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)
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 about the bill; the owners… Read More »Duff House in Grampian
Cumbria, Lake District home of William Wordsworth
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
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
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
Derbyshire; in early 17th century Charles Cavendish had a country house built on the site of a Norman castle, and he wanted the house look like a castle, even though… Read More »Bolsover Castle (Chesterfield)
Gloucestershire, after 850 years still remains the home of the Berkeley family who gave name to various places from Berkeley Square in London to Berkeley University in California; a Norman… Read More »The Berkeley Castle
Lincolnshire, was the home of the Brownlow Cust family since it was built in 1685-88. In 1984 the house was given to the National Trust, but the principal family collections like silver, paintings, the complete library and the outstanding items of furniture remain in Belton. There are paintings by Titian, Reynolds, Romney, Lord Leighton, Boucher.
