Levens Hall and Gardens:
Levens Hall is an Elizabethan house approximately 11 miles east of Lothlorien close to Kendal.
It is renowned for its topiary gardens which were designed in 1692.
Many of the original box and yew trees are still in place.
The magnificent mansion was built around a 13-Century Pele tower.
Due to its considerable age, structural repairs to the leaking roof at the north tower are currently underway.
Furthermore, the hall has fine panelling, plasterwork and Jacobean furniture and fine paintings.
Outdoors, the world-famous 17th-Century topiary garden laid out by Monsieur Beaumont.
The gardens were laid out in the 1690s and much remains of the original spirit, including more than 100 pieces of enormous quirky topiary – some dating back to the original plantings.
