Historic Houses in Gloucestershire

Historic Houses in Gloucestershire, such as Berkeley Castle and Chavenage House are listed below. Few counties can compete with Gloucestershire in scenic beauty and entrancing small towns and villages, but then few counties can claim such attributes as the Cotswold Hills, the Forest of Dean and the Vales of Severn and Berkeley. The rolling... read more

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Berkeley Castle

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

Chavenage House

Chavenage, Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Chavenage is an Elizabethan house of mellow grey Cotswold stone that has remained virtually unchanged for 400 years. Only two families have owned Chavenage and it is still a family home... more

Dyrham Park

Bath, Gloucestershire

Dyrham Park is a 17th century mansion built in the baroque style between 1692 and 1704 for William Blathwayt, Secretary of State to William III. The rooms have changed little since they... more

Kelmscott Manor

Kelmscott, Lechlade, Gloucestershire

Kelmscott Manor is a Grade I listed Tudor farmhouse adjacent to the River Thames, dating from 1570 and situated on the edge of the village of Kelmscott, near Lechlade. William Morris... more

Rodmarton Manor

Rodmarton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Rodmarton Manor is one of the last country houses to be built and furnished by hand between 1909 and 1929, using local stone, timber and local craftsmen. All the furniture was made... more

Sezincote

Sezincote, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Sezincote is a unique and extraordinary Indian House set amidst the Cotswold Hills. The architecture is in the Mogul style of Rajasthan, with a central dome, minarets, peacock-tail... more

Snowshill Manor

Snowshill, Broadway, Gloucestershire

Set in the Cotswolds, Snowshill Manor House was extended in Elizabethan times by adding a floor above the hall. It contains Charles Paget Wade´s extraordinary collection of craftmanship... more