Historic BuildingsBridgend

Brougham Castle was built by Robert de Vieuxpont in 1214 on the site of a Roman fort. The great tower largely survives, though later buildings were destroyed by fire in 1521. The keep and service buildings were surrounded by a timber palisade, replaced by Robert Clifford…
Distance: 13.1 miles away

Near Ullswater, on the Northern fringes of the Lake District, Dalemain is a real treasure. The fantastic house contains behind its Georgian facade, a wealth of Tudor and Mediaeval rooms and buildings. There has been a settlement at Dalemain since Saxon times, when a fortified pele…
Distance: 9.4 miles away

Many of the enchanting illustrations for Beatrix Potter's little tales were inspired by Hill Top. It remains as she left it and in each room can be found something that appears in one of her books. The cottage garden contains the same pleasing mix of flowers,…
Distance: 11.5 miles away

Hutton in the Forest is a beautiful historic house on the north eastern edge of the Lake District. It is the home of Lord and Lady Inglewood and their children and has belonged to the family since 1605. The house was originally a medieval stronghold and…
Distance: 14.2 miles away

Mirehouse has strong links with poets Tennyson, Wordsworth and Southey; it is a living family home, which has been sold only once, in 1688. It has the largest woodland adventure playgrounds in the area and in 1999 it won the award as 'Best Heritage Property for Families…
Distance: 13.1 miles away

Rydal Mount dates from the 16th Century when the house was a small yeoman style cottage. This older part of the house became the Wordsworths Dining Room on the ground floor and Dorothy and Dora Wordsworth's bedrooms on the first floor. The house has good entertaining…
Distance: 5 miles away

The impressive tower and other remains of this Premonstratensian abbey stand in an isolated valley. Describing the site as a ruin is unfair, a substantial amount of the west tower remains and the foundations of the living quarters and church remain. The stores for example look…
Distance: 10.1 miles away

Largely 17th‐century, the solid stone and slate house is an exceptional survival. It belonged to a wealthy 'statesman' farming family and contains carved woodwork, books, papers, furniture and fascinating domestic implements from the past, largely accumulated by the Browne family who lived here from 1626 to 1943.…
Distance: 7.5 miles away