Historic Houses in the UK

Summer Lane, Exmouth, Devon  

A La Ronde is a unique 16-sided house, built on the instructions of cousins Jane and Mary Parminter, on their return from Europe in the late 18th century. The interior includes a... more

Melrose, Scottish Borders  

The garden and landscape of Abbotsford are the creation of Sir Walter Scott, and were developed from scratch between 1811 and 1825. The landscape composition is outstanding in... more

Mill Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire  

The History of Adlington Hall can be traced to as far back as the Domesday Survey. With little knowledge of the hall prior to the Norman Conquest, documented history starts around the... more

The Stables, Althorp, Northampton, Northamptonshire  

Althorp is a delightfully welcoming house. Explore the nineteen rooms, including some of the Spencer Family´s private apartments. Discover magnificent interiors and one of Europe´s... more

Quy Road, Lode, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire  

Anglesey Abbey dates from 1600 and was built on the site of a 12th century Augustinian Priory. Its life as a religious community came to an end in 1535 with Henry VIII´s dissolution of... more

Torpoint, Plymouth, Cornwall  

Antony has been the home of the Carew family for almost 600 years. The house is faced in Pentewan stone and flanked by colonnaded wings of mellow brick. On display are furniture,... more

149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London  

Apsley House, famously known as No. 1 London, is the ancestral home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1815. The original house was enlarged by adding the magnificent Waterloo Gallery... more

Nuneaton, Warwickshire  

Arbury Hall, standing in the midst of rolling lawns, surrounded by many acres of beautiful parkland, seven miles from the centre of England has been the home of the Newdegate family... more

144 Derrycaw Road, Moy, Dungannon, Co Armagh  

The Argory was built in 1824 for Walter McGeough and is unchanged since 1900. The house is a time capsule, everything is as it was at the turn of the century. Electricity was never... more

Arley, Northwich, Cheshire  

Arley Hall is one of the most interesting and attractive stateley homes in the North West. The elaborate ceilings and oak panelling, impressive fireplaces, intricate stained glass and... more

Arlington, Barnstaple, Devon  

Arlington Court was the home of Miss Rosalie Chichester for 84 years until 1949, and the house is crowded with treasures amassed on her travels. The collections include model ships,... more

Ascott Estate Office, Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire  

Ascott House was originally a half timbered Jacobean farmhouse, bought in 1876 by the de Rothschild family and considerably transformed and enlarged to form a family home. It now houses... more

Athelhampton, Dorchester, Dorset  

Athelhampton House is one of the country´s finest 15th century manor houses. The Great Hall was built by Sir William Martyn in 1485 and the west wing is Elizabethan in period and... more

Shrewsbury, Shropshire  

Attingham Park is an elegant Georgian mansion, built in 1785 for the 1st Lord Bewick, is one of the great houses of the Midlands. The magnificent Regency interiors contain collections... more

Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex  

Audley End House was one of the great wonders of the nation when it was built by Thomas Howard for the first Earl of Suffolk, Lord Treasurer to James I. The property was bought in 1666... more

Winchester, Hampshire  

Avington Park is a Palladian mansion set in the rich meadow of the Itchen valley. The interiors, dating from the late 18th and 19th centuries were influenced by Continental taste.... more

Rising Lane, Baddesley, Clinton Village, Knowle, Solihull, Warwickshire  

Baddesley Clinton is a romantic medieval moated manor house, dating from the 15th century, has changed little since 1633. The simple oak furniture has been enriched with ornamental... more

Finchfield Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands  

Bantock House is named after Baldwin & Kitty Bantock who lived here 100 years ago, shows Edwardian life at the time. On display are family albums, jewellery nd locally made enamels.... more

Lower Basildon, Reading, Berkshire  

Basildon Park, an 18th century Palladian mansion, set in 400 acres of parkland, was designed by Carr of York for Francis Sykes. The interior contains fine plasterwork, pictures and... more

Burwash, Etchingham, East Sussex  

Bateman´s (Kiplings House) is a 17th century Ironmaster´s house, the former home of Rudyard Kipling from 1902 to 1936. This family house is as it was in Kipling´s day, with plenty of... more

Belmont Park, Throwley, Faversham, Kent  

Belmont House has remained the seat of successive Lords Harris from 1801 until 1995. The house contains family mementoes, fine paintings, furniture and the finest private collection of... more

Belsay, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear  

Belsay Hall is situated in the centre of an estate that belonged to the Middleton family from the 13th century. Belsay Hall was designed by Sir Charles Monck in Greek Revival style,... more

Belton, Grantham, Lincolnshire  

Belton House was built in the 17th century and is a crowning achievement of Restoration architecture. The stunning interiors contain exceptionally fine plasterwork and woodcarving, as... more

York, North Yorkshire  

Beningbrough Hall is an imposing Georgian mansion built in 1716 and containing one of the most impressive Baroque interiors in England. The plan of the house is old fashioned with the... more

Leominster, Herefordshire  

Berrington Hall is an elegant Henry Holland house built in the late 18th century and is set in parkland designed by Capability Brown. The rather plain exterior belies the fine interior... more

Blickling, Norwich, Norfolk  

Blickling Hall, built in the 17th century, is one of England´s great Jacobean houses. It is famed for its spectacular long gallery and collection of fine furniture, plasterwork... more

Kettering, Northamptonshire  

Boughton House: The Northamptonshire home of The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K T. The modest medieval buildings, originally purchased by the Montagu family in 1528, were... more

Bowhill, Selkirk, Scottish Borders  

Bowhill House is the Scottish Borders home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, dating from 1812, set in magnificent scenery. Outstanding collections of art, silverware, porcelain and... more

Estate Office, Bowood House, Calne, Wiltshire  

Bowood House, the family home of the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, was built during the 18th century, to the designs of Henry Keene and Robert Adam. The Chapel and famous... more

Coniston, Cumbria  

Brantwood is the former home of John Ruskin, the only son of a Scottish sherry merchant. The original seven rooms that were used in his lifetime are filled with original furniture and... more

Breamore, Fordingbridge, Hampshire  

Breamore House is set above the village of Breamore on the edge of the New Forest and was completed in 1583 by the Dodington family. It was purchased in the early 18th century by Sir... more

Brodsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire  

Brodsworth Hall, once an opulent Victorian Hall, offers a fascinating insight into the changing fortunes of a previously wealthy family, with many of the original fixtures and fittings... more

12 High Street, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway  

Broughton House is an 18th century town house of the Murrays of Broughton and Cally. Bought in 1901 by E A Hornel, renowned artist, and became his home and studio. The House still... more

Yelverton, Devon  

Buckland Abbey was originally a small but influential 13th century Cistercian monastery and the former home of Sir Francis Drake. It contains interesting memorabilia of his travels and... more

Stamford, Lincolnshire  

Burghley House, built in the late 16th century was the home of the Cecil family for over 400 years. The interior was remodelled in the late 17th century and houses an important private... more

Estate Office, Burton Agnes, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire  

Burton Agnes, a Norman Manor house, was built in 1173 by Roger de Stuteville. It has been passed from family to family ever since. The Gatehouse bears the arms of James I and has... more

Burton Constable Foundation, Burton Constable, Skirlaugh, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire  

Burton Constable Hall is a large Elizabethan mansion set in a 300 acre park, has been occupied by the Constable family for over 400 years. The superb 18th and 19th century interiors... more

Estate Office, Faringdon, Oxfordshire  

Buscot Park is an 18th century house, housing the Faringdon Collection of fine paintings, including works by Rembrandt, Murillo, Reynolds, Rossetti and the famous Briar Rose series by... more

Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire  

Calke Abbey is a baroque mansion, built in the early 18th century for Sir John Harpur, has stood still since the 1920s. It contains the family´s natural history collection, portraits... more

Callendar Estate, Falkirk  

Situated amidst magnificent park and woodland,Callendar House tells stories spanning 600 years of Scottish history. Through wars, rebellions and the industrial revolution, the house... more

Canons Ashby, Daventry, Northamptonshire  

Home of the Dryden family, Canons Ashby House was built in the mid-16th century and has survived more or less unaltered since 1710. The house had no heating or plumbing even for the... more

Siddington, Macclesfield, Cheshire  

Capesthorne Hall has been the home of the Bromley-Davenport family since Domesday times. After a disastrous fire, the hall was rebuilt in Victorian times around the core of an 18th... more

National Trust, 24 Cheyne Row, London  

Carlyle´s House, a Chelsea Queen Anne house was the home of historian, social writer, ethical thinker and powerful public speaker Thomas Carlyle from 1834 until his death in 1881. The... more

Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh  

Castle Coole is a majestic 18th century house, built by James Wyatt for the 1st Earl of Belmore, its one of the finest in Ireland. It is built from white Portland stone which was... more

Strangford, Downpatrick, Co Down  

Castle Ward, a Georgian mansion is built inside and out in two distinct architectural styles, Classical and Gothic. In the stable yard the Victorian laundry, cornmill, leadmill and... more

Warwick, Warwickshire  

Charlecote Park, is a Tudor house that has been the home of the Lucy family since 1247. In the 19th century it was restored and the gatehouse is the only Elizabethan feature to survive.... more

Firle, Lewes, East Sussex  

Virginia Woolf´s sister, Vanessa Bell, moved to Charleston in 1916 with fellow artist Duncan Grant and their unconventional household. They transformed the house with decorations,... more

Westerham, Kent  

Chartwell was the family home of Sir Winston Churchill from 1924. The rooms are kept as they were during his lifetime and offer an insight into both his domestic and political life.... more

Chastleton, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire  

Chastleton House is one of England´s finest and most complete Jacobean houses filled with a mixture of rare and everyday objects - furniture and textiles collected since its completion... more

Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire  

The home of the Devonshire family, Chatsworth is one of the treasure houses of England, set in the Peak District National Park, and built in 1552 by Bess of Hardwick. The most... more