Knutsford: Attractions and more...
Tatton Park has a mansion which belonged to the Egerton family for four hundred and fifty years.
The mansion is a neo-classical building made of stone which looks simple except for the swags in the panels above the sash windows. The mansion has a huge portico in the south, a library, a grand drawing room with a coffered ceiling and paintings that adorn the walls, dining room with green walls and excellent rococo plasterwork which was created in the eighteenth century, vast parkland, herds of deer and a playground for children.
Peover Hall is an Elizabethan manor house built before 1585 and surrounded by a landscaped park and attractive gardens.
The Heritage Centre is a museum which gives information about the history of Knutsford town and has a number of galleries where exhibitions are held from time to time.
Tabley House is a neo-Palladian mansion built in splendid red brick in the late fourteenth century and was the home of the Leicester family for more than seven hundred years.
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