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This English country house is presented as a house in decline. Filled with taxidermy (birds), centuries of family belongings, and the aura of decay, the house enveloped me with a sense of melancholy, but also with surprise and delight at discovering the "time capsule" home of an eccentric family, the Harpur Crewes.

The house and outbuildings are isolated in a beautiful, but purposely not-so-manicured park, and a tearoom is located in the former stables.

Definitely worth a visit.