014 Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire (NT) (Grade 1)
Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire (NT) (Grade 1)
NATIONAL TRUST + ENGLISH HERITAGE ALBUM
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Berrington Hall is a neoclassical country house located about 3 miles North of Leominster. Berrington had been in the possession of the Cornewall family since 1386, but was sold in 1775 to Thomas Harley, a banker and government contractor who in 1767 had been Lord Mayor of London. He commissioned the rebuilding in 1778-1781 of the present Berrington Hall as a replacement for the earlier house. The Hall is designed as a neo-classical building and was designed by Henry Holland n 1778-8. Thomas Harley made it available to his daughter Anne and her new husband George Rodney, the son of Admiral Rodney. After Harley's death the house descended in the Rodney family for 95 years. The Hall and Estate were purchased by Frederick Cawley MP, later Baron Cawley, in 1901, In 1957 the 3rd Lord Cawley transferred it to the Treasury, which passed in on to the National Trust. Lady Cawley was allowed to remain in occupation until her death in 1978.
The Hall is the home to the Elmar Digby furniture collection, paintings by, among others, Thomas Luny (1759–1837), and the Charles Paget Wade costume collection from Snowshill, which can be viewed by appointment The 'below stairs' areas and servants' quarters that are open to the public include a Victorian laundry and Georgian dairy.
The Estates landscape was the last landscape to be designed by Capability Brown's its pool and lake are a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Thankyou for a massive 57,560,943 views
Shot 11.03.2017 at Berrington Hall, (NT) Leominster, Herefordshire REF 125-014
014 Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire (NT) (Grade 1)
Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire (NT) (Grade 1)
NATIONAL TRUST + ENGLISH HERITAGE ALBUM
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/72157701116949872
Berrington Hall is a neoclassical country house located about 3 miles North of Leominster. Berrington had been in the possession of the Cornewall family since 1386, but was sold in 1775 to Thomas Harley, a banker and government contractor who in 1767 had been Lord Mayor of London. He commissioned the rebuilding in 1778-1781 of the present Berrington Hall as a replacement for the earlier house. The Hall is designed as a neo-classical building and was designed by Henry Holland n 1778-8. Thomas Harley made it available to his daughter Anne and her new husband George Rodney, the son of Admiral Rodney. After Harley's death the house descended in the Rodney family for 95 years. The Hall and Estate were purchased by Frederick Cawley MP, later Baron Cawley, in 1901, In 1957 the 3rd Lord Cawley transferred it to the Treasury, which passed in on to the National Trust. Lady Cawley was allowed to remain in occupation until her death in 1978.
The Hall is the home to the Elmar Digby furniture collection, paintings by, among others, Thomas Luny (1759–1837), and the Charles Paget Wade costume collection from Snowshill, which can be viewed by appointment The 'below stairs' areas and servants' quarters that are open to the public include a Victorian laundry and Georgian dairy.
The Estates landscape was the last landscape to be designed by Capability Brown's its pool and lake are a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Thankyou for a massive 57,560,943 views
Shot 11.03.2017 at Berrington Hall, (NT) Leominster, Herefordshire REF 125-014