The remains of the Basing House, once the country's largest private house and the palace of the powerful courtier William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester. The earthwork banks and ditches of an earlier medieval castle still dominate the ruins. The weal ...
Imagine an open-air museum inside a massive modern building a network of streets with shops, a village green and even a pub... dating from Victorian times and the 1930s it's fun... a surprise around every corner! ...
16th-century house and estate reflecting changing styles and tastes over 500 years. Built in the early 16th century for Lord Sandys, Henry VIII's Lord Chamberlain, the house acquired a classical portico in the mid-17th century (the first of its kind ...
The Walled Garden is a delightful 'secret' garden dating back to the 1800's, when it once served as a kitchen garden to Down Grange House. Today Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council own, operate and maintain the Basingstoke Walled Garden as a publ ...
Basingstoke's Willis Museum, housed in the Old Town Hall, is in the historic heart of Basingstoke close to Festival Place, the busy town centre. Discover Basingstoke and Deane's past, from the rich archaeological heritage beneath our feet right up to ...
Basing House