As other reviewers have hinted, we nearly missed going here thinking there is not much to see but as we had a spare half hour called in on the offchance and spent over two hours just walking around taking in the peace and quiet of its location in the middle of nowhere. The NT offers free audio guides which really... More

Went on a very hot day here and had a lovely day, well kept national trust site, staff were very helpful and friendly. Take lunch and have a picnic and enjoy! More

We are a bit short of National Trust properties in Northamptonshire but are blessed to have this strange building in our midst. It is not a ruin but an uncompleted house of a very high quality and mysterious nature. Built by an Elizabethan Roman Catholic aristocrat, one of several highly unusual structures he commissioned intended to express numerous aspects of... More

Lyveden New Bield is one of the easily overlooked National Trust places. It's a small one, and if you read about it you wouldn't plan to go there. But we happened to be in the area and took the chance: There is no truly spectacular architecture or historical monuments (yes, there's an unfinished building, but that's not what this place... More

The National Trust has this right. There is NO TEASHOP. There is a loo, coach parties ought not to go because there is one loo only!. What you get is glorious peace and quiet in a rural setting that shows you why the original builder wanted a banqueting house here. You have to imagine the gardens, though you can see... More