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The park and gardens laid out by Beaumont between 1689 and 1712 have survived remarkably intact. They have been described as retaining "almost all of the essential elements of the completed scheme as shown on maps of the park and gardens of 1730". In December 2021 the gardens were featured in the BBC
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In October 2021, the building was one of 142 sites across England to receive part of a £35-million injection into the government's
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Levens is now owned by the Bagot family and is open to the public. The small collection of steam road vehicles includes several
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Levens Hall and the topiary in 1833 when the estate was the seat of the Hon. Colonel Fulke-Greville Howard
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garden, which was first created by the French gardener Guillaume Beaumont, the gardener of King
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built by the Redman family in around 1350. Much of the present building dates from the
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In the 1960s, Levens Hall was reportedly haunted by a Grey Lady.
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which are usually steamed on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
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Further additions were made in the early 19th century.
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Francis Orpen Morris

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King James II
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