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<title>Little Malvern Court</title>
<description><![CDATA[A historic house created from the former Prior's Hall of medieval Little Malvern Priory. The priory was formed in 1171 and was disbanded by Henry VIII in 1537. After the Dissolution the property came into the possession of the Russell family of nearby Strensham, and later passed to the Beringtons, who still own the Court today. The new owners converted the hall and associated monastic buildings into a private dwelling. The house stands in 10 acres of attractive gardens formed from the grounds of the Benedictine monastery.]]></description>
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<title>Temple Newsam House</title>
<description><![CDATA[Temple Newsam is a superb 15th century country house, famous as the birthplace of Lord Darnley, the ill-fated husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The manor of Newsam was owned by the Knights Templar in the 12th century. The estate passed to the Darct family, and Thomas, Lord Darcy built the first manor house here in about 1500.]]></description>
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<title>Brockfield Hall</title>
<description><![CDATA[A late Georgian house, built in 1804 by Peter Atkinson for <span class="mediumText">Benjamin Agar</span>. Atkinson worked in the office of noted York architect John Carr. The most striking feature of Brockfield is an oval entry hall, which features a cantilevered staircase. The interiors display fine art and furniture, and mementoes assoociated with the Fitzalan Howard family. There is also an unusual collection of glass walking sticks on display.]]></description>
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<title>Kiplin Hall</title>
<description><![CDATA[A wonderful Jacobean country house, built in 1620 for George Calvert, Secretary of State to King James I. Calvert later became the 1st Lord Baltimore, and founded the American colony of Maryland. In many ways Kipilin Hall is unique among houses of the Jacobean period, with domed towers on each side flanking a central pavillion, instead of the more common corner towers.]]></description>
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<title>Markenfield Hall</title>
<description><![CDATA[An relatively unknown historic treasure, Markenfield Hall is a marvellous moated manor house, dating back to the late 13th century and set in attractive countryside not far from Fountains Abbey. The bulk of the hall was built in 1310, and is probably the most complete medium sized medieval manor house in England. It is remarkably unchanged from its inception, and would probably be readily recognized by its 14th century inhabitants.]]></description>
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<title>Millgate House and Gardens</title>
<description><![CDATA[An attractive Georgian townhouse in the centre of the historic town of Richmond, surrounded by an award-winning walled garden. The house was built in the early 18th century, and boasts an interior furnished with antiques. The gardens stretch behind the house, offering views to Swaledale and the Cleveland Hills.]]></description>
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<title>Norton Conyers</title>
<description><![CDATA[An attractive late medieval manor thought to have been the inspiration for Charlotte Bronte's Thornfield Hall in the novel Jane Eyre. The manor was owned by the Graham family from 1624 (with the exception of a brief period in the late 19th century). The house is a pleasing mix of historic styles, from Dutch gables to Georgian plasterwork interior rooms. The interior displays fine art, including collections of family portraits and work by John Ferneley.]]></description>
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<title>Plumpton Rocks</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Grade-II listed landscape garden covering 30 acres of gorgeous Yorkshire countryside near Follifoot in Nidderdale. The scenic beauty of Plumpton Rocks has attracted many artists over the years, including JMW Turner, who painted it as his first commission in oils in about 1798.]]></description>
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<title>Ripley Castle</title>
<description><![CDATA[This extraordinary castle has been the home of the Ingilby family for over 700 years, but they were not the first owners. Ripley Castle was included in the dowry of Edeline Thwenge when she married Sir Thomas Ingilby in 1309. Ingilby served at the court of Edward III, as did his son, also named Thomas. In 1357 the king was hunting boar in the royal forest of Knaresborough when a wild boar charged him. Sir Thomas killed the boar, saving the king's life. Edward knighted Ingiby and granted him a family crest of a boars head.]]></description>
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<title>Scampston Hall</title>
<description><![CDATA[A lovely modern garden is set outside a late 17th century manor house. The house was rebuilt in the late 18th century, and redecorated in the Victorian period and again in 1910. A painstaking restoration in the 1990s resulted in Scampston being awarded the Country Life 'House of the Year' Award in 2000.]]></description>
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