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Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Baronet (19 November 1865 – 25 March 1947) was an English landowner, best known for his restoration of the country house at Stourhead in Wiltshire, following a fire in April 1902. [1] Prior to his death he donated the house and gardens to the National Trust.
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 ]
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (informally known as the National Trust) owns or manages a range of properties in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. These range from sites of Iron and Bronze Age occupations including Brean Down , Cadbury Camp [ 1 ] and Cheddar Gorge to Elizabethan and Victorian era ...
Francis Cartwright, a master builder and architect, who was established as a "competent provincial designer in the Palladian manner", [11] worked on Stourhead between 1749 and 1755. Cartwright was a known carver, presumably of materials such as wood and stone, and it is assumed that his contribution to Stourhead was in this capacity.
Several prehistoric sites in the area are scheduled ancient monuments.These include Park Hill Camp (within Stourhead grounds), a small Iron Age hillfort, containing a later Iron Age settlement; [3] Kenwalch's Castle (on the Somerset border), a large Iron Age hillfort; [4] and White Sheet Camp (to the east), another large hillfort, investigated in the 19th century by Sir Richard Colt Hoare.
List of National Trust properties in England; List of National Trust properties in Wales; List of National Trust for Scotland properties; An Taisce and the Irish Heritage Trust (Republic of Ireland - including list of properties)
The Caravan And Motorhome Club site, the Sandringham estate. A certificated location (or 'CL') is an informal privately owned caravan site for up to 5 caravans in the United Kingdom. Visitors with caravans pay a small fee to the CL owner in order to pitch overnight. This is usually cheaper than larger commercial caravan sites.
National Trust for Scotland properties is a link page listing the cultural, built and natural heritage properties and sites owned or managed by the National Trust for Scotland. Aberdeen and Grampian [ edit ]