Built for the Armstrong family, as in heavy engineer. First a few statistics, I know stats are boring, bear with me. The idea is to give you a flavour of the size of the estate. 6 miles of roads. 40 miles of footpaths. 7 car parks. Yes its a big area, so big that they have an on site shuttle bus service.
With the Armstrong background in engineering the house is fitted with many innovative labour saving devices, great for the boys who like toys. The house and grounds are well worth a visit. Make sure you allow plenty of time to visit the various sites around the estate, the pump house, power house, water wheel, iron bridge and formal gardens. Ho, and on the way around play with the interactive toys. Keith did. See if you can find the flutterbys in the pictures, no prizes.
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