You could bank on it
The Grange at Northington in Hampshire, the foremost example in England of Greek Revival architecture, has been sympathetically restored by English Heritage from a semi-derelict state to its former glory. It has the addition of a modern theatre building and now serves as a world-class opera venue in stunning surroundings.
Few operagoers or members of the public who visit the house and grounds are aware, though, that the property was once the hub of the 8,231-acre Grange Estate, which from the 1870s until 1932 was considered to be the best partridge shoot in southern England. The guest list included the Maharaja Duleep Singh, Earl de Grey (later 2nd Marquess of Ripon), the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Walsingham, Henry Rimington-Wilson and
