Dartington Hall

Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is an historic house and country estate of around 800 acres (320 hectares) dating from medieval times. The group of late 14th century buildings are Grade I listed; described in Pevsner's Buildings of England as "one of the most spectacular surviving domestic buildings of late Medieval England", along with Haddon Hall and Wingfield Manor. The medieval buildings are grouped around a huge courtyard; the largest built for a private residence before the 16th Century, and the Great Hall itself is the finest of its date in England. The west range of the courtyard is regarded nationally as one of the most notable examples of a range of medieval lodgings. The medieval buildings were restored from 1926 to 1938. The site is now the home of the Dartington Trust, which in the past has run a number of charitable educational programmes, including Schumacher College, Dartington Arts School, Research in Practice and the Dartington Music Summer School & Festival. In addition to its own live arts and events, the Trust uses the Great Hall and the estate to support businesses' and is available to hire as a venue for events and weddings, along with conserving the Grade II Listed Gardens.