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National Trust buildings in England
Mammuthus Primigenius Started conversation Jul 11, 2001
Little Morton Hall in Cheshire, England is my favourtie. A magnificant tudor, timber framed house surrounded by a moat, which it appears to be about to topple into. An architects report concluded that there was no logical reason why it was still standing. Must be held up because it's art.
The inside is largely unfurnished, with large open rooms which children can run around, giving it a lively atmosphere and a real feel of Elizabethan times.
To get there, take bus 77 north of Stoke on Trent. Entance £4.40. It's great to visit in the weekends before Christmas when the fire's lit, and the halls's decked in holly Elizabethan style.
But the reason I like it is simply beacause it's close to my hometown, and I have memories of dozens of visits. The National Trust owns the Hall, and other buildings all around England, some national treasures, others much smaller but clearly much loved by locals such as Long Credon Courthouse (Buckinghamshire) and Old Town Hall, Newton (Isle of Wight).
Does anyone else from England care to post there favourite NT building?
National Trust buildings in England
braindead_geordie Posted Jul 12, 2001
i would have to go for nunnington hall, on the banks of the rye in north yorkshire. entrance again £4.40. it's like something out of a kids story. in fact, the first time i went there it strongly reminded me of the house in 'lion, witch and wardrobe'. it's all higgeldy-piggeldy, with lots of little staircases, odd little rooms and oak panelling. it's even got a ghost and a maze!
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Mammuthus Primigenius Posted Jul 12, 2001
Correction: it's Little Moreton Hall.
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