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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Lauren Potts

'I spent maternity leave in a grand country house'

Up and down the UK, the National Trust looks after hundreds of houses, vast areas of coastline, swathes of countryside and close to a million objects. It’s also home to 10,000 employees and 44,000 volunteers who are passionate about the charity’s conservation work.

But perhaps none are as passionate about the National Trust than the select, lucky few who get to call these incredible places home. For nine years, Kat Croxford has had possibly one of the most impressive addresses going: Lyme Park, Cheshire. But she’s not part of the landed gentry - she’s the house and collections manager, a job that means she gets to live in a grand house and among luscious gardens, moorland and a deer park.

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