Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: house

Anne Hathaway was William Shakespeare's wife and this was the house where she grew up. The earliest part of the house dates to 1463, when it was still a three-roomed building with only one floor; the higher part is 17th century, being built between April 1610 and October 1624. HWW to Everyone & a Happy New Year.

The formal garden at Hanbury Hall has been rebuilt by the National Trust. At Christmas each small tree has a bauble on top. HWW to everyone. Enjoy the day.

English Heritage are the custodians of the semi-ruined Elizabethan Kirby Hall near Corby although the building and gardens are still owned by the Earl of Winchilsea. Built as an Elizabethan country house in 1570 it was bandoned in the 1880s the house is now in a semi-ruined state. HWW to everybody. Have a great day.

HBM to everyone. Have a great start to the new week. English Heritage are the custodians of the semi-ruined Elizabethan Kirby Hall near Corby although the building and gardens are still owned by the Earl of Winchilsea. Wiki tells us:- One of the great Elizabethan houses of England, Kirby Hall was built for Sir Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwick. In 1575, Sir Christopher Hatton of Holdenby purchased the property, Hatton was Lord Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth I. It is a leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. Built as an Elizabethan country house in 1570, based on the designs in French architectural pattern books it was expanded in the Classical style over the course of the following decades. Abandoned in the 1880s the house is now in a semi-ruined state with many parts roof-less although the Great Hall and state rooms remain intact. The gardens, with their elaborate "cutwork" design, complete with statues and urns, have been recently restored.

General Aung San was instrumental in Burma/Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule but he was assassinated just six months before his goal was realized. He is considered the founder of modern-day Myanmar. The Bogyoke Aung San Museum was the residence of Aung San and his family just before his assassination in July 1947. His better-known daughter Aung San Suu Kyi grew up here as a child. This is part of a beautiful circular wooden fence around a shady verandah overlooking the garden. HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

Another shot from our visit to Upton House & Gardens, a beautiful National Trust location. Plenty of walls to choose from! HWW to everyone. Enjoy the day.

In between the showers the sun did shine and I managed to get this shot of Belton House. Belton is a Grade I listed country house built between 1685 and 1687 by Sir John Brownlow & cared for today by the National Trust. HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start to the new week.

Another visit to The National Trust's only house in Leicestershire! Stoneywell was built by Earnest Gimson for his brother, a Leicester industrialist, as a summer holiday home in the late 1890s. It was built in the Arts & Crafts tradition and style with much of the original furniture hand-made by Barnsley. In keeping with the back-to-nature style it was built over an outcrop of volcanic rock but of course this means the house is damp.

Window dressing in the seed store. The National Trust house and gardens at Calke Abbey near Derby.

The National Trust house and gardens at Calke Abbey near Derby. The seed store by the walled gardens.

The National Trust house and gardens at Calke Abbey near Derby in the warm late afternoon light. Calke Abbey stands on the site of a medieval religious house dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538. After passing through several hands, Richard Wendsley acquired Calke, eventually selling the estate in 1585 to Robert Bainbridge. His son sold the estate to Henry Harpur in 1622 for £5,350. It stayed in the Harpur family until the National Trust began caring for it in 1985. HFF everybody & have a great weekend.

Calke Abbey was owned by the Harpur family for nearly 300 years until it was passed to the National Trust in 1985 in lieu of death duties. Today, the house is open to the public and many of its rooms are deliberately displayed in the state of decline in which the house was acquired. HFF and have a peaceful weekend.

Kedleston Hall, designed by the architect Robert Adam, is a mansion with classic Adams interiors, colonial history and vast parkland. Commissioned in the 1750s by Nathaniel Curzon whose ancestors had resided at Kedleston since the 12th century. HFF & have a great weekend.

A visit to Newstead Abbey north of Nottingham the former home of Lord Byron. The priory of St. Mary of Newstead, a house of Augustinian Canons, was founded by King Henry II of England about the year 1170. It was converted to a domestic home in 1540 following the Dissolution of the Monasteries. HFF to everyone and have a great weekend.

Needed a little renovation.