Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum

East Hoathly with Halland, East Sussex
Herausgegeben:Hermes, Othniel

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum is a visitor attraction at Halland, East Sussex, England. The site has a wildfowl collection a motor museum and the house and formal garden are all open to the public.The house at Bentley was bought by Gerald and Mary Askew in 1937 and following the Second World War the couple developed the house and garden and started a wildfowl collection. Two large Palladian rooms were added to each end of the original house. Following the death of Gerald Askew in 1970, Mary gave the nucleus of the estate to the people of East Sussex. Mary continues to live in part of the house and the site was developed as a tourist attraction. In 2004 due to increasing running costs the East Sussex Council offered to sell the property back to the Askew family for 1.25m or it would sell the property on the open market. Fortunately the Askews purchased the estate and placed it in the hands of a trust in order to ensure it remains open to the public for the foreseeable future.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Bellum Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138156307
• ISBN-10: 6138156307
• Artikelnr.: 34498322