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Historic houses in Norwich, such as Blickling Hall, are featured underneath. Our selection of Historic houses feature some unique architecture, unrivalled decor and interiors, many with glorious gardens and grounds.
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Blickling Hall
Blickling, Norwich 12.9 miles away
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 ceilings, pictures and tapestries set in magnificent State Rooms. The... more
Somerleyton Hall & Gardens
Somerleyton, Lowestoft 17.4 miles away
Somerleyton Hall, originally Jacobean, was redesigned by Sir Morton Peto in Victorian Anglo-Italian style and is home to the Crossley family. Features include lavish carved stonework by John Thomas and wood carvings by Grinling Gibbons. The entrance... more
Felbrigg Hall
Felbrigg, Norwich 19.3 miles away
Felbrigg Hall is one of the finest 17th century houses in East Anglia, with its original 18th century collection of furniture, mainly English and French, and one of the largest collections of Grand Tour paintings by a single artist. The outstanding... more
Houghton Hall
King's Lynn 30.2 miles away
Houghton Hall is one of the finest examples of an 18th century Palladian Mansion, built by Britain´s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. The original designs were by James Gibbs and Colen Campbell and interiors by William Kent. A remarkable... more
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Holkham
Wells-next-the-Sea 30.4 miles away
The grand old estate of Holkham Hall on the rugged north Norfolk coast, one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in England, is deserving of a place in the nation’s hearts. Bursting with treasures accumulated over its lifetime, every room... more
Oxburgh Hall, Garden and Estate
Oxborough, King's Lynn 30.7 miles away
Oxburgh Hall is a moated manor house with a magnificent Tudor gatehouse, built in 1482 by the Bedingfeld family, who still live there today. The rooms show how the house developed over the years from medieval to Victorian comfort, and include an... more
Sandringham House
Estate Office, Sandringham 35.6 miles away
Sandringham House is the country retreat of Her Majesty The Queen and all the main ground floor rooms are used by the Royal Family. They are full of their ornaments and furniture, and numerous family portraits including Edward and Alexandra at the... more
Ickworth House, Park & Gardens
The Rotunda, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds 39.0 miles away
Ickworth House was created by the eccentric Earl of Bristol, with its central rotunda and curved corridors, to house his superb collection of paintings by Titian, Gainsborough, Reynolds and Velasquez, and a magnificent Georgian silver collection. In... more
Melford Hall
Long Melford, Sudbury 44.9 miles away
Melford Hall is one of East Anglia´s most celebrated Elizabethan houses that has changed little since 1578, and has been the home of the Hyde Parker family since 1786. The original panelling is still in the banqueting hall, which is filled with... more
Oliver Cromwell´s House
29 St Marys Street, Ely 46.5 miles away
Oliver Cromwell's House: Visit the former Lord Protector's family home. Experience what domestic life would have been like in the 17th century in a variety of re-created period rooms as well as an exhibition detailing the Civil War. Visit Mrs... more
Peckover House and Garden
North Brink, Wisbech 48.1 miles away
Peckover House and Garden, facing the River Nene built in 1722. This merchant´s town house is renowned for its fine plaster and wood rococo decoration and also displays on the Quaker banking family who owned it. It houses an interesting collection of... more
Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill
Quy Road, Lode, Cambridge 52.1 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
Gunby Hall
Gunby, Spilsby 59.9 miles away
Gunby Hall is a fine red brick house, dating from 1700 and extended in the 1870s, is situated in one of England´s most remote corners. Many of the rooms are panelled and there is a beautiful oak staircase. The house contains collections of family... more
Audley End House & Gardens
Audley End, Saffron Walden 61.8 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
The Manor
Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon 62.8 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
Wimpole Hall & Home Farm
Arrington, Royston 65.9 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
Elton Hall
Elton, Peterborough 71.6 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
Burghley House
Stamford 73.5 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
Knebworth House, Gardens & Park
Knebworth 82.2 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
Belton House
Belton, Grantham 83.3 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
Boughton House
Kettering 84.1 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
Hatfield House
Hatfield 87.3 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
Woburn Abbey
Woburn 91.2 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
Doddington Hall & Gardens
Doddington, Lincoln 91.5 miles away
Doddington Hall stands today in its walled courtyard as it was built in 1600 and has been occupied for over 400 years and is still a family home today. It was built by Robert Smythson, who also designed Longleat and Hardwick Hall. In 1749 the... more
Cobham Hall
Cobham, Gravesend 93.0 miles away
Cobham Hall is one of the largest houses in Kent. It has been occupied since the 12th century that owes its architechural style to Inigo-Jones and James Wyatt. Cobham Hall is now one of Britain´s leading Independent girls Boarding & Day School.... more
Lamport Hall & Gardens
Lamport, Northampton 93.6 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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Kelmarsh Hall & Gardens
Kelmarsh, Northampton 94.2 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
Hall Place & Gardens
Hall Place, Bourne Road, Bexley 94.6 miles away
Hall Place is a Grade 1 listed country house built in 1537 for former Lord Mayor of London, Sir John Champneys. The Tudor house boasts a panelled Great Hall with Minstrels´ Gallery, and 17th century additions and improvements include a vaulted Long... more
Danson House
Danson Road, Welling, Bexleyheath 95.0 miles away
Danson is a magnificently restored 18th century Palladian Villa designed by Robert Taylor, with later additions by Sir William Chambers. The house, has a principal floor, sumptuous after painstaking investigations and reconstruction, a fine entrance... more
Belmont
Belmont Park, Throwley, Faversham 95.4 miles away
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 clocks in the country. There is also a unique collection of... more
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Kenwood House
Hampstead Lane, London 95.6 miles away
Kenwood House was remodelled by Robert Adam in 1754, by adding a portico and wings to enclose the courtyard, for the 1st Earl of Mansfield. It was bought in 1925 by Lord Iveagh and houses one of the most important collections of paintings, which he... more
Cottesbrooke Hall
Cottesbrooke, Northampton 96.5 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
Fenton House
Windmill Hill, Hampstead, London 96.6 miles away
Fenton House is a charming William and Mary Merchants´ House set in Hampstead. It has altered little over the years and contains fine collections of Georgian furniture, porcelain and needlework. The Benton Fletcher Collection of early keyboard... more
Fitzroy House
37 Fitzroy Street, London 97.4 miles away
Set in the heart of Fitzrovia, famed for its writers and artists, Fitzroy House was built in 1791 shortly after development was undertaken of this area. The original interior and current exterior imitate the designs of Robert Adam, celebtated... more
Ascott House
Ascott Estate Office, Wing, Leighton Buzzard 98.2 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
Spencer House
27 St James's Place, London 98.4 miles away
Spencer House, London´s finest surviving 18th century town house, was built in 1756-66 for the 1st Earl Spencer, an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, (1961-97). It was designed by John Vardy and James `Athenian´ Stuart and houses a fine... more
Clarence House
St James's Palace, London 98.5 miles away
Clarence House was built in the early 19th century by John Nash for William IV, it is now the official residence of HRH The Prince of Wales. It was the London home of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The arrangement of the rooms with... more
Apsley House
149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London 98.8 miles away
Also known by the rather grand address of Number 1, London, Apsley House is an art lover’s paradise. The house, the ancestral home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1815, is stuffed to the gills with masterpieces, among them some of the finest... more
Westminster Cathedral
Victoria, London 99.0 miles away
Westminster Cathedral is one of London's best kept secrets. Its Byzantine architecture sets it apart from the more familiar Gothic style of so many other churches in the country. Visitors will find a very special place of prayer that provides peace... more
Althorp
The Stables, Althorp, Northampton 99.5 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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Carlyle´s House
National Trust, 24 Cheyne Row, London 100.4 miles away
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 skilful Scottish home making of his wife Jane is much in evidence.... more
Chenies Manor House
Chenies 101.2 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
Chiswick House
Burlington Lane, London 102.5 miles away
Chiswick House, close to the centre of London is one of England´s finest Palladian villas, designed by the third Earl of Burlington and built between 1725 and 1729. It was inspired by the architecture of ancient Rome to be a fine setting to show off... more
Burton Constable Hall
Burton Constable Foundation, Burton Constable, Skirlaugh, Hull 103.0 miles away
Burton Constable Hall is set in 300 acres of natural parkland landscaped by Capability Brown and has been the home of the Constable family for over 400 years. This truly hidden gem offers unrivalled access to more than 30 rooms and its interiors of... more
Stanford Hall
Lutterworth 103.4 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
Kew Palace
33 Kew Green, Richmond upon Thames 103.5 miles away
Kew Palace: This intimate palace in the heart of Kew Gardens offers visitors a unique insight into royal family life. Kew Palce was the favourite family home of King George III, Queen Charlotte and some of their 15 children. Step into this tiny... more
Godinton House & Gardens
Godinton Lane, Ashford 103.5 miles away
Godinton House & Gardens, described as `An ancient estate in a magnificent park with thrilling formal gardens now splendidly restored - one of Kent´s finest´ - The Times. Dating from the 14th century the house has been embellished by its many owners... more
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Ightham Mote
Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks 104.2 miles away
Ightham Mote is a superb moated manor house dating from the early 14th century. It was bought in 1953 by American, Charles Robinson, who had first seen the house on a tour of Kent before the First World War. The main features of the house, which is... more
The Home of Charles Darwin
Luxted Road, Downe 104.3 miles away
Set in stunning Kentish countryside and only 15 miles from London, Down House is a day out to inspire all the family. The home of Charles Darwin for 40 years, here you can learn about his life and work and see our award winning exhibition. Don’t miss... more
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