2016

SD4987 : A sunken garden at Sizergh Castle

taken 7 years ago, near to Sedgwick, Cumbria, England

A sunken garden at Sizergh Castle
A sunken garden at Sizergh Castle
Sizergh Castle and Garden

Sizergh Castle and Garden is a stately home and garden at Helsington in Cumbria. It is in the care of the National Trust.

The core of Sizeburgh Castle is a 14th-century pele tower surrounded by a Tudor house. It was further extended in Elizabethan times. Around 1770, the great hall was again expanded in the Georgian style. The castle passed into the hands of the Strickland family on the marriage of Elizabeth Deincourt to Sir William de Stirkeland in 1239. It was owned by the family until it was gifted to the National Trust in 1950.

The estate dates from 1336, when a grant from Edward III allowed Sir Walter Strickland to enclose the land around Sizergh as his exclusive park.

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National Trust

A National Trust is an organization dedicated to preserving the cultural or environmental treasures of a particular geographic region. They generally operate as private non-profit organizations, although some receive considerable support from their national government. The first such organization was the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, which is the National Trust of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, formed in 1895 and operating as a charitable organisation.

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SD4987, 179 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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David Smith   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 4 October, 2016   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 12 November, 2016
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 4987 8790 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 4990 8791
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