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Historic Houses in or near Northampton, such as Althorp and Lamport Hall & Gardens are listed below. Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire also known as the county of 'squires and spires'. Visit the renowned Northampton Museum and Art Gallery with its exhibits depicting this towns industrial past. The fine market square is one of the largest and most impressive in England, with an array of beautiful historic buildings dating back centuries.

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Althorp

The Stables, Althorp, Northampton 5.2 miles away

Even if Diana Princess of Wales had no connection with Althorp (pronounced Allthorp, don’t you know), it would still be a simply lovely country house to visit in the languid Northamptonshire countryside. The house dates back to the early 1500s and... more

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Lamport Hall & Gardens

Lamport, Northampton 8.5 miles away

Lamport Hall & Gardens are a hidden gem set in beautiful countryside. The Hall contains a delightful collection of art and furniture accumulated over four centuries by the Isham family, including paintings by Van Dyck, Kneller and Lely. A highlight... more

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Cottesbrooke Hall

Cottesbrooke, Northampton 8.6 miles away

Cottesbrooke Hall is a magnificent Queen Anne house dating from 1702 set in delightful rural Northamptonshire. Reputed to be the pattern for Jane Austen´s `Mansfield Park´. The Woolavington Collection of sporting pictures at Cottesbrooke is possibly... more

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Kelmarsh Hall & Gardens

Kelmarsh, Northampton 11.6 miles away

Built in 1732 to a James Gibbs design, Kelmarsh Hall is surrounded by its working estate, grazed parkland and beautiful gardens. The Hall´s elegant 18th century plasterwork is complemented by Nancy Lancaster and John Fowler´s 20th century decoration... more

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Canons Ashby House

Canons Ashby, Daventry 12.7 miles away

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 visit of Queen Mary in 1937. The interior contains murals and... more

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Sulgrave Manor

Manor Road, Sulgrave, Banbury 15.3 miles away

Built in the time of the Tudors by the five times great grandfather of George Washington, with a charming 18th century wing and historical garden, Sulgrave Manor is a historical gem not to be missed. The House has no long corridors, instead it is... more

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Stanford Hall

Lutterworth 15.4 miles away

Stanford Hall, built in the 1690s for Sir Roger Cave, is still home to his descendants. The panelled library contains many historical documents and a family Bible embroidered in silk in 1629. Throughout the house are family portraits, a collection of... more

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Boughton House

Kettering 15.8 miles away

Boughton House, the Northamptonshire home of the Duke of Buccleuch is a Tudor manor house transformed into a vision of Louis XIV's Versailles. The house displays a staggering collection of fine art including paintings, furniture, porcelain, weapons,... more

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Rockingham Castle

Market Harborough 20.1 miles away

Rockingham Castle was built by William the Conqueror and was regularly used by the early Kings of England until it was granted to Edward Watson in the 16th century, whose ancestors still live there. It is a Tudor building within Norman walls, but... more

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Farnborough Hall

Banbury 21.2 miles away

Farnborough Hall is a beautiful stone house, richly decorated in the mid-18th century, has been the home of the Holbech family for over 300 years. The rooms, decorated with Rococo plasterwork by William Perritt, are quite outstanding and house a... more

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Woburn Abbey

Woburn 21.9 miles away

Woburn Abbey has been home to the Dukes of Bedford for almost 450 years. It houses one of the most important private art collections that includes work by Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Reynolds and Velazquez, and 21 views of Venice by Canaletto can be seen... more

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Claydon House

Middle Claydon, Buckingham 22.1 miles away

The architecture of Claydon House includes extravagant rococo and chinoiserie decoration, with a unique Chinese Room and parquetry Grand Staircase that is so precious no one is allowed to use it. The house was occupied by the Verney family for over... more

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Ascott House

Ascott Estate Office, Wing, Leighton Buzzard 25.0 miles away

The half-timbered Jacobean Ascott House started life as a modest hunting box and then country retreat back in the late 1800s when Leopold de Rothschild set his sights on it but later became much grander as successive family members made their mark.... more

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Broughton Castle

Broughton, Banbury 25.1 miles away

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 & Sele. In the 17th century it was used as a secret meeting place for... more

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Upton House

Banbury 25.5 miles away

Upton House is an impressive mansion built in the 17th century on an earlier site, and was remodelled in the 1920s by the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, son of the founder of Shell Oil. He adapted the building to house his great collections. Amongst the... more

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Waddesdon Manor - The Rothschild Collection

Waddesdon, Aylesbury 27.5 miles away

To visit the glorious faux French chateau that is Waddesdon Manor is a lesson in how the gilded rich used to live their lives. Built for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the late 19th century, its downstairs reception rooms are lavishly furnished to... more

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Elton Hall

Elton, Peterborough 28.8 miles away

Elton Hall has been the home of the Proby family since the 17th century. In one of the three libraries is the prayer book that belonged to Henry VIII, and there is an outstanding collection of pictures and furniture.The grounds include a wonderfully... more

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Warwick Castle

Warwick 29.3 miles away

Experience over 1000 years of history at Warwick Castle. For nearly 600 years the Mill and Engine House used the power of the River Avon to grind grain. A century ago that same `hydro´ power was harnessed by the Castle´s engine house to generate... more

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Charlecote Park

Warwick 30.5 miles away

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. Inside a fabulous table is covered in coloured marbles and... more

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Oakham Castle

Market Place, Oakham 30.5 miles away

Oakham Castle was built in the 12th century by Walkelin de Ferrers, the Great Hall is one of the finest examples of domestic architecture for that period in Britain. In the hall is a range of 12th century sculpture and, although damaged, is of superb... more

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Arbury Hall

Nuneaton 31.5 miles away

Perhaps best known as the birthplace of Middlemarch author George Eliot, you need to be organised if you want to get a look around the Arbury Hall estate as it only opens a few days a year. It’s worth it, mind you – this Elizabethan mansion house, an... more

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Blenheim Palace

Woodstock, Oxford 33.4 miles away

It hardly seems fair that the gorgeous Oxfordshire village of Woodstock, which has charms enough, should also be the home of the mighty baroque masterpiece that is Blenheim Palace. Birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and with a rich history even... more

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Burghley House

Stamford 33.5 miles away

Should you be fortunate enough to be sitting on the sweeping lawns of Burghley House, the spires of Stamford in the distance and the glorious 16th century building behind you, you would truly appreciate how bygone landscape gardeners, architects and... more

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The Manor

Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon 33.9 miles away

Built about 1130, The Manor is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in the country. Here the author Lucy Boston based her Green Knowe books and readers feel that they are walking into the books. In the winter Lucy Boston sewed exquisite... more

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The Shakespeare Houses

Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon 34.5 miles away

The Shakespeare Houses (Henley Street): Five beautiful historic houses and gardens, all associated with William Shakespeare and his family. Mary Arden´s Farm - home to Shakespeare´s mother (Wilmcote, 3 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon). Step back into... more

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Baddesley Clinton

Rising Lane, Baddesley, Clinton Village, Knowle, Solihull 35.1 miles away

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 carvings. The paintings, by Rebecca Marmion, hanging in the drawing... more

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Wimpole Hall & Home Farm

Arrington, Royston 36.5 miles away

Wimpole Hall Farm is a magnificent 18th century house, reputed to be the largest in Cambridgeshire was built for the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke. The interior is a rich mixture of 18th century decoration, by the designers Gibbs, Flitcroft and Soane, with... more

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Packwood House

Lapworth, Solihull 36.7 miles away

Packwood House is a 16th century house, with most of the interior designed in the 1920s by Graham Baron Ash. On display is a fine collection of 17th and 18th century furniture, French and Flemish tapestries and a mixed collection of paintings. The... more

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Chastleton House

Chastleton, Moreton-in-Marsh 37.0 miles away

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 in 1612, by the continuous occupation of one family. The rooms... more

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Knebworth House, Gardens & Park

Knebworth 38.6 miles away

Knebworth House has been home to the Lytton family since 1490, and now has a gothic look with its turrets, cupolas and griffins. The interior of the house has a variety of styles, from the Jacobean Banqueting Hall to the gothic State Drawing Room.... more

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Sezincote

Sezincote, Moreton-in-Marsh 40.5 miles away

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 windows, jali-work railings and pavilions. A curving Orangery frames... more

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Hughenden Manor

Valley Road, High Wycombe 41.2 miles away

Hughenden Manor was the home of Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli from 1848 until his death in 1881. Most of his furniture, pictures and books remain here, his private retreat from parliamentary life in London. On display is a collection of... more

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Coughton Court

Alcester 41.6 miles away

Coughton Court is one of England´s finest Tudor houses and the home of the Throckmorton family since 1409. The house has close connections to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and a Roman Catholic theme runs through the family history. The Tudor gatehouse... more

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West Wycombe Park

West Wycombe 41.6 miles away

The house at West Wycombe Park is among the most theatrical and Italianate in England, its facades formed as classical temples. It is the home of the Hell-Fire Club and was created by Sir Francis Dashwood. The interior has Palmyrene ceilings and... more

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Chenies Manor House

Chenies 41.9 miles away

Chenies Manor, a Grade I listed building, was formally known as Chenies Palace. This semi-fortified brick manor house was visited on numerous occasions by Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I and their courts. In the centre of the house is an unusual... more

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Ragley Hall

Alcester 42.3 miles away

Designed in 1680 by Robert Hooke, Ragley Hall is the family home of The Marquess and Marchioness of Hertford. The Great Hall, which is two storeys high, has some England´s finest baroque plasterwork by James Gibbs. The famous mural `The Temptation´... more

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Grimsthorpe Castle

Bourne 42.7 miles away

Grimsthorpe Castle, dating from 13th century, has been the home of the de Eresby family since 1516 when it was granted to the 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby by Henry V111. The State Rooms house stunning collections of paintings, furniture, family... more

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Snowshill Manor

Snowshill, Broadway 44.0 miles away

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 and design. There are toys, musical instruments, clocks, weavers... more

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Hatfield House

Hatfield 44.2 miles away

Hatfield House - Visit this stunning Jacobean house within its own Park and see the surviving wing of the Tudor Royal Palace, where Elizabeth I spent much of her childhood. Home of the Cecil family for 400 years, the house is steeped in Elizabethan... more

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Stonor Park

Stonor, Henley-on-Thames 44.5 miles away

Stonor Park has been the historic family home of the Stonor family, for over 850 years. The House and Chapel date from the 12th century with later additions. Inside there are rare furnishings, paintings, bronzes, silhouettes and sculptures. The... more

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Kingston Bagpuize House

Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon 44.6 miles away

Kingston Bagpuize House is a beautiful 1660s manor house, remodelled in the early 1770s. The drawing room was once the entrance hall, which is now at the rear of the house. The cantilevered staircase, of pine and oak, is its finest internal feature,... more

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Belvoir Castle

Belvoir, Grantham 45.5 miles away

Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire as it exists today is the fourth castle to stand on the grounds and this current incarnation was built in the early 19th century after a fire ravaged what stood there before. The home of the Duke and Duchess of... more

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Aston Hall

Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham 45.7 miles away

The grand Jacobean Aston Hall in Birmingham is municipally owned and now houses the best part of the city museum and art gallery’s artefacts with period furniture, paintings, textiles and silver adorning its lovely rooms. Built between 1618 and... more

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Calke Abbey

Ticknall, Derby 45.9 miles away

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 and sporting pictures. The baroque state bed, with Chinese... more

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Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill

Quy Road, Lode, Cambridge 48.1 miles away

In stark contrast to its original purpose as an abbey for religious worship, this Jacobean-style mansion later became all about pleasure seeking. Its owner in the 1930s was the future Lord Fairhaven and he took on the house with the intention of... more

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Greys Court

Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames 48.2 miles away

Greys Court is a picturesque 14th century house that was much added to, with one surviving tower dating from 1347. It has been the home of the Brunner family since the 1930s and is furnished as a family home, with some fine 18th century plasterwork... more

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Sudeley Castle & Gardens

Winchcombe 49.2 miles away

Once the property of King Ethelred the Unready and home to Queen Katherine Parr it has Royal connections spanning thousands of years. The castle was acquired in 1837 by the Dent Brothers, and Sir Gilbert Scott was commissioned for the restoration.... more

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Kelmscott Manor

Kelmscott, Lechlade 49.4 miles away

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 (designer, writer and socialist) chose it as his summer home,... more

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Audley End House & Gardens

Audley End, Saffron Walden 49.7 miles away

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 by Charles II for £50,000. The 30 rooms display period... more

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Belton House

Belton, Grantham 50.0 miles away

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 well as important collections of paintings, furniture, tapestries... more

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