Longstowe Hall
A country house with an Elizabethan core, later enlargement and formal gardens developed through successive family ownership.
A country house with an Elizabethan core, later enlargement and formal gardens developed through successive family ownership.
Register entry — LONGSTOWE HALL. National Heritage List for England reference: 1164129. Recorded designation: Grade II listed building.
First listed: 1986-09-03. This is the listing date, not a construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1164129
The register identity was cross-checked against the official record name, coordinates and grade on 21 October 2026.
An English editorial overview and visiting guidance are available in this dossier. Check the linked official information for current opening times, access and booking arrangements.
Eintrag
- Elizabethan country house with later enlargement
- Vereinigtes Königreich
- Longstowe
- East of England
- other
- 1986-09-03
Redaktionelle Einordnung
The estate's history dates Anthony Cage's house to 1580 and identifies an E-shaped arrangement still legible in the central western bays. It also distinguishes nineteenth-century enlargement from the earlier residence.
Later Briscoe family work shaped the formal garden, including the rose garden, stone balustrade, clipped planting and double herbaceous border. Restoration has continued, making the landscape a maintained and evolving setting rather than an untouched historic scene.
Our editorial reading: the older core and later garden display offer different expressions of domestic ambition. Their relationship is best understood through successive building and planting campaigns.
Sources: https://longstowehall.co.uk/about/history/ and https://longstowehall.co.uk/ (checked 21 October 2026).
Besuchsempfehlung
The operator stated that the gardens had closed for the 2026 season when checked on 21 October. Consult the next public-opening calendar. Weddings, filming and private events do not establish general admission to the house.
Lage und Besuch
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Quellen & Credits
Quelldatensatz: Wikidata
Quelldatensatz: Eigen redactie
Quelldatensatz: Eigen redactie
Quelldatensatz: National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
Quelldatensatz: Wikimedia Commons
Die Region erkunden
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