Bowhill House
Selkirk, Borders, Scotland; the estate was granted to the Douglas family in 1322 and reverted to the Crown in 1450 as a favourite hunting ground; in 1550 the Scott family… Read More »Bowhill House
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Blickling Hall (Norwich)
Norfolk; a 17th century red brick house with extensive garden; fine Jacobean ceilings, furniture and collections Blickling Hall is the birthplace of Anne Boleyn. Located in East Anglia, Norwich is… Read More »Blickling Hall (Norwich)
Gawthorpe Hall (general infos)
Padiham, Lancashire, a three-storey Jacobean house, was built in 1605 as the home for the Shuttleworth family. Between 1850 and 1852 the Hall was restored by architect Sir Charles Barry, who also designed the Houses of Parliament. Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth was the last member of the family to live at Gawthorpe. After her death the house and grounds were given in 1970 to the National Trust. Kay-Shuttleworth’s nationally important collections of the needlework, lace, textiles and costumes are housed here.
Read More »Gawthorpe Hall (general infos)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.
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
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
Buckingham Palace, London
London, the official London residence of Britain’s sovereigns, was originally a town house owned by the Dukes of Buckingham. King George III bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife… Read More »Buckingham Palace, London