One of the finest surviving medieval barns in eastern England, tree-ring dated to the mid-15th century, with a breathtaking aisled interior and crown post roof, the product of some 400 oaks....
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country, and two rare and outstanding sets of 16th century wall paintings of mythical and Biblical subjects. Hill Hall has now been divide...
Old Hall Marshes Nature Reserve comprises of extensive grazing marshes with brackish water fleets, reedbeds, saltmarsh and two offshore islands. In winter, thousands of wildfowl come here and summer sees breeding waders....
The Town Hall is without doubt one of the town's most beautiful buildings. Donated to the people of Braintree by the Courtauld family in 1928, this Georgian style building is steeped in history and provides a perfect environment for all sorts of occ...
New Hall Vineyard is an English Wine Producer with over 65 hectares of vines and is one of the oldest and largest in the country. Visitors can come and explore the grounds. It was first established by the Greenwood family, in the Essex village of ...
RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex, was a farm house which was made into a garden after 1955 and then taken over by the RHS. It has lawns, a dell, a lily pond, raised beds, mixed borders and other features. A surprising number of plants flourish on a ...
Copt Hall Marshes on the remote and beautiful Blackwater Estuary is a noted site for overwintering birds, and can be viewed from a waymarked circular route....
Enjoy a great day at Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum, Essex The Gardens and Arboretum located in Essex, feature landscaped woodland walks and footpaths, with vistas across the lakes to the Millennium Walk and the 18th Century Walled Garden, recen...
Here at Ingatestone Hall in 1566, wrote Thomas Larke, surveyor to Sir William Petre, about Ingatestone Hall, the new house that Sir William had built twenty-five years earlier in the midst of his Essex estates. Since then, the house has passed throu...
Southchurch Hall museum is housed in the half-timbered medieval manor house, which dates to the early 14th century. The Museum is laid out in a series of period rooms and is an ideal setting for discovering what life was like in medieval, Tudor, S...
Walton Hall Museum is an impressive 17th century restored Essex Barn. Displays include, farming implements, automobile memorabilia, artefacts from both world wars, childrens toys, Victorian nursery including many perambulators, radios and much mo...
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