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The National Trust states that Newton House is "thought to be one of the most haunted houses in Britain", [12] and Wales Online cites it as one of the most notable ghostly houses of Wales. [19] Over the years, many ghost sightings or paranormal activity have been allegedly witnessed at the house.
The National Trust took over full responsibility in 1986. The gardens date from the 1850s. In the courtyard of the main building are two ancient yew trees, male and female, called 'Adam' and 'Eve'. First recorded in correspondence dating to 1712, they are estimated to be at least 500 years old. [9]
The National Trust Costume Group operate at Buckland Abbey, creating authentic Elizabethan costumes using traditional materials and methods. There is a complete Francis Drake costume, based on the famous portrait of Drake in the National Portrait Gallery, London , and the group are currently working on a costume for Lady Drake, also based on a ...
Oatlands is operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. The Oatlands property is composed of the main mansion and 415 acres (168.0 ha) of farmland and gardens. The house is judged one of the finest Federal period country estate houses in the ...
At Leonard Messel's death in 1953 it was bequeathed to the National Trust with 111 hectares (275 acres) of woodland, one of the first gardens taken on by the Trust. Lady Rosse continued to serve as Garden Director. The garden suffered much damage in the Great Storm of October 1987, losing 486 mature trees and many of the shrubs. [9]
Snowshill Manor is a National Trust property located in the village of Snowshill, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It is a sixteenth-century country house, best known for its twentieth-century owner, Charles Paget Wade, an eccentric who amassed an enormous collection of objects that interested him. He gave the property to the National Trust in ...
In the ensuing decades, a number of locals and visitors to the area paddled out and successfully surfed Ghost Trees, but the consensus was that the wave heaved in too fast and broke too close to the rocks. [citation needed] In the 2000s, Ghost Trees enjoyed international big wave notoriety as surf professionals and locals accessed the wave by ...
The ancient deer park of the Calke Abbey Estate is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest [18] and national nature reserve, [19] particularly noted for its rare wood pasture habitat and associated deadwood invertebrate fauna. The estate is also listed at Grade II* on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. [2]