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The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent in the city of Bath, England. Designed by the architect John Wood, the Younger, and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a Grade I listed building. Although some changes ...
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.
The Saltford Manor is a stone house in Saltford, Somerset, near Bath, that is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied private house in England, [2] [3] [4] and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
The house has been much used as a film location, including: Libel (1959); several episodes of the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who, and for 30 years a Doctor Who Exhibition was hosted on the grounds, [5] with an event celebrating the series's 20th anniversary being held at the house at Easter 1983; the Indian Hindi film Mohabbatein (2000); [6] [7] and the BBC show How to ...
St Catherine's Court is a manor house in a secluded valley north of Bath, Somerset, England. It is a Grade I listed property. [1] [2] The gardens are Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. [3] The original house was a priory grange for the monks of Bath Abbey adjacent to the ...
The Gibbs family owned the house until the death in 2001 of George Gibbs (known as Richard). The house was acquired by the National Trust in June 2002 after a fund raising campaign to prevent it being sold to private interests and ensure it be opened to the public. It was opened to visitors for the first time just 10 weeks after the acquisition.
Tyntesfield (TINTS-feeld) [2] is a Victorian Gothic Revival country house and estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England.The house is a Grade I listed building named after the Tynte baronets, who had owned estates in the area since about 1500.
This is a list of National Trust properties in England, including any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of the National Trust in England. Bedfordshire [ edit ]