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Abbotsford House Abbotsford in 1880. Structure
Abbotsford is a historic house in the region of the Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed. It was formerly the residence of historical novel and poet, Walter Scott. The nucleus of the estate...
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Bletchley Park Structure
Bletchley Park, also known as Station X, is an estate located in the town of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, and (since 1967) part of Milton Keynes, England. During World War II, Bletchley Park was the location of the United Kingdom's main...
Camp David Main Lodge at Camp David during Nixon administration, February 9, 1971 Structure
The Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is the rustic 125 acre (0.5 km²) mountain retreat of the President of the United States. Camp David is part of the Catoctin Mountain Park recreational area in Frederick County,...
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White House Structure
The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of...
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Peckforton Castle View of outer wall and chapel Structure
Peckforton Castle is a country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England . It is a Grade I listed building. It was built in...
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Monticello Monticello Structure
Monticello , located near Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, the third President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia. The...
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Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace with the Union Flag flying Structure
Hampton Court Palace is a former royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London, England. The palace is located south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames. It is open to the public...
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Chatsworth House Chatsworth House in December Structure
Chatsworth House is a large country house at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England 3½ miles north east of Bakewell. It is the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, and has been home to their family, the Cavendish family, since Bess of Hardwick settled at...
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Hatfield House The great hall Structure
Hatfield House is a country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, First Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to...
Hever Castle Hever Castle Structure
Hever Castle, in Kent, England (in the village of Hever), was the seat of the Boleyn, originally 'Bullen' family. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century and converted into a manor in 1462 by Geoffrey Boleyn, who served as Lord Mayor...
Berkeley Plantation House from the South (river) side Structure
Berkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, comprises about 1000 acres (4.0 km²) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred, and...
Osborne House Osborne House and its grounds are now open to the public Structure
Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert bought Osborne House on the Isle of Wight in October 1845. They were searching for a home away from the stresses of court...
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Leeds Castle The front of Leeds Castle Structure
Leeds Castle, four miles south east of Maidstone, Kent, England, dates back to 1119, though a manor house stood on the same site from the ninth century. The castle and grounds lie to the east of the village of Leeds, Kent, which should not be...
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Graceland Graceland Structure
Graceland is the name of the 13.8 acre estate and large white-columned mansion that once belonged to Elvis Presley, located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee. It is located in South Memphis' vast Whitehaven community about twelve...
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty A National Trust signpost at Mill Dale on the River Dove at the start of the path to Tissington Structure
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Trust does not operate in Scotland, where there is an independent...
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Sheringham Park The Rhododendron gardens Structure
Sheringham Park is a landscape park and gardens near the town of Sheringham, Norfolk, England. . The park surrounds Sheringham Hall and has a grid reference of . The Hall is privately occupied, but Sheringham Park is in the care of the National...
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Royal Pavilion The Royal Pavilion Structure
The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England. It was built in the early 19th Century as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic...
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Kedleston Hall Structure
Kedleston Hall is an English country house in Kedleston, Derbyshire, approximately four miles north-west of Derby, and is the seat of the Curzon family whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy. Today it is a National Trust...
Treasure Houses of England   Structure
The Treasure Houses of England is a heritage consortium founded in the early 1970s by ten of the foremost stately home in England still in private ownership, with the aim of marketing and promoting themselves as tourist venues. There are now nine...
Bisham Abbey Bisham Abbey Structure
Bisham Abbey is a Grade I listed manor house at Bisham in the English county of Berkshire. The name is taken from the now lost monastery which once stood alongside. The abbey church proper, previously Bisham Priory, was the traditional resting place...
Woodstock Palace Woodstock Palace. Structure
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The title of "palace" was first used to refer to it during the 12th century, when it was favoured by King Henry I of England. In about 1120, he created a zoo in...
Castle Howard The South (Garden) Front of Castle Howard Structure
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 25 miles (40 km) north of York. One of the grandest private residences in Britain, most of it was built between 1699 and 1712 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh...
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Arundel Castle Arundel Castle Structure
Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. The castle dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) and was completed by Roger de Montgomery, who became the first to hold the earldom of Arundel by the graces...
Kimbolton Castle Kimbolton Castle in 1880. This illustration shows the present mansion as rebuilt between 1690 and 1720 Structure
Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, is best known as the final home of King Henry VIII's first queen, Catherine of Aragon. Originally a medieval castle but converted into a stately palace, it was the family seat of the Dukes of Manchester...
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Chiswick House Chiswick House Structure
Chiswick House is a Palladian villa in Burlington Lane, Chiswick, in the London Borough of Hounslow. The house belonged to Lord Burlington, whose taste and skill as an architect have been frequently recorded. The "architect earl" designed and built...
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20 Forthlin Road Structure
20 Forthlin Road is a National Trust property in south Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The house was built by the local authority during the 1920s, and Sir Paul McCartney lived there for several years before he rose to fame with The Beatles in the...
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Addington Palace Addington Palace Structure
Addington Palace is a 18th century mansion in Addington near Croydon, south London, England. The original manor house called 'Addington Place' was built about the 16th century.The Addington estate was owned by the Leigh family until early 1700s.Sir...
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Savoy Palace The Savoy Palace Structure
The Savoy Palace was considered the grandest nobleman's residence of medieval London, until it was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It fronted Strand, on the site of the present Savoy Theatre and the Savoy Hotel that memorialise its name....
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Woolsthorpe Manor Woolsthorpe Manor, Birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton Structure
Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, was the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton on December 25, 1642 (old calendar). At that time it was a yeoman's farmstead, principally rearing sheep (hence the wool...
Calke Abbey Calke Abbey Structure
Calke Abbey is a country house near Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, a Grade I listed building and a property of the National Trust. The site was an Augustinian priory from the 12th century until its dissolution by Henry VIII. The present building...
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Sudbury Hall Structure
Sudbury Hall is a country house in Sudbury, Derbyshire, England. Sudbury Hall is one the country's finest Restoration mansions and has Grade I listed building status. The house was built in the 1660s by George Vernon, grandfather of George...
Alnwick Castle Alnwick Castle, from the east, across the pastures and the River Aln Structure
Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in Alnwick, Northumberland, England and the residence of the Duke of Northumberland, built immediately following the Norman conquest, and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed...
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Blenheim Palace Blenheim Palace, The Great Court Structure
Blenheim Palace is a large and monument country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the only non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title "palace". The Palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705...
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Sizergh Castle & Garden   Structure
Sizergh Castle & Garden is a castle, stately home and garden in Sizergh, Cumbria, England, about four miles south of Kendal, and in the care of the National Trust. The Deincourt family had owned the land here since the 1170s and on the marriage...
Astley Hall Structure
Astley Hall is a country house in Chorley, Lancashire, England. Oliver Cromwell is said to have stayed here for a time. The extensive landscaped grounds are now Chorley's Astley Park. The site was acquired in the 15th century by the Charnock family...
Historic houses in Wales   Structure
Historic houses in Wales is a link page for any stately home or historic house in Wales. A number of houses in western parts of Herefordshire and Shropshire have shared characteristics of Welsh country houses (taî'r uchelwyr). See: Castles in...
Historic houses in Scotland   Structure
Historic houses in Scotland is a link page for any mansion, palace, country house, stately home or other historic house in Scotland. See also: List of castles in Scotland Historic houses
Historic houses in Virginia Monticello Structure
As home to many of America's Founding Fathers, four of the first five U.S. presidents, as well as many important figures of the Confederacy, Virginia has many historic houses. Houses in VirginiaHistoric
Paxton House Paxton House Structure
Paxton House is a historic house at Paxton, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, a few miles south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, overlooking the River Tweed. It is a country house built for Patrick Home of Billie in an unsuccessful attempt to woo a...
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Bolsover Castle "North West View of Bolsover Castle" c.1818 Structure
Bolsover Castle is a castle in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England . It was built by the Peverel family in the 12th century and became Crown property in 1155 when the third William Peverel fled into exile. A stone keep was built around 1173, surrounded...
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Milton Abbey Milton Abbey in the late 19th century Structure
Milton Abbey (fully, the Abbey Church of St Mary, St Samson, and St Branwalader) in Dorset was a Benedictine foundation, but only part of the church now survives and is used as the Milton Abbey School chapel. The medieval church burned down in 1309,...
Woburn Abbey The layout of Woburn before partial demolition Structure
Woburn Abbey, near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is the seat of the Duke of Bedford and the location of the Woburn Safari Park. Woburn Abbey was given to John Russell by Henry VIII and became the seat of the Duke of Bedford, head of the Russell...
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Blickling Hall View from the garden of Blickling Hall in Norfolk, England Structure
Blickling Hall is a stately home in the village of Blickling north of Aylsham in Norfolk, England, and in the care of the National Trust since 1940. Blicking Hall was once in the possession of the Boleyn family, and home to Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl...
Belton House Belton House, Lincolnshire, the south facade. Structure
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Wentworth Woodhouse Wentworth Woodhouse from A Complete History of the County of York by Thomas Allen (1828–30) Structure
Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed country house near the village of Wentworth, in the vicinity of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. "One of the great Whig political palaces", its East Front, 606 ft (185 m) long, is the longest country house...
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Newstead Abbey Newstead Abbey in 1880 Structure
Newstead Abbey, in Nottinghamshire, England, originally an Augustinian priory, is now best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron. The priory of St. Mary of Newstead, a house of Augustinian Canons, was founded by King Henry II of England about...
Lacock Abbey Lacock Abbey from the south on a sunny summer day. Structure
Lacock Abbey in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery of the Augustinian order. Lacock Abbey was founded by Lady Ela the Countess of Salisbury in the reign of...
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Under Secretary's Lodge   Structure
The Under Secretary's Lodge (Irish: Lóisteáil na Fo-Rúnaí) was formerly the Dublin residence of the British Under-Secretary for Ireland (the British Administration's chief civil servant). After the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the...
Samlesbury Hall   Structure
Samlesbury Hall is an historic house in Samlesbury, near Preston, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1325, is independently owned and, since 1925, administered by a registered charitable trust, the Samlesbury Hall Trust. This medieval manor house...
Harewood House Harewood House in 2005, seen from the garden Structure
Harewood House (, as if written Harwood) is a country house located in Harewood (pronounced as if written Hairwood), near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a member of Treasure Houses of England, a marketing consortium for nine of the foremost...
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Farnley Hall