Experts' Choice Award Dalemain Mansion & Historic Gardens
What the experts agree on
A wonderfully rambling English country house layered with centuries of history—12th-century peel tower, interconnected rooms, and architectural hodgepodge—that feels less like a museum and more like stepping into a lived-in aristocratic home.
“Home of the Hasell family since 1679, Dalemain began with a 12th-century peel tower built to protect the occupants from raiding Scots, and is now a delightful hodgepodge of architectural styles.”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet "the picture of an English country house – half Gosford Park set, half three-dimensional Cluedo board, with a bewildering maze of passages, spiralling staircases and interconnecting rooms." Full review
