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Greater Manchester - Castles, Cathedrals, Monuments,
Stately Homes & Palaces
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Since the stone age, man has been
creating majestic structures that we still marvel at
today.
Whether you are interested in ancient monuments,
battlefield sites,
re-enactments, Roman and Norman forts and castles,
Stately Homes, Country Houses, Historic Cathedrals,
Ruined Abbeys etc, this is the page that should give you
the information you need.
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Here we try to list properties in private ownership but
open to the public (even if only occasionally) as well
as those in the care of the National Trust or
English/Scottish Heritage.
We know that not all the properties
in Greater Manchester are listed. Please help us make
this guide comprehensive by giving details of missing
attractions
here.
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Barrow Bridge Village
Barrow Bridge Road, off Moss Bank Way, Bolton
Tel: 01204 334400
Attractive cottages, bridges over the stream,
picnic area and '63 steps' onto the moors.
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Bury Castle Remains
Castle Square, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0LB
Tel: 0161 253 5111 Fax: 0161
253 5919
E-mail:
TouristInformation@bury.gov.uk
The only visible remains of Bury Castle, built
by Sir Thomas Pilkington in 1469, is a section
of medieval foundations. A guide to the history
of Bury Castle is available from Bury Tourist
Information Centre.
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Victoria Baths
Hathersage Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock,
Manchester, M13
Tel: 0161 224 2020
E-mail:
info@victoriabaths.org.uk
Designed by Manchester's first City Architect,
Henry Price, opened in 1906, this Grade II
listed building is surprisingly intact with most
of the stained glass and original tiling.
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Chadkirk Chapel
Vale Road, Romiley, Stockport
Tel: 0161 474 4460
Web:
www.stockport.gov.uk
A restored 14th Century chapel located within
the Chadkirk Country Estate.
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Manchester Cathedral
Cathedral Yard, Manchester, Greater Manchester,
M3 1SX
Tel: 0161 833 2220 Fax: 0161
839 6218
E-mail:
office@manchestercathedral.com
Web:
www.manchestercathedral.org
The cathedral was once the centre of medieval
Manchester, dedicated by Henry Vth to
St. Mary, St. Denys and St. George. Built in a
perpendicular Gothic style, illustrated by the
tall windows and its flat, fan-vaulted ceilings.
Today Manchester Cathedral has Visitor Centre
and admission is free!
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St. Ann's Church
St Ann's Square, Manchester
Tel: 0161 834 0239
Web:
www.stannsmanchester.com
A Grade 1 listed neo-classical building dating
from 1712, often ascribed to Sir Christopher
Wren or one of his pupils. A building of
historic and architectural merit, the church
tower is said to mark the exact centre of the
city of Manchester.
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BRAMALL HALL
Bramhall Park, Bramhall, Greater Manchester,
SK7 3NX
Tel: 0845 833 0974
Fax: 0161 486 6959
E-mail:
bramall.hall@stockport.gov.uk
Web:
www.bramallhall.org.uk
Bramall Hall is a
magnificent example of a 'Cheshire Black and
White' timber-framed Tudor manor house, with
origins dating back to Medieval England. Journey
through the building to see the beautiful Tudor
rooms with spectacular plaster ceilings, a
wonderful 16th century embroidered carpet and
wall paintings.
The Victorian Kitchen and
servants' quarters, give a unique insight into
the families and servants who have lived and
worked at Bramall. The Hall is set in 66 acres
of beautiful parkland which has been landscaped
in the style of Capability Brown. The park
features two lakes, woodland walks and a
toddlers' play area.
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Dunham Massey Hall Park
and Garden
Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA14 4SJ
Tel: 0161 941 1025 Fax: 0161
929 7508
E-mail:
dunhammassey@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Country estate including
mansion with important collections and ‘below
stairs’ areas, impressive garden and deer
park.
An early Georgian house built around a Tudor
core, Dunham Massey was extensively reworked
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Dunham Massey Hall -
Photo:
Paul Ashwin
CCL |
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Dunham Massey Deer park -
Photo:
Carol Walker
CCL |
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The result is one of Britain’s most sumptuous
Edwardian interiors, housing exceptional
collections of 18th-century walnut furniture,
paintings and Huguenot silver, as well as
extensive servants’ quarters.
Here is one of the North West’s great
plantsman’s gardens with richly planted
borders and majestic trees, as well as an
orangery, Victorian bark house and well house.
The ancient deer park contains a series of
beautiful avenues and ponds and a Tudor mill,
originally used for grinding corn but refitted
as a sawmill c.1860 and now restored to
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Lyme Hall & Park
Disley, near Stockport, Cheshire SK12 2NX
Tel: 01663 762023 Fax: 01663
765035
E-mail:
lymepark@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Great estate with lavishly
decorated house and fine gardens.
Originally a Tudor house, Lyme was transformed
by the Venetian architect Leoni into an
Italianate palace.
Some of the Elizabethan interiors survive and
contrast dramatically with later rooms.
The state rooms are adorned with Mortlake
tapestries, Grinling Gibbons wood-carvings and
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Lyme Hall -
Photo:
Alan Fleming
CCL |
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The Cage Lyme Park -
Photo:
Stephen G. Taylor
CCL |
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The 6.8ha (17 acre) Victorian garden boasts
impressive bedding schemes, a sunken parterre,
an Edwardian rose garden, Jekyll-style
herbaceous borders, reflection lake, a ravine
garden and Wyatt conservatory.
The garden is surrounded by a medieval deer
park of almost 566ha (1400 acres) of moorland,
woodland and parkland, containing an early
18th-century hunting tower (The Cage).
Lyme appeared as ‘Pemberley’ in the BBC’s
adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and
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White Cottage
Dunham Massey, Little Bollington, Altrincham,
WA14 4TJ
Tel: 0161 928 0075
E-mail:
dunmasswhite@nationaltrust.org.uk
Timber-framed cottage, built c.1500. Originally
constructed as a cruck-trussed open hall, the
building was altered in the 17th century.
Recently restored by the Trust using traditional
materials and techniques and now a private
residence, it is open to visitors by kind
permission of the tenants. All visits must be
booked through the NT Altrincham office, tel.
0161 928 0075 Mon to Fri 9–5pm.
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Heaton Hall
Heaton Park, Prestwich, Manchester, Greater
Manchester, M25 5SW
Tel: 161 773 1231 Fax: 0161 235
8805 Minicom: 0161 235 8893
Web:
www.manchestergalleries.org
Grade 1 listed 18th century neo-classical
country house set in 650 acres of rolling
parkland.
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Ordsall Hall
Ordsall, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 3AN
Tel: 0161 872 0151 Fax: 0161
872 4951
E-mail:
ordsall.hall@salford.gov.uk
Web:
www.salford.gov.uk
A Grade 1 listed medieval manor house owned by
the Radcliffe family for centuries.
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Wythenshawe Hall
Northenden, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M23
0AB
Tel: 0161 998 2331 Fax: 0161
235 8805 Textphone: 0161
235 8893
Web:
www.manchestergalleries.org
A half-timbered Tudor house with oak-panelled
interiors, set amongst scenic gardens.
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