Located just a few miles south of Kendal, the fine family seat of Levens Hall stands on the edge of the Lake District and is one of the most underrated stately homes in England.
Though today it is a picture of respectability and a mansion worthy of a period drama, this has not always been the case. Levens Hall evolved into a beacon of Elizabethan elegance from more humble 13th-century origins as a pele tower, built by the de Redman family.
Pele towers were defensive stone structures, usually three storeys high with walls of up to 10 feet-thick that were built to protect families and their livestock from the regular raids and sieges caused by
