Prince of Wales, poet and man of letters and briefly Chancellor of the Exchequer. Before the death of his father in 1751, he began to landscape the grounds in the new ‘picturesque’ style, and between 1754 and 1760 it was he who was responsible for the building of the house as it is seen today. Many of Lord Lyttelton’s friends, Horace Walpole in particular, gave advice, but the final designs were drawn up by the gentleman-architect Sanderson Miller of Radway in Warwickshire. After the death of his first wife, Lucy Fortescue, George married Elizabeth Rich, a lady with firm views on this new project. She found little sympathy with the plans by Chute for a Gothic house, and it was largely on her recommendation that Miller was employed. He was assisted by another amateur, Thomas Prowse, and a professional draughtsman, John Sanderson, who had previously designed Kirtlington Park near Oxford…