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Tabley

Tabley House was the home of the Leicester family from 1272 to 1975. Mrs Gaskell often came to picnic in the grounds of the last of their houses, a stately Gorgian mansion designed by John Carr for the first Lord de Tabley in 1761. This Lord de Tableyloved paintings and it was his son's passion for art, and his hunger for others to share it, that led to the creation of London's National Gallery. His personal collection of English pictures, on display in Tabley House, includes works by Turner (who painted the house several times), Lely, Reynolds, Opie and Martin Danby, along with furniture by Gillow, Bullock and Chippendale, and fascinating family memorabilia spanning three centuries. Through various activities, the Friends of Tabley House raise funds for the restoration and refurbishment of the house; recent undertakings have included the redecoration of the grand entrance hall and the restoration and re-hanging of the 18th-century hall lantern. The 17th-century chapel next to the house looks perfectly in place, but it was originally built on an island in Tabley Mere and only moved to its present site in 1927.

Also in Tabley, at the Old School, is the Tabley Cuckoo Clock Collection. Brothers Roman and Maz Piekarski are well-known horologists and clock restorers, and over the past three decades they have sought out and renovated some of the rarest and most notable examples of this 300-year-old craft.Also on display are some mid-19th century cuckoo clocks, which include complex musical movements to reproduce popular tunes of the day.