2013
SD4987 : Sizergh Estate
taken 12 years ago, near to Sedgwick, Cumbria, England
This is 1 of 3 images, with title starting with Sizergh in this square
Sizergh Estate
Looking out from the Great Barn.
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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- Grid Square
- SD4987, 205 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- David Dixon (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 27 June, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 2 July, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SD 4978 8781 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:17.0066N 2:46.3724W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SD 4979 8783
- View Direction
- South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
