Derbyshire, ‘plaque village’ ; built 1671 and still occupied by the Wright family ; Jacobean staircase; spectacular old kitchen. On the official website of this… Read More »Eyam Hall in Derbyshire, England (Peak District)
Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales; a fascinating house where the unusually close relationship existed between the family of the house and their servants in 19th and early… Read More »Erddig Palace in Wrexham
Eltham, London, was a royal palace built in 14th and 15th centuries, King Edward II first used Eltham in 1311 as a royal residence and… Read More »Eltham Palace (in London)
Helmsley, Yorkshire, is an impressive early-18th century house and family home of Lord and Lady Feversham, has one of the finest Baroque landscapes in England. The house is surrounded by gardens and parkland which contains many magnificent old trees and a national nature reserve. Following a major fire in 1879 the house was rebuilt with care and superb workmanship, largely to the original design. The house was let in 1924 as a girls’ boarding school for 60 years, after which extensive restoration of the buildings and the interiors took place. The family pictures and the collection of English and Continental furniture are on show and the principal rooms remain a fine example of the type of ‘grand interior’ popular at the turn of the century.
Dumbarton , Strathclyde, stands on a volcanic rock, which has a longer recorded history as a stronghold than any other place in Britain;was the centre of the independet British kingdom of Strathclyde from the fifth century until 1018;
Banff, Grampian, is one of the most imposing houses in Scotland; was built in 1735-39 for William Duff by William Adam with an unusual dispute… Read More »Duff House in Grampian
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, 17th century castle , Dumfriesshire home of Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry , renowned collection of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci… Read More »Drumlanrig Castle (Scotland)
Dover Castle was built on the White Cliffs in 12th century; a 75 metre deep well; a view across the Channel.
The Anglo-Saxon church beside it was once probably part of a Saxon fortified settlement: very soon after his victory at Hastings in 1066, this was converted by William the Conqueror into a Norman earthwork and timber-stockaded castle.
Cumbria, Lake District home of William Wordsworth
Kent, one of the defensive fortifications along the coast of the Channel built as a part of the Device Forts by Henry VIII
Penrith, Cumbria, home of the Hasell family for over three centuries; the house was started in 12th century as a pele-tower, the early Georgian front and the elegant rooms were completed about 1750; Yeomanry Museum with military relics and mementoes
In Strathclyde, Scotland, Culzean Castle is a Robert Adam palace, of the Kennedy family, includes a memorial to General Eisenhower .
Situated in Leominster, Herefordshire, is a 17th century stone quadrangular fortress, built close to the site of the old medieval castle. At each corner of the high curtain wall is a small round tower, with a small square tower flanking the north side. The Croft family have lived here since before the Norman invasion. It is thought that the Norman family de Croft came over during the time of Edward the Confessor, and by the time of Domesday, a Bernard de Croft held the land. Although now run by the National Trust, members of the Croft family still live in the castle and on the estate, thus continuing the ancient family association. Croft was re-opened to the public in April 2003 after a year long facelift.
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Pics from Crichton Castle (Royalty free)
England is one of the most representative countries for the medieval age, a large number of the castles and old palaces being still able to… Read More »England: Castles (selection)
Alcester, Warwickshire, has been the home of the Throckmortons since the 15th century and still is – the present Tudor house was built in the… Read More »Coughton Court
Grampian, Scotland, was built about 1530 as a tower house and a lordly residence in one of the most wild and remote districts of Scotland… Read More »Corgarff Castle
Dorset, impressive ruins of a castle which was built 1000 years ago, and had its best period in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1635… Read More »Corfe Castle
Northumberland, home of The Duke of Northumberland for 700 years, has a fine collection of paintings and books.
Essex, a Norman castle keep with a fine museum of Roman and medieval times. Photo gallery from Colchester Castle.
Photos form Clitheroe Castle. Clitheroe , Lancashire, the ruins of a Norman keep on a high limestone mound right in the centre of the town… Read More »Clitheroe Castle, Lancashire
North Yorkshire, a 13th century keep on one of the two mottes which were part of the fortifications started by William the Conqueror in 1068.… Read More »York, Clifford’s Tower
Photo from Old Buildings. Surrey, a fine Palladian country house built in early 18th century, park designed by Lancelot Brown; The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment… Read More »Clandon Park House
London, a fine Palladian villa , built 1725; Italianate gardens with classical statues;
