Leighton Hall

#2532 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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Leighton Hall is an estate located to the east of Welshpool in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, now Powys, in Wales. Leighton Hall is a listed grade I property. It is located on the opposite side of the valley of the river Severn to Powis Castle. The Leighton Hall Estate is particularly notable for the Hall which was decorated and furnished by the Craces to designs by Pugin in his Houses of Parliament style, and for the Home Farm, a model farm, which was to be in the forefront of the Victorian industrialised High Farming. Leighton Hall was also the birthplace of the much disparaged hybrid Cupressocyparis leylandii hedge tree. The Hall is now in private ownership and is not accessible to the public, although it can still be viewed from the road. The Home Farm is currently under restoration. ()

Built: 1850 (174 years ago)Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 52°38'1"N, 3°7'21"W

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Nearby attractions include: Powis Castle, Christ Church, Montgomery Castle, The Old Bell Museum.

2 miNW
Garden, Museum, Forts and castles
Powis Castle, Welshpool
51 min walk • Powis Castle, a formidable medieval fortress in Welshpool, Wales, stands as a testament to the country's rich history and architectural heritage. This grand structure, dating back to the 13th century, was originally built by Welsh princes and has since been modified...
2.2 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Christ Church, Welshpool
57 min walk • Christ Church, Welshpool was commissioned by the Earl of Powis to commemorate his son, Edward James, the Viscount Clive, having come of age. It was designed by Thomas Penson and completed 1839–44.
5 miS
Forts and castles
Montgomery Castle, Montgomery
127 min walk • Montgomery Castle is a stone-built castle looking over the town of Montgomery in Powys, Mid Wales. It is one of many Norman castles on the border between Wales and England.
5.1 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
The Old Bell Museum, Montgomery
132 min walk • The Old Bell Museum is a former 16th-century inn, converted into a museum and run by volunteers from the Montgomery Civic Society of Powys.
2 miNW
52°39'30"N • 3°8'44"W
Powysland Museum, Welshpool
51 min walk • History museum, Museum
5.1 miS
52°33'39"N • 3°8'55"W
Cloverlands Model Car Museum, Montgomery
132 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
5.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Lymore, Montgomery
133 min walk • Lymore, or Lymore House or Lodge was demolished in 1931. It stood in Lymore Park, one mile ESE of Montgomery, Powys, Wales. The house was a large half-timbered house built by Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury, c. 1675, to replace the family residences in Montgomery Castle and Black Hall in Montgomery.
1.4 miE
Church
Trelystan
37 min walk • Trelystan is a remote parish and township on the border of the historic county of Montgomeryshire with Shropshire. Trelystan now forms part of the community of Forden, Leighton and Trelystan in Powys.
4.4 miS
Forts and castles
Hen Domen
112 min walk • Hen Domen Welsh, meaning "old mound", is the site of a medieval timber motte-and-bailey castle in Powys, Wales. It is the site of the original Montgomery Castle, and was built by Roger de Montgomery in 1070.
3.7 miN
Monastery
Strata Marcella
94 min walk • The Abbey of Strata Marcella was a medieval Cistercian monastery situated at Ystrad Marchell on the west bank of the River Severn near Welshpool, Powys, Wales.
5.2 miS
52°33'37"N • 3°8'54"W
The Little Gallery, Montgomery
132 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum