Brilliantly entertaining and informative tour and talk from the owner, followed by a delicious homemade cream tea. We were made to feel so welcome in his home.
Jo webb
Great experience. Knowledgeable & enthusiastic. Seasonal food good
Rebecca Dickinson
A beautiful fascinating house. An extremely informative and interesting tour. Would definitely recommend.
John Hirst
Superbly restored family home. The best I've visited
Mervyn Larcombe
Tyrrel Bailey252 days ago
Christopher Watkins2 years ago
Old Bowlish House. Great tour given by the owners followed by cream tea and delish cake. Bery good value.
Built around 1618, this Grade II* clothier’s mansion was modernised by the Georgians c.1735 and the Victorians c.1860. A Palladian frontage and stone mullioned rear windows are two of the external features which enclose finely proportioned rooms, original fireplaces and a magnificent heavily-carved Jacobean openwork scroll oak staircase which winds through all three of its floors. The house is associated with the local wool cloth trade before the industrial revolution took the industry to tje Northern mills.
Today, the house is a family home, having been lovingly renovated by the Keys family.
The Owner-narrated tour includes five moderate-sized gardens (each with its own challenges including a large ruin); workers’ homes; former industrial buildings and other remains in the hamlet; and the interior: lots of original features, fine furniture and memorable art, as well as a thoroughly-researched architectural, locality and occupant history.
Nicola Morris2 years ago
Beautiful gardens. I hope to go back to see inside the house one day.
Built around 1618, this Grade II* clothier’s mansion was modernised by the Georgians c.1735 and the Victorians c.1860. A Palladian frontage and stone mullioned rear windows are two of the external features which enclose finely proportioned rooms, original fireplaces and a magnificent heavily-carved Jacobean openwork scroll oak staircase which winds through all three of its floors. The house is associated with the local wool cloth trade before the industrial revolution took the industry to tje Northern mills.
Today, the house is a family home, having been lovingly renovated by the Keys family.
The Owner-narrated tour includes five moderate-sized gardens (each with its own challenges including a large ruin); workers’ homes; former industrial buildings and other remains in the hamlet; and the interior: lots of original features, fine furniture and memorable art, as well as a thoroughly-researched architectural, locality and occupant history.