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This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
In the 20th century many of these properties were sold off with their art collections dispersed. Today only Eythrope House still belongs to the family; however, they still retain influence in how Ascott House and Waddesdon Manor are managed. In the loss of country houses in the 20th century only Aston Clinton was lost.
Belton House is an English country house in Lincolnshire. An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country.
B. Baguley Hall; Bank Hall; Barnsley Manor; Barton Manor; Bassenfell Manor; Bentworth Hall; Bescot Hall; Bigbury Manor; Billingham Manor; Birmingham Manor House ...
The subcategories attempt to list all county houses, stately homes, manors, country retreats and estates, mansions, and houses in England by county—anything of historical architectural note that was used as a residence by a noble family or persons of esteem in history.
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor in Europe. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets.
Hill Hall, Theydon Mount, Essex – 1998–2001 by P J Livesey (purchased from English Heritage in 1998), into 20 apartments and cottages. The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street , Durham – 1998–2001 by Bryant Homes and McCarrick Construction (formerly an NHS hospital and rehabilitation centre), into 15 apartments, with conversion of the nursery ...
A surviving example of a Norman manor house with a well-preserved Norman undercroft, and was encased in 18th-century brickwork. It is now a Grade I listed building. Howden Minster: Church: 1311 Ruins A large Grade I listed Church of England church in the Diocese of York. and is one of the largest churches in the East Riding of Yorkshire.