Historic BuildingsStreet

Originally built in the Middle Ages by the Strickland family, who still live here, this imposing house has an exceptional series of oak‐panelled rooms culminating in the Inlaid Chamber. Portraits, fine furniture and ceramics accumulated over centuries by the family are shown alongside their recent photographs. …
Distance: 14.6 miles away

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: 14 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: 14.7 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: 6.3 miles away