Fountains Abbey with Studley Royal Water Garden, within easy walking distance, is of outstanding historic and aesthetic importance.

The 822-acre estate, open daily all year round, offers visitors over 10 historic buildings, including a superb Victorian church , t he dramatic remains of a Cistercian Abbey , a medieval deer park - home to 500 Red, Fallow and Sika deer , elegant ornamental lakes. There are also two shops, two restaurants, refreshment kiosks and an audio-visual theatre.

Newby Hall, the family home of Mr & Mrs Richard Compton, is one of England's renowned Adam houses,an exceptional example of 18th century interior decoration, recently restored to its original beauty.

The superb contents of the house, collected by Weddell, ancestor of the Compton family,include the Gobelins Tapestry Room, a renowned gallery of classical statuary and some of Chippendale's finest furniture.

25 acres of award-winning Gardens are full of rare and beautiful plants. Newby's famous double herbaceous borders form the main axis; off this central walk are formal compartmented gardens such as Sylvia's Garden, a species Rose Garden, Water Garden and even a Tropical Garden - truly "A Garden for All Seasons".

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(Harrogate) Ltd.
The Dales Saleroom,
Levens Hall Park,
Lund Lane, Killinghall,
Harrogate. HG3 2BG

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