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- Tredegar House The finest surviving Restoration house in Wales, home of the Morgan family for over 500 years. The official site gives an illustrated history, interior views and family portraits. Pop-up banners.
- Beaulieu Palace House Formerly the Great Gatehouse of Beaulieu Abbey, Palace House has been home to the Montagu family since 1538. The official site offers photographs and visitor information.
- The Grange The Landmark Trust provides a large photograph and brief history of this crafted, Gothic Revival house designed and built by Augustus W.N. Pugin for himself (1843-4).
- Bay Hall, Lincolnshire An early Georgian brick-built mansion in Benington. Drawing, interactive plan and photographs. History and story of its restoration by owner David Clement-Horton.
- Rossdhu House Electronic version of an illustrated guidebook to the stately Georgian former home of the Chiefs of the Clan Colquhoun near Luss in Scotland, now a golf club house. Hosted by Edward MacKinnon.
- Harewood House, Yorkshire A stately home with museum and art gallery set in magnificent grounds, with a large exotic bird collection.
- Leighton Hall, Lancashire The stately home of the Gillow furniture making family, Leighton Hall was rebuilt in the Adam style in 1763. The official site gives an illustrated history and visitor information.
- British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses An interactive map leads to short descriptions by Risto Hurmalainen of historic buildings he has visited, a gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs and links to official sites. Hosted by Castles of the World.
- The Prebendal Manor, Nassington This 13th-century house is a rare survival. Photographs, scholarly history, archaeological finds, description of the recreated medieval garden, visitor information, events.
- Paxton House, Scotland Palladian mansion built in 1758 by John and James Adam. A few photographs, map and visitor information, educational options, events, exhibitions, details of the collections and family history.
- Woburn Abbey The official site offers an illustrated history and tour of the Georgian stately home built on a monastic site. Visitor information, activities programme.
- Dunrobin Castle Photographs, description and visitor information from Highland Escape. This Scottish stately home is largely a Victorian confection by Charles Barry, with interiors redesigned by Sir Robert Lorimer after 1915.
- Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens The publishers of the guide to heritage properties in Great Britain and Ireland maintain this directory of links to web-sites of historic houses and gardens.
- The DiCamillo Companion to British and Irish Country Houses A database that aims to list every British and Irish country house from circa 1500 to 1945, standing or demolished. Also an online shop.
- Hatch Court A Palladian mansion in Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset, built of Bath stone in 1750. Photographs, description, history and visitor information.
- Titsey Place, Oxted, Surrey The official site gives a history, guided tour and visitor information for this Georgian mansion set in extensive gardens.
- Robert Adam: Dalquharran Castle This castle in Ayrshire, Scotland was built (1786-1790) to designs by Robert Adam. Attractively-presented scholarly study by Alastair Cook for the Mackintosh School of Architecture.
- Historic Houses and Gardens in Cumbria A guide to the historic houses and gardens in Cumbria. Photographs, brief history and links to official sites.
- Harlaxton Manor The most attractive and interesting work of the Victorian architect Anthony Salvin. Designed in the Elizabethan and Jacobean style. This site from the current owners, Harlaxton College, gives a good history of the building.
- Highcliffe Castle, Christchurch, Dorset The official web site of this early Victorian romantic fantasy castle, incorporating medieval stone-carving and stained glass from France. Photographs and brief history.
- Devizes Castle, Wiltshire The present owners present photographs of the 19th-century castellated mansion designed by Henry Edmund Goodridge, and a history of the site, which retains fragments of a medieval castle.
- Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent Sir Winston Churchills family house, managed by the National Trust. Photograph and description of the collection of Churchill memorabilia.
- Hawkstone Park - Follies and Gardens The official site for this 18th-century garden with grottos and architectural oddities created in Shropshire by Sir Rowland Hill. Photographs, brief history and visitor information.
- Althorp House The slick official web site of the Spencer family ancestral home where Diana, Princess of Wales was buried. Attractively-presented illustrated history of the house.
- English Country Houses and Stately Homes A-Z A gazetteer from Britain Express: highlights, opening times, location maps and thumbnail images.
- Baltersan, Ayrshire, Scotland James Brown, FSA (Scot) provides a thoughtful history and description of this ruined 16th-century tower-house, with photos, drawings, floor-plans, family connections.
- Burton Constable Hall, East Yorkshire This Elizabethan house has been the home of the Constable family since it was first built. Photographs of superb later interiors, visitor information, teachers' resource packs.
- Scottish Castles and Historic Houses Photographs, brief histories and information for visitors, provided by On-Line Scotland.
- Astley Hall A distinguished Elizabethan house in Chorley, preserved as a museum and art gallery, with two rooms licensed for weddings. Photographs and visitor information, including for schools.
- Ballencrieff Castle, Scotland This beautiful house built by John Murray in 1586 has been carefully restored and now offers accommodation, weddings and private dinners. Brief history, photographs.
- Hammerwood Park The Greek Revival house near East Grinstead was built in 1792 to the designs of Benjamin Latrobe. This cluttered site includes a scholarly history by Michael Trinder and a virtual guided tour.
- Sutton Park The official site of an early Georgian house in Yorkshire gives a history, photographic tour and visitor information.
- Knebworth House Illustrated history of the home of the Lytton family from Camelot International. The house dates from the Tudor period, but was re-modelled in Victorian times.
- Belchamp Hall The official site of this Queen Anne period family home in Suffolk has photographs, some history, and description of facilities offered.
- Tissington Hall The official website of the Derbyshire home of the FitzHerbert Family. Contains photographs and information about the hall, the village of Tissington and the annual custom of well-dressing.
- Historic Houses in SW England List of the historic buildings, houses, homes and gardens in the south west of England.
- Scotland's Castles and Historic Houses Articles, with photographs and plans, on Traquair, Mary Queen of Scots House, Linlithgow Palace, Hermitage Castle, Castle Urquhart, Crichton Castle, Strome Castle, Threave Castle and Caerlaverock Castle, from Scotland HolidayNet.
- British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses An interactive map leads to short descriptions by Risto Hurmalainen of historic buildings he has visited, a gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs and links to official sites. Hosted by Castles of the World.
- Longleat House and Safari Park Widely regarded as the best example of high Elizabethan architecture in Britain. Attractions include several mazes and a Dr Who exhibition.
- English Country Houses Britannia's collection of illustrated articles: regional studies and the histories of specific houses.
- Coleton Fishacre, South Devon Article by Jane Johnson in Britannia on this Art Deco mansion built in 1926 to the designs of Oswald Milne (1881-1967), assistant to Lutyens. Photographs, history and visitor information.
- Blenheim Palace This baroque masterpiece - a World Heritage site - was built (1705-22) for the 1st Duke of Marlborough to designs by John Vanbrugh. The official site supplies an illustrated history and visitor information.
- Great Houses of Scotland Six of Scotland's finest historic homes: Traquair House, Scone Palace, Glamis Castle, Blair Castle, Ballindalloch Castle and Dunrobin Castle. Official web site providing visitor information.
- Lulworth Castle Official web-site of this early 17th-century mock-castle in Dorset, gutted by fire in 1929 but partly restored and open to the public.
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