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Kamal Khuhawar
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Attingham Park,18th-century, Regency Mansion and 200 acres of parkland Shropshire,England,UK
Walk in the footsteps of the leading 18th-century landscape designer Humphry Repton on this circular trail around Attingham Park estate. Commissioned by the 2nd Lord Berwick in 1797, Repton redesigned the grounds here at Attingham. This walk highlights the changes he proposed and the views of the Mansion house and across the River Tern
Attingham Walled Garden ,Soak up the scents, sights and sounds of Attingham's restored Walled Garden. Originally created in the 1780s, the team have been bringing this important part of the Attingham Estate back to life and production. After falling into disrepair, and having different uses in the 20th century, this Georgian kitchen garden is both beautiful and bountiful today.
Attingham Walled Garden ,Soak up the scents, sights and sounds of Attingham's restored Walled Garden. Originally created in the 1780s, the team have been bringing this important part of the Attingham Estate back to life and production. After falling into disrepair, and having different uses in the 20th century, this Georgian kitchen garden is both beautiful and bountiful today.
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Attingham Park,18th-century estate,200 acres of parkland and Regency Mansion.Shropshire,England,UK
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Christmas at Attingham Park Attingham Park was built in 1785 for Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick, replacing a house on the site called Tern Hall. With money he inherited, along with his title, he commissioned the architect George Steuart to design a new and grander house to be built around the original hall. The new country house encapsulated the old property entirely, and once completed it was gi...
Baddesley Clinton is a moated manor house. Village of Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England. UK
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Baddesley Clinton was the home of the Ferrers family for 500 years.Much of the house you see today was built by Henry Ferrers, a lawyer, diarist and antiquarian, in the late 1500s. The house was a sanctuary not only for the Ferrers family, but also for persecuted Catholics who were hidden from priest hunters in its secret hiding places during the 1590s. Henry Ferrers (1549-1633), "The Antiquary...
Upton House and Gardens, Nestled within the Warwickshire / Oxfordshire border, UK
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Nestled within the Warwickshire / Oxfordshire border, Upton houses a treasured art gallery showcasing the fine collections of Old Master and British pictures including Bosch, El Greco and Canaletto. Upton House, originally built in 1695, became the home of Walter Samuel (1882-1948), 2nd Viscount Bearsted, the only son of Sir Marcus Samuel (1853-1927), 1st Viscount Bearsted, founder of the Shell...
Bourton-on-the-Water, Cotswolds within the heart of England, "The Venice of the Cotswolds" UK
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Bourton-on-the-Water is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, that lies on a wide flat vale within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Bourton-on-the-Water is located in the Cotswolds, within the heart of England, famous for its honey-coloured stone architecture and idyllic village scenes Bourton on the Water, known as "The Venice of the Cotswolds" is an extremel...
Sezincote, Little India in the Cotswolds, England, UK
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Sezincote, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The house was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell, built in 1805, and is a notable example of Neo-Mughal architecture, a 19th-century reinterpretation of 16th and 17th-century architecture from the Mughal Empire. Sezincote is dominated by its red sandstone colour, typical in Mughal architecture, but features a copper-covered dome instead of t...
Stourhead, Palladian house and world-famous landscape garden Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
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The lake at Stourhead is artificially created. Following a path around the lake is meant to evoke a journey similar to that of Aeneas's descent into the underworld. In addition to Greek mythology, the layout is evocative of the "genius of the place", a concept expounded by Alexander Pope. Buildings and monuments are erected in remembrance of family and local history. Henry Hoare was a collector...
Stourhead, Palladian house and world-famous landscape garden near Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
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In 1717, Henry Hoare I - son of Hoare's bank founder Sir Richard Hoare - purchased Stourton Manor. Once the acquisition was complete, Henry commissioned the celebrated Scottish architect Colen Campbell to replace the building that existed on the site with a new Palladian-style villa that would become known as Stourhead House. Unfortunately, Henry died just before his new home was completed. How...
Charlecote Park A Victorian home set in landscaped deer park, Warwick, England, United kingdom
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Charlecote Park is a grand 16th-century country house, surrounded by its own deer park, on the banks of the River Avon in Charlecote, Warwick in Warwickshire, England. The Lucy family owned the land since 1247. Charlecote Park was originally built in 1558 by Sir Thomas Lucy, The Great Hall has a barrel-vaulted ceiling made of plaster painted to look like timber and is a fine setting for the spl...
Architecture at its best. Open house festival 2024.Heatherwick Studio, London. UK.
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Heatherwick Studio, a London-based design practice London, UK Open house festival 2024 Thomas Alexander Heatherwick, born on February 17, 1970, is an English designer renowned for founding Heatherwick Studio, a London-based design practice Heatherwick’s diverse portfolio includes notable projects such as the UK pavilion at Expo 2010, the Olympic cauldron for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the iconic...
Hay-on-Wye. Town of Books. Hay Castle. Wales. Town is situated south-east bank of the River Wye.
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@choice by k khuhawar Hay-on-Wye, the town is famed for its many bookshops. The history of the town and the castle are inextricably bound together since William de Breos II, one of the most infamously treacherous of the Norman Marcher Lords, built the present castle c.1200. According to legend, the castle was rebuilt in one night by the wife of William de Breos, Maud de St Valery (also known as...
Peak District. Scenic drive. upper Derwent. ILAM Park. Goyt valley. Speedwell Cavern. Dovedale.
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Exploring the Peak District National Park By car. Peak District really is a driver's paradise. A dramatic drive with breathtaking scenery. Driving through Derwent dams, Town of Castleton, visiting Speedwell Cavern, with a boat ride through half a mile of passages to the end, with views down the Bottomless Pit. Stopping at The Goyt Valley, stunning views across the Errwood Reservoir. Visiting Do...
Dovedale, River Dove, picturesque stepping stones. Peak District
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Dovedale is known for the River Dove and its limestones ravines. Following the river Dove up towards the stepping stones, you can cross and climb to the top of Thorpe Cloud, to view the Peak District. There is lots of great wildlife and woodland to explore along this riverside stroll. choice by k.khuhawar
Lyme House and Park. South of Disley. A mansion surrounded by formal gardens in the Peak district
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The estate was granted to Sir Thomas Danyers in 1346 and passed to the Leghs of Lyme by marriage in 1388. it remained in the possession of the Legh family until 1946. The first record of a house on the site is in a manuscript folio dated 1465, but that house was demolished when construction of the present building began during the life of Piers Legh VII, in the middle of the 16th century. This ...
Street in Venice. exploring alleys of Dorsoduro, Castello, San Polo, San Marco, around Rialto bridge
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Exploring streets of District of Dorsoduro, Castell, San Polo, San Marco alleys near Rialto and Accademia bridge. Street in Venice , inspired by oil painting done in 1882 by American artist John Singer. As I moved away from Centre, exploring the smaller alleys, that branch off from the main streets to discover the pretty canals and walkways overlapping each other connected by small bridges, the...
Beaumaris Castle on the Island of Anglesey. One of the 'iron ring' of North Wales. Menai Strait. UK
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Beaumaris Castle on the Island of Anglesey. One of the 'iron ring' of North Wales. Menai Strait. UK
Ogwen Valley (Dyffryn Valley), jewel in the crown of Snowdonia (North Walse). near Betws y Coed. UK
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Ogwen Valley (Dyffryn Valley), jewel in the crown of Snowdonia (North Walse). near Betws y Coed. UK
Portmeirion , North Wales, Gwynedd. Near River Dwyryd, Porthmadog. Sir Clough Williams-Ellis vision.
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Portmeirion , North Wales, Gwynedd. Near River Dwyryd, Porthmadog. Sir Clough Williams-Ellis vision.
Nant Mill waterfall, Clywedog valley, Wrexham, North Wales, Wales
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Nant Mill waterfall, Clywedog valley, Wrexham, North Wales, Wales
Rialto Bridge, Venice (Ponte di Rialto). is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal.
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Rialto Bridge, Venice (Ponte di Rialto). is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal.
GRAND CANAL VENICE( includes Arsenale, Giardini and St Elena)
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GRAND CANAL VENICE( includes Arsenale, Giardini and St Elena)
Exploring St Marks Basilica, St Marks square and Doge's Palace
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Exploring St Marks Basilica, St Marks square and Doge's Palace