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 Regular opening times A number of Landmarks have regular times
when they are open for visiting. Other Landmarks are adjacent to
museums or gardens which are open to the public or have small museum
rooms within the building.
There are also a small number of Landmarks that may be visited on request. Please click here for details.
Ancient House Museum, Suffolk The Museum which occupies
part of the house provides a detailed history of Clare. Visit www.clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk
for further information. Auchinleck House, Ochiltree, AyrshirePerhaps the finest example on an eighteenth century country villa to survive in Scotland, this was the family home of James Boswell, the famous 18th century diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson. . Ground floor of the house,
including Museum Room, is open for visits by appointment on Wednesday
afternoons from the Wednesday after Easter to the end of October.
The grounds will be open throughout the spring and summer. A guide
book is available for £3.50. Contact the Booking
Office to make an appointment. Beckford's Tower Museum, Bath A collection displaying
furniture originally made for the Tower, alongside paintings, prints
and objects illustrating William Beckford's life as a writer, collector
and patron of the arts. The Belvedere is also open to visitors.
Visit www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk
for further information. Contact re link Casa Guidi, Piazza S. Felice, FlorenceA suite of rooms on the first floor of the Palazzo Guidi in which the poets Elizabeth and Robert Browning lived for many years. Part of the apartment
is open for visits on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons 3pm
to 6pm between April and the end of November. Appointments are not
needed. Crownhill Fort, PlymouthRestored and managed by the Landmark Trust, this elaborate Victorian fortress offers a day out for families, schools and history enthusiasts. Crownhill Fort is available to visit on the first Tuesday of each month. Please contact Donna Bourne on Tel: 01752 793754 or Mob: 07824 536731 prior to your visit. See www.crownhillfort.co.uk
for further information. Elton House Museum, BathA collection of artefacts
owned by the previous owner of Elton House, Miss Savery. Contact
the Booking Office to make
an appointment. Gargunnock House, near Stirling, ScotlandThe grounds of Gargunnock
House are open to the public on Wednesdays (2.00pm to 5.00pm) from
mid April to mid June and on Wednesdays throughout September and
October. Goddards, Abinger Common, SurreyGoddards was built by Edwin Lutyens in 1898-1900 and enlarged by him in 1910. It is considered one of his most important early houses designed in the traditional Surrey style and with a garden laid out in collaboration with Gertrude Jekyll. Part of the ground floor
and the garden are open for visits by appointment on Wednesday afternoons
from 2.30pm to 5pm from the Wednesday after Easter until the last
Wednesday of October. Only those with pre-booked tickets will be
admitted. Tickets cost £4 and are available from Mrs Baker
on 01306 730871 (Please call between 9am and 6pm, Monday to Friday).
A guide book is available for £2. The Grange, Ramsgate, KentThe Grange was built and lived in by Augustus Welby Pugin and remained in his family until 1928. It was here that Pugin produced much of his finest work, including the interiors of the House of Lords. The main rooms on the ground floor are open by appointment every Wednesday afternoon to a maximum of 30 people. Entry is free of charge. Anyone wishing to visit will need to make an appointment. A guide book is available for £4. There is also a small exhibition in the Cartoon Room (a separate building next to The Grange) which provides information about the building, its history and the Pugin family. The Cartoon Room is open on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm - 4pm or by appointment. It is also available to hire for suitable functions. The exterior of the building and the garden can be viewed on certain days. To make an appointment, please contact Catriona Blaker between 6pm and 8pm on 01843 596401. Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, SurreyExplore 500 years of royal
history. Visit www.hrp.org.uk
for further information. The Hill House, Helensburgh, near Glasgow, ScotlandCharles Rennie Mackintosh
designed the house, garden, interior fittings and decorative schemes
and much of the furniture. Visit www.nts.org.uk
for further information. Contact re link Old Campden House, Chipping Campden, GloucestershireIn 1613, the newly enriched Sir Baptist Hicks began work on a house in Chipping Campden. It was a noble house in the latest fashion, with elaborate gardens. Thirty-two years later it was destroyed, wantonly, by the Royalists, as they withdraw from the town. Only a shell was left, now shrunk to a single fragment, but other buildings escaped the fire and are still there, together with the raised walks of the garden. These buildings (East Banqueting House and West Banqueting House & Almonry) are available as Landmarks. Open days for the buildings
and site are held on eight days a year. The site only is open on
22 days a year. Please contact the Booking
Office for dates. Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, DevonLundy lies off the coast
of North Devon, where the Atlantic ocean meets the Bristol Channel
with nothing between it and America, a granite outcrop, three and
a half miles long and half a mile wide. The MS Oldenburg takes day
visitors to the island between end of March and end of November.
Visit www.lundyisland.co.uk
for further information. Peake’s House, Colchester, EssexColchester Borough Council,
who we lease the building from, open Peake’s House for a few
days each September. Contact Colchester Borough Council on 01206
282938 for further information. The Pineapple, Dunmore, Scotland The grounds including
woodland, pond and crab-apple orchard are open to the public. Visit
www.nts.org.uk
for further information. Villa Saraceno, Finale, VicenzaA Palladian villa dating from 1550, built for a nobleman from Vicenza as a country retreat and a working farm. Inside, the loggia and sitting rooms are decorated with lively frescoed friezes. Parts of the Villa are open for visits
on Wednesday afternoons (2pm to 4pm) between 1 April to 31 October.
Appointments are not needed. A guide book is available for 5 euros. The White House Museum, Aston Munslow, ShropshireA collection of agricultural
artefacts. Contact the Booking
Office to make an appointment. Wilmington Priory, near Eastbourne, East SussexWilmington Priory was a cell of the Benedctine Abbey at Grestain in Normandy and dates back to 1215. The priory has been added to and altered in every way, some of which has been lost to ruin and decay. What remains shows how prestigious the priory once was. Open days for the building
are held on eight days a year. The grounds, porch, crypt and ruins
are open for 30 days between April and October. Please contact the
Booking Office for dates. Woodspring Priory Museum, near Weston-super-Mare, SomersetA museum room and collection of artefacts illustrating the history of this ancient site, founded to atone for the martyrdom of Thomas à Becket. Open every day during daylight hours (summer 10-7, winter 10 - dusk) |
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