Colchester Castle Park
Essex, a Norman castle keep with a fine museum of Roman and medieval times. Photo gallery from Colchester Castle.
Clitheroe Castle, Lancashire
Photos form Clitheroe Castle. Clitheroe , Lancashire, the ruins of a Norman keep on a high limestone mound right in the centre of the town of Clitheroe; the local historical… Read More »Clitheroe Castle, Lancashire
York, Clifford’s Tower
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. Fine views over the city… Read More »York, Clifford’s Tower
Clandon Park House
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 Museum
Chiswick Soho House, London
London, a fine Palladian villa , built 1725; Italianate gardens with classical statues;
Chirk Castle (pics)
Photo gallery here Clwyd, Wales, was founded about 1295 as a stronghold for Edward I’s army captain Roger Mortimer, thus becoming one of the great fortresses of Edward’s reign; it… Read More »Chirk Castle (pics)
Haunted Chillingham Castle (pics)
Photo gallery here. Alnwick, Northumberland, supposedly Britain’s Most Haunted Castle , was already there in 1255 when King Henry III stayed there; in 1344 Sir Thomas Grey was granted the… Read More »Haunted Chillingham Castle (pics)
Chiddingstone Castle, Kent
Kent, rebuilt into fantasy castle c. 1800, famous for its various collections: Buddhistic objects, Egyptian antiquities, Japanese swords, Stuart and Jacobite relics. Pictures
Chartwell
Kent, since 1922 Sir Winston Churchill’s home; a collection of his paintings. Photos here.
Charlecote Park
Warwickshire, has been the home of the Lucy family since 1247, and the present house was built in 1558. The house was vigorously renovated in 1830s, and only the two-storey… Read More »Charlecote Park
Cawdor Castle, Scotland
Highlands, Scotland, a late 14th century private fortress and a real fairy-tale castle was built around a small living holly tree by the Thanes of Cawdor and is still the… Read More »Cawdor Castle, Scotland
Menzies Hotel
Photo Gallery Castle Menzies. Weem, Perthshire, Scotland, is an excellent and large example of a Z-plan fortified Tower House with flanking towers at diagonally opposite corners and has been the… Read More »Menzies Hotel
Castle Howard, Brideshead
Yorkshire, built by Sir John Vanbrugh , the location of ‘Brideshead Revisited’ , an impressive Great Hall and fabulous collection of art; Howard Palace Photo Gallery
Castell Carreg Cennen
South Wales, on a remote crag about 100 meters above the river Cennen in the Breacon Beacons National Park, was started in 13th century as an English outpost by one… Read More »Castell Carreg Cennen
The Carlisle Castle
Carlisle, Cumbria, was started by King William II in 1093, and rebuilt in stone in 1157 by Henry II; during 1173-1461 the castle was attacked nine times, and in 1568… Read More »The Carlisle Castle
Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire
Macclesfield, Cheshire, home of the Bromley-Davenport family and their ancestors since Domesday times; the original Hall was designed by Smiths of Warwick between 1719-1732, altered by Blore in 1837 and… Read More »Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire
Calke Abbey Park
Derbyshire, a baroque mansion, built in 1703, great collection of stuffed birds; carriage display.
The Castle Caernarfon
Gwynedd, a very fine Edward I castle; setting for the Prince of Wales investiture. Pics from Caernafon (gallery)
Caerlaverock Castle, Scotland
Dumfries, Scotland, ruins of a fine example of a triangular site stronghold built by the Maxwell family, besieged by Edward I in 1300; dismantled and redundant after the 1640 siege.… Read More »Caerlaverock Castle, Scotland
Caerphilly Castle (Walles)
South Wales, the largest castle in Britain after Windsor, was built in 1268-1271 by the Anglo-Norman lord, Gilbert de Clare. Surrounded by an artificial lake it was a revolutionary masterpiece… Read More »Caerphilly Castle (Walles)
Burton Constable Hall
Yorkshire, was built during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and is the ancestral home of the Constable family, who have lived here since the house was first built. Many… Read More »Burton Constable Hall
Burleigh House
Fife, Scotland, ruins of a 15th century keep with a courtyard wall with a gate and a corner tower; once a stronghold of the Balfours of Burleigh, and visited several… Read More »Burleigh House