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IGrade I · Register of Parks and Gardens · since 1984
Alton Towers
Alton Towers is a Grade I registered park and garden in Staffordshire, at Farley, about 19 km east of Stoke-on-Trent. It was added to the Register in 1984.
- Register grade
- Grade I
- Registered
- 1984
- NHLE list entry
- 1374685
- Also
- Grade II* listed building
- County
- Staffordshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Parish or place
- Farley
- Coordinates
- 52.9864, -1.8935
- Nearest city
- Stoke-on-Trent · 19 km east
- From London
- 204 km in a straight line
- Kind
- Country house garden English country house
- Created or founded
- 1814
- Architect or designer
- Augustus Pugin
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Part of
- Alton Towers estate, Alton Towers
- Owner
- Alton Towers, Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury and 15th Earl of Waterford, John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury
Designation
Location
The site
Sources: Wikidata Q15224247, National Heritage List entry 1374685; described in 1 Wikipedia edition.
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