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Description of Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
Both the house and gardens at Brodsworth provide a remarkable expression of the mid-19th-century taste for the Italianate style.
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Significance of Audley End House and Gardens
Audley End demonstrates the origins and development of a great house and its landscape setting over five centuries, in response to changes in fashion and the fortunes of its owners.
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Ernest Owen Johnson left his work as a garden labourer at Osborne House in 1916 to fight in the First World War. He lost his life at the Battle of Cambrai just over a year later, and 100 years on, English Heritage staff marked the anniversary with a special flower bed.
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Grimspound is one of the best known prehistoric settlements on Dartmoor, probably dating from the late Bronze Age (about 1500–800 BC).
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Audio Guide to Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement
Join English Heritage Free Sites Manager Helen Allen in conversation with Win Scutt, EH Properties Curator, as they explore the extraordinary complex of prehistoric remains at Merrivale.
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Ranger's House is a Georgian villa that today houses the Wernher Collection, amassed by the 19th-century businessman, Sir Julius Wernher. This world-class art collection is made up of over 700 works, including paintings, sculptures, tapestries and more. Each object reveals much about the making, meaning and movement of art throughout the world. Use these objects at home or in the classroom to inspire cross-curricular learning and further your research.
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Join Helen Allen, Free Sites Manager at English Heritage, in conversation with EH Properties Curator Win Scutt as they explore the prehistoric site of Grimspound on Dartmoor.
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The Decline of the Country House at Brodsworth Hall
How the precarious survival of Brodsworth’s Victorian interiors reflects the determination of its final owners to preserve a way of life that became almost impossible in the 20th century.
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Wrest Park country house was transformed into a hospital during the First World War. Find out how it was run and what life was like for the soldiers recovering from their injuries.
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft was one of the finest actresses of her generation and starred in some of the most iconic stage productions of her day. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at her birthplace - 1A Tirlemont Road, Croydon.