aerial photograph of Levens Hall Cumbria UK. Grade I listed Levens Hall was built as a Pele Tower between AD 1250 and AD 1300. The building was bought by Colonel James Grahme in 1688 and he subsequently had the gardens laid out by Guillaume Beaumont who also designed the gardens at Hampton Court Palace. The Hall is is the largest Elizabethan house in the England and the topiary gardens are the oldest in the world.