Newark Park, National Trust

The National Trust preserves historic homes, gardens, and other special places in the United Kingdom. We joined when we went to Snowshill, since we will be in the UK for the summer, and we have time to take advantage of the membership. We can get in to all these places for free, so once we've been to 4 or 5 of them, the membership has paid for itself.

Newark Park was a Tudor hunting lodge that was added onto, becoming a Georgian manor. Over the years it fell into a terrible state before it was bequeathed toThe National Trust. In 1970, a Texan architect began living in it, paying rent of one pound per year, and restoring the house and gardens.Lue lisää