Historic Houses in England

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

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

Alnwick, Northumberland

Alnwick Castle is one of Europe´s finest. It is the second largest inhabited Castle in England and has been the home of the Percys, Earls and Dukes of Northumberland since 1309. Dating... 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

52 Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex

Anne of Cleves House is a 16th century timber-framed Wealden hall-house that formed part of Anne´s divorce settlement from Henry VIII in 1541. There are wide-ranging collections 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

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

Arundel, West Sussex

The medieval Arundel Castle, dating back to the Norman Conquest has been and is the home of the Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Arundel. There are amazing artefacts to see, collected by... 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

Bamburgh, Northumberland

Bamburgh Castle: Once the home to the Kings of Northumbria, this site has been occupied since pre-historic times, from earthen fortifications to a Norman Keep, through to the 20th... 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

Belvoir, Grantham, Leicestershire

Belvoir Castle is the home of the Duke & Duchess of Rutland with stunning views over the Vale of Belvoir. The castle was rebuilt after it was almost destroyed by fire in 1816. One of... 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

Berkeley, Gloucestershire

Berkeley Castle has been in the possession of the same family for over 800 years - celebrated by Shakespeare, the scene of Edward II´s murder in 1327, breached by the Roundheads in 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

Wells, Somerset

The Bishop´s Palace and Gardens lies in the heart of Wells, within very easy access of the market place and cathedral. Enter the moated and fortified grounds from the gatehouse and... more

Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria

Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House, designed by M H Baille Scott, is one of Britain's finest and most important houses. Overlooking Lake Windermere it houses fine examples of furniture,... more

Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Blenheim Palace, home of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, was built between 1705 and 1722. It is an English Baroque masterpiece, with a... 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

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

Banbury, Oxfordshire

Broughton Castle is a historic 14th and 16th century moated manor house owned by the Fiennes family for over 600 years, and still lived in by their descendants Lord and Lady Saye &... more

London

Buckingham Palace was built in 1703 for the Duke of Buckingham and was made the royal family´s principal residence by Queen Victoria in 1837. It is now the official London residence of... 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

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

Drewsteignton, Exeter, Devon

Castle Drogo was designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and built of granite in the early 20th century for millionaire Julius Drewe. The interior includes family portraits, oak fittings and... more