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Follow the road (left) for about 1km (½ mile) to a sharp bend (to the
right) with trees on both sides of the road.
KIPLIN HALL
On the way, you pass the entrance to Kiplin Hall, built as a hunting lodge in 1620 for
James I's Secretary of State, George Calvert. Its design in red brick was unique in Ja-
cobean architecture, and it is today one of the finest buildings of its period in Britain.
As the road bends to the right, go left onto a broad track leading to Lady-
bank House and other properties. Continue past them to enter an enclosed
path that ends as it enters the corner of a large arable field. Follow the
right-hand field margin to a gate, just before which a ditch is crossed. Fol-
low the on-going field-edge path to the ruins of Stanhowe Cottage. The field
paths here are well maintained by the local farmer to encourage birdlife and the growth
of wild flowers.
Bolton Beck
Press on beyond the cottages until another stream is crossed, just after
a gate. A short way on, at a hedge corner with farm buildings away to
the left, keep forward across the field to a hedgerow corner and, further
on, a solitary large tree, beyond which the field boundary leads to meet
the B6271 once more, at a bend. Here turn left, without touching on the
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