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Blickling Estate

Blickling Estate

National Trust Guidebook

by Anna Groves and National Trust Books
Paperback
Publication Date: 09/02/2016

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Its story can be traced over a thousand years, during which Blickling has been the scene of many historic events, and yet its landscape has changed little and is quintessentially Norfolk. The mansion was built, modified and embellished to reflect the status of its owners, the high- ranking and politically heavyweight Hobarts. While the house has been remodelled and added to over the centuries, each owner that wrought significant change kept in view the achievements of those who went before and honoured the vision that the first Hobart had for the estate. Outside, the formal garden is the result of three centuries of inspired planting, and the gently undulating parkland is full of history, lost buildings, stunning views and abundant wildlife. After centuries of change the last century arguably had the greatest consequence for Blickling. After two world wars, the physical and political landscape of this country had irrevocably changed. Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, played a vital role in preserving the estates that might have been broken up and sold off. Blickling was the first gift of its kind to the National Trust and the nation, and one that keeps giving.
About the author Anna Groves was the erstwhile Guidebooks Editor for the National Trust. Now freelance, she has written guidebooks for the National Trust's properties in Dorchester, the home in which novelist Thomas Hardy was born and the home in which he died, and also for Northern Ireland's only World Heritage Site, the Giant's Causeway.
ISBN:
9781843594819
9781843594819
Category:
Museum
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
09-02-2016
Publisher:
National Trust
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
64
Dimensions (mm):
210x210x4mm
Weight:
0.14kg
National Trust Books

Founded to preserve and provide access to places of natural beauty or historical significance, the National Trust is one of the world's leading conservation organisations dedicated to preserving Britain's landscape.

From ancient forests to historic houses and gardens, the Trust looks after more than a quarter of a million hectares of land, including over 770 miles of coastline and thousands of archaeological monuments across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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