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)
Sussex, a former military stronghold, uninhabited since the Civil War; location for many movies. Bodiam Castle is situated beside the River Rother in East Sussex. The castle was built in… Read More »Bodiam Castle (in Sussex)
Lothian, Scotland, ruins of a romantic castle; destroyed in 1650; fine gardens Dirleton Castle is one of the few proper Medieval Castles still remaining today which most people would consider… Read More »Dirleton Castle (UK)
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
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)
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
Yorkshire, built by Sir John Vanbrugh , the location of ‘Brideshead Revisited’ , an impressive Great Hall and fabulous collection of art; Howard Palace Photo Gallery
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
Derbyshire, a baroque mansion, built in 1703, great collection of stuffed birds; carriage display.
The Roman Gariannonum, impressive walls photo of a Roman Fort from the 3rd century, built to defend the coast against Saxon raiders. Photo gallery.
Penrith, Cumbria, (pronounced ‘ broom ‘), was started in Henry II’s reign on the site of a Roman fort, and renovated in 17th century by Lady Anne Clifford , who… Read More »Brougham Castle, Penrith
Ptotos from Brodie Castle Grampian, Scotland, near Nairn, a typical tower house , was partially burned in 1645 and remodelled in 1730s with additions of the present entrance hall and… Read More »Brodie Castle, Scotland
photo gallery Braemar Castle Grampian, Scotland, near the River Dee, was built in 1628 and rebuilt after the fire of 1689; purchased by the Farquharson in 1732 and still owned… Read More »Braemar Castle (Scotland)
Wiltshire, is the family home of the Marquess and Marchioness of Lansdowne and was built in 1750s. A part of the old building had to be demolished in 1955, and… Read More »Bowood House, Swindon
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)
Somerset, next to Wells Cathedral , surrounded by the moat with water from the three springs, wells; bell-ringing swans.
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
Leicestershire, was originally built the first time here in the 11th century, destroyed by two Civil Wars and a great fire in 1816, but has always been totally rebuilt. The… Read More »Belvoir Castle (England)