Levens Hall, an Elizabethan house, famous for its topiary gardens, Kendal, Lake District, England, Great Britain.
Levens Hall is a manor house in the county of Cumbria in northern England. It has a celebrated topiary garden, which was started in first house on the site was a pele tower built by the Redman family in around 1350. Much of the present building dates from the Elizabethan era, when the Bellingham family extended the house. The Bellinghams, who were responsible for the fine paneling and plasterwork in the main rooms, sold the house and estate in 1689 to Colonel James Grahme, or Graham, Keeper of the Privy Purse to King James II, who made a number of additions to the house in the late 17th century. His son Henry Graham was a knight of the shire for Westmorland.
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Location: Kendal, Cumbria, Lake District, Great Britain, UK
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
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