An Elizabethan garden lodge, left unfinished.
Open to visitorsa National Trust place — check opening times and admission before you go
Sir Thomas Tresham started building this Elizabethan lodge in the 1590s as the centrepiece of a garden loaded with religious symbolism, but work stopped when he died in 1605 — the same year his son Francis was implicated in the Gunpowder Plot. The lodge was never finished and still stands roofless, but the surrounding moated terraces and orchards survive as one of the oldest garden designs in the country. The National Trust now manages the site alongside the neighbouring manor at Old Bield, with a café and exhibition space. Free entry for members.
