Essex Travel Guide - Historic Houses
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Jacobean survival of a huge mansion built by Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, in 1605. Later rooms by Robert Adam, who was also responsible for the ornamental garden buildings. Surrounding park and gardens.
Off London Road,
Saffron Walden,
Essex,
England, CB11 4JF
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A historic Georgian mansion with roots dating to the early medieval period, Copped Hall was saved from modern development by a local charitable trust. The trust has restored large sections of the Hall, and it is now open to visitors on a specified day every month except December.
Stables Courtyard, Crown Hill Epping,
Essex,
England, CM16 5HS
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Hill Hall is a magnificent Elizabethan mansion, showcasing some of the earliest examples of Renaissance style in England. Of particular interest are two excellent sets of wall paintings, with a mix of classical and Biblical subject matter. The paintings have been called the best Elizabethan figure paintings in England.
Theydon Mount,
Theydon Mount,
Essex,
England, CM16 7QQ
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Heritage Highlight: Superb Elizabethan wall paintings.
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Hylands is a stunning early 18th-century stately home, set in 574 acres of grounds, with parkland and formal gardens. The restored neoclassical house exterior hides an opulent Georgian and Victorian interior.
Hylands Park, London Road Chelmsford,
Essex,
England, CM2 8WQ
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Heritage Highlight: Humphry Repton interiors
Nearest: Hotels - Self Catering - Bed
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Ingatestone is a lovely Elizabethan manor built by Sir William Petre in about 1541. The house is still owned and lived in by the Petre family today and is essentially as it was when Sir William built it, with mullioned windows and oak-panelled rooms. The Hall is set in 10 acres of attractive gardens, with an avenue of old lime trees, a stew pond and wide lawns augmented by a walled garden area.
Hall Lane,
Ingatestone,
Essex,
England, CM4 9NR
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Heritage Highlight: 2 secret priest's holes
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