Aldenham Park, Morville

It is approached via a lime-lined avenue through a set of ornate gates surmounted by the Acton family crest.

When he died without a direct heir in 1791, Aldenham passed to General Sir John Acton, a distant cousin who lived in Naples and was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

A noted politician and historian, Lord Acton built a substantial library circa 1865, which was demolished in the early 20th century.

In the mid 20th century it was occupied by the third Lord Acton's step-mother-in-law, Lady Rayleigh, and her son, the Hon.

[4] In 1959 the estate was sold to Mr and Mrs Christopher Thompson, who undertook a major restoration project.