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Burton Constable tel: 01964 562400 Area: Yorkshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.burtonconstable.com -- email: helendewson {at} btconnect.com |
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Burton Constable |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Easter Sat - 27th Oct; Sat - Thurs; 12.30pm - 5.00pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £6.75; Child £3.50; Over 60s £6.25 family £17.00; Grounds & Stables only. Adult £3.00; Child £1.50, Family £8.00, Season Ticket (grounds only) £17.00 Group visits £5.75pp |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Easter Saturday 23rd April Easter Egg Trail Sunday 24th April |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: II | ||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
'Capability' Brown |
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| Around the house there are gardens with statues, an Orangery, stable block and wildfowl lakes set in 300 acres of parkland landscaped by 'Capability' Brown in the 18th century. The historic parkland surrounding the hall is to be restored to its former glory by virtue of funding provided by the Countryside Stewardship Scheme. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| Story of the Burton Constable Sperm Whale. "...at a place in Yorkshire, England, Burton Constable by name, a certain Sir Clifford Constable has in his possession the skeleton of a Sperm Whale...Sir Clifford's whale has been articulated throughout; so that like a great chest of draws, you can open and shut him, in all his long cavities - spread out his ribs like a gigantic fan - swing all day upon his lower jaw. Locks are to be put upon some of his trap doors and shutters; and a footman will show round future visitors with a bunch of keys at his side. Sir Clifford thinks of charging twopence for a peep at the whispering gallery in the spinal column; threepence to hear the echo in the hollow of his cerebellum; and sixpence for the unrivalled view from his forehead." It came to the attention of Herman Melville, who published his masterpiece Moby Dick in 1851. |
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| Inns & Pubs: Constable Arms, Sproatley Railway Inn, New Ellerby Blue Bell Inn, Sproatley |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Beverley Hull |
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