Sizergh Castle & Garden is a castle, stately home and garden in Sizergh, Cumbria, England, about four miles south of Kendal, and in the care of the National Trust.
The Deincourt family had owned the land here since the 1170s and on the marriage of Elizabeth Deincourt to Sir William de Stirkeland in 1239, the estate passed into the hands of what became the Strickland family, who owned it until it was gifted to the National Trust in 1950. The famil...
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Sizergh Castle & Garden is a castle, stately home and garden in Sizergh, Cumbria, England, about four miles south of Kendal, and in the care of the National Trust.
The Deincourt family had owned the land here since the 1170s and on the marriage of Elizabeth Deincourt to Sir William de Stirkeland in 1239, the estate passed into the hands of what became the Strickland family, who owned it until it was gifted to the National Trust in 1950. The family still inhabit the estate.
The core of the medieval castle is a 14th-century pele tower surrounded by a Tudor house. It was extended in Elizabethan times and has oak panelled interiors, including the Inlaid Chamber, furnished with period furniture and panelling inlaid with poplar and oak. (The contents of the Inlaid Chamber had been sold to the Victoria and Albert Museum. During the last part of the 20th century, the V&A; starting loaning the panelling back piecemeal. The entirety of the panelling was restored in 1999 under a long-term loan.)...
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