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Acton CourtActon Court - A Tudor courtier house built by Nicholas Poyntz at Iron Acton, near Bristol. Illustrated history and description of the house and grounds today, plus visitor information including calendar of events and location map. Anglesey AbbeyAnglesey Abbey - The National Trust describes this Augustinian priory in Cambridgeshire converted into a country house at the start of the 17th century. Includes history, photographs and visitor information.
Ballencrieff CastleBallencrieff Castle - This Scottish Baronial house built by John Murray in 1586 has been carefully restored and now offers accommodation, weddings and private dinners. Brief history, photographs. BaltersanBaltersan - James Brown provides a thoughtful history and description of this ruined Scottish Renaissance tower-house, with photos, drawings, floor-plans, family connections.
Bateman'sBateman's - This 17th-century Wealden house was owned by Rudyard Kipling from 1902-1936. The National Trust provides a history, gallery, bird's eye plan, events, and opening times. Beaulieu Palace HouseBeaulieu Palace House - Formerly the Great Gatehouse of Beaulieu Abbey, Palace House has been home to the Montagu family since 1538. The official site offers photographs and visitor information.
Belchamp HallBelchamp Hall - The official site of this Queen Anne period family home in Suffolk has photographs, some history, and description of facilities offered. Blenheim PalaceBlenheim Palace - This baroque masterpiece - a World Heritage site - was built (1705-22) for the 1st Duke of Marlborough to designs by John Vanbrugh. The official site supplies an illustrated history and visitor information.
Blickling HallBlickling Hall - One of England's great Jacobean houses, it is famed for its spectacular long gallery. The National Trust provides a history, images and visitor information. Boughton HouseBoughton House - The palatial Northamptonshire home of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry. Includes history and tour of this Baroque house influenced by French architecture. Visitor information.
British Castles, Stately Homes and HousesBritish Castles, Stately Homes and Houses - An interactive map leads to short descriptions by Risto Hurmalainen of historic buildings he has visited, a gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs and links to official sites. Hosted by Castles of the World. Burton Constable HallBurton Constable Hall - This Elizabethan house has been the home of the Constable family since it was first built. Photographs of superb later interiors, visitor information, teachers' resource packs.
Burton CourtBurton Court - This 14th-century manor house in Herefordshire was re-fronted by 20th-century architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. Includes history and information on the holiday flat, exhibition and soft fruit farm. Castle HowardCastle Howard - One of England's grandest Baroque mansions, designed for Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, by John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. History, images, news and visitor information.
ChartwellChartwell - The National Trust describes the family home of Britain's wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Includes history, photographs and visitor information. Chartwell HouseChartwell House - Sir Winston Churchill's family house, managed by the National Trust. Photograph and description of the collection of Churchill memorabilia.
Chatsworth HouseChatsworth House - The magnificent home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, remodelled to designs by Talman 1686-1707. Includes a history and highlights of the house, along with visitor information. Coleton FishacreColeton Fishacre - Article by Jane Johnson in Britannia on this Art Deco mansion in South Devon built in 1926 to the designs of Oswald Milne (1881-1967), assistant to Lutyens. Photographs, history and visitor information.
Columbine HallColumbine Hall - A moated manor house in Suffolk. Built around 1390 it has been through several phases of additions and alterations. History, images, and visitor/lodging information. Coughton CourtCoughton Court - The National Trust describes the largely Elizabethan family home of the Throckmortons, built around a Tudor gatehouse. Includes history, images and visitor information.
Devizes CastleDevizes Castle - The present owners present photographs of the 19th-century castellated mansion designed by Henry Edmund Goodridge, and a history of the site, which retains fragments of a medieval castle. The DiCamillo Companion to British and Irish Country HousesThe DiCamillo Companion to British and Irish Country Houses - A database that aims to list every British and Irish country house from circa 1500 to 1945, standing or demolished. Also an online shop.
Duncombe ParkDuncombe Park - Baroque mansion set in several hundred acres of parkland. Information for visitors and teachers. Dunrobin CastleDunrobin Castle - Photographs, description and visitor information from Highland Escape. This Scottish stately home is largely a Victorian confection by Charles Barry, with interiors redesigned by Sir Robert Lorimer after 1915.
Eastbury Manor HouseEastbury Manor House - This Elizabethan mansion in Barking was built by merchant Clement Sysley as a country house, but it is now in Greater London. History and description of this National Trust property. English Country HousesEnglish Country Houses - Britannia's collection of illustrated articles: regional studies and the histories of specific houses.
Fanhams HallFanhams Hall - A tribute by Steve Lomas to this former country house in Hertfordshire built in 1901 the Jacobean style, set in extensive gardens. Garden features include moon gates, a Japanese house and the Austrian House from the Paris exhibition of 1900. History and photographs. Felbrigg HallFelbrigg Hall - The National Trust describes this fine and little-altered 17th-century house in East Anglia. Includes images and visitor information.
The GrangeThe Grange - The Grange is one of a very small group of remarkable houses built by architects for their own use. AWN Pugin designed and built this Gothic Revival house for himself in 1843-4. From the Landmark Trust. Grimsthorpe Castle and GardensGrimsthorpe Castle and Gardens - The official site for this stately home in Lincolnshire, remodelled in 1715 to the design of Sir John Vanbrugh. Includes a few images and very brief history, amid the visitor information.

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