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Yin Yu Tang, A Chinese Home
Interactive tour of a house that belonged to a merchant from the late Qing dynasty, and was originally located in southeastern China. From the Peabody Essex Museum. [Requires Flash].

WOBURN - Make the discovery
The official site offers an illustrated history and tour of the Georgian stately home built on a monastic site. Visitor information, activities programme.

Welcome to Linden Hall
The official site of this Pennsylvania mansion built by Sarah Cochran in 1913 includes photographs and a brief history. Visitor information.

Waddesdon Manor, Historic House and Gardens
This astonishing Renaissance-style château was designed by French architect Destailleur in 1874 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to display his vast collection of 18th century art treasures. It has f...

Voltaire Residence / Residence of Voltaire
Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet lived at the Chateau de Cirey from 1734 to 1749. 100 photos.

UK Historic Houses & Stately Homes, Royal Palaces Gardens and Castles, Heritage Sites for England, Scotland and Wales
A guide to Britain's royal palaces, historic houses, gardens, castles and heritage sites covering England, Scotland and Wales. Images and visitor information.

The Lulworth Estate
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.

The Landmark Trust | Future Landmarks
The Landmark Trust is a building preservation charity that rescues historic and architecturally interesting buildings and their surroundings from neglect and, once restored, gives them new life by let...

Schloss Börln
Owner Roderick Hinkel describes this late baroque country house in Germany, built on the site of a moated castle, and gives a history and photographs.

Renishaw Hall Gardens formal garden tours walks lakes Derbyshire Sitwell wedding Yuccary
The stately home of the Sitwell family in Derbyshire, built mainly in the Georgian period around a 17th-century core. Brief history and engraving, visitor information.

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Yonkers, NY 10701
Philipse Manor Hall is a National Historic Landmark located in Yonkers, NY and operated as a museum by New York State. The Georgian style Hall evokes the era when Yonkers was the administrative center...

Patshull Hall is one of the most magnificent mansions to be found in the County of Stafford.
A mid-18th century Baroque house, set amid acres of Capability Brown landscaped gardens, Patshull Hall is an idyllic and inspiring setting for events of any size and nature.

National Trust | Uppark
A late 17th-century house situated on the South Downs with magnificent views towards the Solent. It houses an important collection of paintings, furniture & textiles.

National Trust | Tyntesfield
Tyntesfield in Wraxall, North Somerset is a spectacular Victorian country house & estate overlooking the beautiful Yeo Valley.

National Trust | The Vyne
A 16th-century house and estate reflecting changing styles and tastes over 500 years

National Trust | Scotney Castle Garden & Estate
The National Trust describes this moated house with one tower remaining of a 14th-century castle. History, photographs, facilities, opening times, news and events.

National Trust | Petworth House & Park
The National Trust describes this manor house rebuilt in 1688-1702 by the 6th Duke of Somerset on lines inspired by Versailles. History, photographs, facilities, opening times, news and events.

National Trust | Knole
One of the great treasure houses of England set in a magnificent deer park. Has a superb collection of C17th Stuart furniture, tapestries, textiles & portraits.

National Trust | Ightham Mote
Superb 14th-century moated manor house, has features including the Great Hall, chapels, extensive garden & interesting walks in the surrounding woodland.

National Trust | Ham House
Built in 1610 Ham House is unique in Europe as the most complete survival of 17th-century fashion and power

National Trust | Chartwell
Family home of Sir Winston Churchill, it has a rose & water garden, magnificent views over the Weald of Kent & Sussex.

National Trust | Blickling Hall
Magnificent Jacobean house, garden and park

National Trust | Bateman's
A beautiful 17th century Jacobean house in East Sussex, home of the writer Rudyard Kipling, has delightful grounds that run down to River Dudwell with its watermill.

National Trust | Anglesey Abbey, Gardens & Lode Mill
Jacobean-style country house in Cambridgeshire set in fine formal and informal gardens

Nailsea Court - Home Page
Nailsea Court Website.

Longleat - Home Page
Widely regarded as the best example of high Elizabethan architecture in Britain. Attractions include several mazes and a Dr Who exhibition.

Layer Marney Tower - A Great British Building
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Larnach Castle Project Site
The official Larnach Castle site for student projects, history and useful links

http://www.turncrofthall.co.uk
A history of this small country house in Lancashire, two centuries old and refronted in the simplified classicism of the early Victorian period.

History of Hearst Castle
The official web site of Hearst Castle. Includes tour information, historical sketches, news, special events, visitor information and QuickTime VR panoramic tours.

Historic castle castles Scotland famous haunted Scottish castles castle weddings Clan Sutherland highlands Scotland
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 af...

Harlaxton College:
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 h...

Hammerwood Park, near East Grinstead, historic houses to visit and stay convenient when flying to or from UK Gatwick Airport London. The best Historic House resource on the web! England UK. English Heritage & Preservation. Historic Houses Association
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.

Haddon Hall
The home of the Manners family in Derbyshire is one of the finest medieval and Tudor houses in England. Includes an online tour and family history.

Grimsthorpe Castle
The official site for this stately home in Lincolnshire, remodelled in 1715 to the design of Sir John Vanbrugh. Includes a few images and very brief history, amid the visitor information.

Fundacja Zamek w Goli
Cedric Gendaj gives a plan, images and history of this Renaissance house erected in 1580 by Leonard von Rohnau. Also information on the park and summer workcamps.

Eastbury Manor House. Barking and Dagenham.
This Elizabethan mansion in Barking was built by merchant Clement Sysley as a country house, but it is now in Greater London. History and description of this National Trust property.

Devizes Castle on the Web
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.

Darshana Hall Plantation
Darshana Hall Plantation is a historical site in the piedmont region of North Carolina located near Statesville North Carolina, Visitors will explore the history of Darshana Hall Plantation that dates...

Burton Court
This 14th-century manor house in Herefordshire was re-fronted by 20th-century architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. Includes history and information on the holiday flat, exhibition and soft fruit farm.

Britannia: English Country Houses
Britannia's collection of illustrated articles: regional studies and the histories of specific houses.

Boughton House
Boughton House - the Northamptonshire home of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry

Belvedere House: Home Page
Belvedere House Park and Gardens Mullingar Westmeath Ireland. Historical Exhibit of Lake House Gardens Gothic Follies Jealous Wall Country Walks. The Visitors Centre Shop and Restaurant Caters for Edu...

Belchamp Hall - Historic English country house, venue for weddings and corporate hospitality.
1720, Queen Anne period family home, set in 30 acres of gardens and parkland. Open for weddings and corporate hospitality.

BC Homepage
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.

Ballencrieff Castle East Lothian Scotland
Ballencrieff Castle in Scotland.

Acton Court - Tudor House
Welcome to Acton Court - a beautifully conserved Tudor House built for the pleasure of Henry VIII, at Iron Acton, Bristol.

The Prebendal Manor, Northamptonshire - Historic Medieval House and Gardens
The Prebendal Manor House, Nassington,is a Grade 1 listed building, dating from the early 13th century. It is one of the most historic sites in Northamptonshire. Medieval gardensof 5 acres are the lar...

Freyr Castle Chateau Kasteel Schloss Garden Jardin Tuin Garten
The official site of this grand Renaissance country house in Belgium provides an outline history, photographs and visitor information.

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