Part of the UK Travel Guide on Britain Express, highlighting attractions, heritage, and tourism information
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List of Historic Houses in England, Cadhay - CharlecoteA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Cadhay
Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, EX11 1QT A lovely Elizabethan manor acclaimed as one of England's thousand best houses. Cadhay was begun in 1550 by John Haydon, on the site of an older house. To Haydon's house was later added a long gallery, effectively creating a rectangular building around an inner courtyard. The house has been beautifully … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: on B3176, 1 m NW Ottery St Mary Location map Heritage Rating:  ?
Calke Abbey
Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE73 1LE Unexceptional exterior houses a varied collection - no, not of furniture and objets d'art, as you might expect, but of stuffed birds, mammals, fossils, and other oddments gathered by a succession of eccentric owners. MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 9 m S Derby, on A514 Location map Heritage Rating:  ?
Canons Ashby
Canons Ashby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, NN11 3SD Delightful hodgepodge of styles from Tudor to Georgian. Began life as an Augustinian priory. Oak staircase, great hall, great atmosphere. MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: on B4525 Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Capesthorne Hall
Siddington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, SK11 9JY Capesthorne is one of the premier country homes of Cheshire, with a history going back to the Domesday Book. The Capesthorne family were Chief Foresters in the King's Forest of Macclesfield at that time, which meant they had the power to try and sentence poachers and enforce royal privilege in … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 5 miles west of Macclesfield, off the A34 Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Casterne Hall
Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, DE6 2BA A Grade-II listed Georgian manor house in a lovely setting within the Peak District National Park. The site has been occupied for almost 2000 years, and sections of Roman buildings are incorporated into the foundations of the current house. Casterne Hall was built in 1730 by attaching a Georgian front … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Castle Drogo
Drewsteignton, Exeter, Devon, England, EX6 6PB A twentieth century "castle" built by Sir Edward Lutyens to satisfy the aspirations to gentryhood of a successful merchant. Battlements, portcullis, fortified entrance tower, all designed to create a medieval heritage. The foundations are hewn into the rock of the hillside, to the point of having exposed granite in the … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A30 Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Castle Howard
Castle Howard, York, Yorkshire, England, YO60 7DA Here is John Vanbrugh's extraordinary baroque vision realized in all its extravagance for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. One of the very first landscape gardens was built here, and there are paintings by Gainsborough and Rubens. The huge central dome has been restored after a 20th century fire. MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 15 m NE York, off A64 Location map Heritage Rating:  ?
Catton Hall
Catton, Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England, DE12 8LN An attractive Georgian manor house of red brick, set in parkland beside the River Trent. Catton has been the home of the Nelson family since 1405, but the current house was designed by James Wyatt and built by Smith of Warwick in 1742. The house remains almost unchanged from that … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Chambercombe Manor
Chambercombe Lane, Ilfracombe, Devon, England, EX34 9RJ A true treasure of England's past, Chambercombe Manor was built in the 11th century, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Elizabethan furniture shares the interior with later Victorian decor. Lady Jane Grey is known to have visited the house. Chambercombe is supposedly haunted; in the Victorian period a … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A399 Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Charlecote Park
Charlecote, Warwickshire, England, CV35 9ER Charlecote Park has been the home of the Lucy family since the 13th century. It is a magnificent Tudor mansion built by Sir Thomas Lucy on a level site beside the River Avon, on the foundations of an even earlier medieval house. Charlecote Park is approached through a long path … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location map Heritage Rating: ?
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HISTORY CORNERName the Historic attractionBritish Heritage AwardsCelebrate the best of British Heritage in our annual British History QuizThis Day in British History13 February, 1689 William and Mary jointly crowned monarchs of England Only the previous day Parliament declared a Declaration of Rights, making James II's constitutional reforms illegal Monarch Mayhem
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