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Thu 02 Aug
3:00 pm
£14.00
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Netherhall Manor, Ely, Cambridgeshire
One-acre walled garden filled with old-fashioned flowers. Tours by the expert owner and garden writer.
April: Tudor primroses, old varieties of hyacinths, daffodils, crown imperials; Late April/May: Old-English florists' tulips; Late July/August: Victorian gold and silver tri-coloured pelargoniums, heliotrope, calceolaria and pompom dahlias.
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Fri 03 Aug
10:30 am
£15.00
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Linden House, Eye, Suffolk
Linden House is one of the most important buildings in this historic Suffolk town. The house originated as a Tudor period farmhouse, being converted to a Georgian townhouse in the 18th century.
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Fri 03 Aug
2:30 pm
£14.00
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25-27 Church Street, Saffron Walden, Essex
Douglas Kent, a director of SPAB, put his training into reality when he bought an empty, unmodernised Grade I building in Saffron Walden. It’s famous for two huge pargeted figures and is C14, once part of the Sun Inn. Visitors can see his progress and pick his brains.
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Sat 04 Aug
11:30 am
£29.50
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Hoses Hall, Halstead, Essex
Originally a Saxon manor given to Sir Roger Huse (also spelled Husee, Hose or Hosey) in 1312 by John de Buick, hence the name Hoses Hall.
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Sat 04 Aug
2:30 pm
£17.00
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Thorn House & Garden, Plymouth, Devon
Thorn sits on the south-east facing bank of the River Yealm in South Devon. The historical gardens principally created by William Arkwright have breathtaking views and hold an exotic collection of trees from around the globe. The architecture and vegetation have been heavily influenced over the years by an eclectic and eccentric mix of owners.
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Sun 05 Aug
2:00 pm
£17.00
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West Stow Hall, West Stow, Suffolk
The gatehouse and Hall may have been built by the last abbot of Bury St Edmunds about 1520 although more likely by John Croft a wealthy merchant. The colonnade linking the gatehouse and main house was built in 1580.
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Tue 07 Aug
2:30 pm
£14.00
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Burton Court, Eardisland, Leominster , Herefordshire
Grade II* manor house, with medieval, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian architecture, at the heart of the Black and White Village Trail.
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Tue 07 Aug
2:30 pm
£17.00
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Kirstead Hall, Norwich, Norfolk
A fine Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house circa 1560 of E-shaped plan with stepped Flemish gable ends, brickwork with attractive blue diaper decoration and pin-tiled roof, standing in four acres. The gardens are partly walled with an important Grade II* octagonal dovecote in the grounds.
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Wed 08 Aug
11:00 am
£18.00
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The Abbey, Coggeshall, Essex
The Abbey was founded in 1142 on land given by Stephen and Matilda. The recently restored Abbot’s stew pond was a feature when Edward II held court here in 1325; in 1293 the local vicar was gaoled for illegal fishing. The tour includes the abbot’s house and chapel, guest house, cloister, riverside courtyard with knot garden and hall of the manor house.
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Wed 08 Aug
2:30 pm
£23.00
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Belle Grove, Westhall, Suffolk
Extraordinary, memorable house which won the 2011 Homebuilding and Renovating award. ‘Out of a fairy tale,’ said Daily Telegraph spying a 20-foot fierce metal dragon poised on the chimney.
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