Wothorpe Towers were built between 1615 and 1623 as a detached lodge (dowager house) for Burghley House. It's not currently open to the public as it is undergoing renovation.
Although Kirby Hall's finest state rooms survive impressively complete, much of this vast mansion is now a dramatic roofless shell with plenty of intriguing details to explore.
Standing proud above the Welland Valley, Rockingham Castle is a grand, 1,000-year-old-fortress. Between the 11th and 14th centuries, it was a Royal castle, favoured thanks to the deer and boar …