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PHOTOGRAPHY OF HARVINGTON HALL

Harvington Hall is a moated Elizabethan manor house located in the Worcestershire countryside between the towns of Bromsgrove and Kidderminster. Dating from the 1580's it is the ancestral home of the Packington family and is recognised as having the largest number of secret chambers, known as priest hides, in the country. These were used to conceal Roman Catholic clergy throughout the persecutions that took place during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. No priest was ever found at Harvington Hall although the man responsible for their construction, Nicholas Owen, was arrested in 1606 at a nearby Manor House and executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. By 1923 the house had fallen into ruin but was bought by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham and restored to its current state.
Harvington Hall in the Spring
FRONT VIEW OF HARVINGTON HALL
Nikon P5100 / July 2009
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Frozen moat and lake - Harvington Hall
SIDE VIEW OF HARVINGTON HALL
Nikon D90 / November 2010
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Harvington Hall iced in with frozen moat
HARVINGTON HALL - WINTER 2010
Nikon D90 / November 2010
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Harvington Hall in the snow
HARVINGTON HALL IN THE SNOW
Nikon D90 / November 2010
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Tunnel entrance Harvington Hall
SECRET FIREPLACE HARVINGTON HALL
Nikon P5100 / July 2009
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Rear of Harvington Hall in winter
SIDE HOUSE - HARVINGTON HALL
Nikon D90 / November 2010
12 Megapixels / 300 PPI / Ref: PX-HH06

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