Ilam Hall Hostel
Ilam, Staffordshire. The site of Casterne Hall, generaly known as Ilam Hostel, has been a dwelling since time immemorial and the present owners, the Hurts, came here in the late… Read More »Ilam Hall Hostel
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Colchester Castle Park
Essex, a Norman castle keep with a fine museum of Roman and medieval times. Photo gallery from Colchester Castle.
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
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
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.
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
Broadlands
Hampshire, an 18th Century mansion and parkland, once the home of the Palmerstons and the Mountbattens. One of England’s most elegant stately homes, created by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown in 1767-80.… Read More »Broadlands