Nostell Priory and Parkland
On the site of a dissolved Medieval priory, this lavish Palladian house was designed by James Paine and Robert Adam as a statement of wealth for the Winn family.
The house was begun in 1733 and enhanced by successive generations of the family, each keen to project a message about their power and social status.
This has left us with an amazing National Trust property, with jaw-dropping Rococo and Neoclassical plasterwork, Chippendale furniture and art by Pieter Breughel the Younger, Hans Holbein the Younger and Hugh Douglas Hamilton.
There’s also a precious longcase clock by the era-defining 18th-century inventor John Harrison.
Outsider are 300 acres of parkland, woven with lakeside and meadow trails, and dotted with monuments like the Obelisk Lodge and Druid’s Bridge.
In Robert Adam’s stable block are the estate’s visitor centre and Courtyard Cafe.
The house was begun in 1733 and enhanced by successive generations of the family, each keen to project a message about their power and social status.
This has left us with an amazing National Trust property, with jaw-dropping Rococo and Neoclassical plasterwork, Chippendale furniture and art by Pieter Breughel the Younger, Hans Holbein the Younger and Hugh Douglas Hamilton.
There’s also a precious longcase clock by the era-defining 18th-century inventor John Harrison.
Outsider are 300 acres of parkland, woven with lakeside and meadow trails, and dotted with monuments like the Obelisk Lodge and Druid’s Bridge.
In Robert Adam’s stable block are the estate’s visitor centre and Courtyard Cafe.
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