Historic Houses.
The Blackbird: Frederick Tennyson
"The woods, the lawn, the peaked Manor-house,
With its peach-cover’d walls, and rookery loud,
The trim, quaint garden alleys, screen’d with boughs,
The lion-headed gates, so grim and proud,
The mossy fountain with its murmurings,
Lie in warm sunshine—while the Blackbird sings....."
Britain's historic houses are either privately owned or are under the
ownership of English Heritage, the National Trust, the
National Trust for Scotland, Cadw, or Historic Scotland.
These latter organizations provide free entry to members.
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