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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.
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.
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.
The de Grey Mausoleum in Flitton, Bedfordshire, England, is one of the largest sepulchral chapels in the country. Houghton House: Country House: 1615 Ruins Houghton House is a ruined house located near Houghton Conquest in Bedfordshire, on the ridge just north of Ampthill, and about 8 miles south of Bedford.
Now you can live out your royal fantasies in style: an English country estate and polo club that was once frequented by Queen Elizabeth II and owned by her grandparents has been listed for a ...
Drayton House is a Grade I listed [1] country house of many periods [2] 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of the village of Lowick, Northamptonshire, England.. Described as Northamptonshire's most impressive medieval mansion by Nikolaus Pevsner, [3] "one of the best-kept secrets of the English country house world" by architectural historian Gervase Jackson-Stops, [4] and (affectionately) "a most ...
Knole (/ n oʊ l /) is a British country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust.It is situated within Knole Park, a 1,000-acre (400-hectare) park located immediately to the south-east of Sevenoaks in west Kent.
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.