On a busy crossroads in the Herefordshire town of Ledbury stands a remarkable timber-framed building, the grandest in the county, dating from c.1570-1580. It is unusual in combining the attributes and location of a town house with large gardens and adjoining parkland of a country house. It was built for the clothier, Edward Skynner, but from 1688-1941 it was the home of the Biddulph family. It has sympathetic extensions of the early and later nineteenth century, and today is divided up into a number of residences.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Sony DSC-RX100
