Sizergh Castle & Garden is a castle, stately home and garden at Helsington in the English county of Cumbria, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Kendal, and in the care of the National Trust.
The Deincourt family had owned the land here since the 1170s and on the marriage of Elizabeth Deincourt to Sir William de Stirkeland in 1239, the estate passed into the hands of what became the Strickland family, who owned it until it was gifted to the National Trust in 1950. The family still inhabit the estate.
The core of the medieval castle is a 14th-century solar tower surrounded by a Tudor house. It was extended in Elizabethan times and has oak-panelled interiors, including the Inlaid Chamber, complete with period furniture and panelling inlaid with poplar and oak.
The Castle contains a variety of paintings, including portraits by Alexis Simon Belle of Queen Mary of Modena and her daughter Princess Louisa Maria. The castle and gardens are open to the public at various times throughout the year - see National Trust site for details..
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