Wallington is an elegant 17th century mansion, built by Sir William Blackett around the core of an earlier medieval house and pele tower. Blackett was a wealthy shipping magnate and mine owner from Newcastle, and he intended Wallington to be a country retreat, a place to hold occasional shooting parties, but it evolved into much more than that.
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This elegant 17th century Georgian hotel is in the heart of Medievil Salisbury, overlooking the famous Cathedral and Close. Its tradition of offering fine hospitality in comfortable surroundings is maintained to this day. In the winter months huge log fires burn in open fireplaces while in summer our courtyard is … more >>
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Leeds, Yorkshire
in the 17th century
"Leeds is a large town, severall large streetes cleane and well pitch'd and good houses all built of stone, some have good gardens and steps up up to their houses and walls before them; this is esteemed the wealthyest town of its bigness in the Country, its manufacture is the woollen cloth the Yorkshire Cloth in which they are all employ'd sand are esteemed very rich and very proud ..."
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The medieval walled town of Warwick stands on the River Avon. The town is dominated by Warwick Castle, a superb fortress dating to the Norman Conquest. Close to the castle a delightful mix of medieval and Georgian buildings stand on narrow lanes. The medieval parish church of St Mary's boasts the superb Beauchamp Chantry chapel, while just inside the medieval west gate is the timber-framed cluster of buildings known as Lord Leyceter's Hospital, dating to … ... more
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