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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Situated just seven miles from Heathrow airport this unique property and Historic Monument is a Grade One listed building dating from 1550 and retains a plethora of original features. Its past is evident in the mullioned windows, tall chimneys, Saxon moat, which surrounds three sides of formal gardens complete with … more >>
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"From Redruth I went to Truro which is a pretty little town and seaport, formerly was esteemed the best town in Cornwall, now is second next Lanstone; its just by the Copper and Tinn mines and lies down in a bottom, pretty steep ascent, as most of the towns in these countrys, that you would be afraid of tumbling with nose and head foremost; the town is built of stone, a good pretty Church built all stone and carv'd on the outside, and just by there is the Market House on stone pillars and hall on top ..."
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