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Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof. [1] The house was once the home of children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter who left it to the National Trust. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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 Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, ... the most visited National Trust country house in 2019/20, ... The top ten are: [43]
As a temporary solution, the National Trust enclosed the Hill House in a transparent porous "box" in 2019, allowing some movement of air, so that the structure dries out gradually. [12] [13] The steel box is set to remain in place until 2028. [14] As with several of Mackintosh's buildings there were problems of water ingress from the outset.
Godolphin House is a listed building, recorded at the highest designation, Grade I. [8] Three other structures on the estate, the stables, [9] the forecourt walls, [10] and a blowing house used for the smelting of tin are also listed at Grade I. [11] A number of buildings on the wider estate have Grade II listings: two sets of gates and gatepiers on the drive to the house, [12] [13] and some ...
The National Trust displays the house as a comfortable home. On display in the house is a collection of 18th- to 20th-century costumes, originally known as the Paulise de Bush collection, shown in period rooms. The estate covers some 2,590 hectares (25.9 km 2, 6,400 acres). [1]
Coleshill House was a double-pile building, influenced by Jones's Queens House in Greenwich, and combining Italian, French, Dutch and English architectural ideas. It measured approximately 120 by 60 feet (37 m × 18 m), with two main floors of nine bays, above a rusticated basement, and an attic with seven prominent dormer windows and four tall ...
Fenton House is a 17th-century merchant's house in Hampstead in North London which belongs to the National Trust, bequeathed to them in 1952 by Lady Binning, its last owner and resident. It is a detached house with a walled garden, which is large by London standards, and features a sunken garden, an orchard and a kitchen garden .