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, Packwood - PortA 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 
Packwood House
Packwood Lane, Lapworth, Warwickshire, England, B94 6AT A lovely Tudor mansion famous for its topiary garden. Packwood House has its origins in the 15th century, but it is the major rebuilding of 1556-60 that we see today. The core of the house is a two-storey high square block. To this was added a 17th century long, low … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location map Heritage Rating:  ?
Parham
Storrington, Pulborough, West Sussex, England, RH20 4HS An Elizabethan H-shaped house featuring its original rooms and furnishings, as well as Jacobean additions. The most interesting feature at Parham is the Long Gallery, which stretches fully 160 feet. Outside the house is a lovely 4 acre walled garden. MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 4 miles south east of Pulborough, off the A283 Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Peckover House
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, PE13 1JR An early 18th century town house set in magnificent gardens. The interior features excellent plasterwork an superlative wooden decoration in rococo style. MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: on B1441 Location map Heritage Rating:  ?
Pencarrow House
Bodmin, Cornwall, England, PL30 3AG Palladian house begun in 1765, approached along a wooded drive. Panelled library, music room. Many portraits of the Molesworth family, including 11 by Sir Joshua Reynolds. MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 4 m NW Bodmin, on A389 Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Penshurst Place
Penshurst, Kent, England, TN11 8DG Formal gardens surround this seat of the powerful Sidney family, begun in 1340. Hall with central hearth, stone staircase, long gallery. MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 3 m SW Tonbridge, on B2176 Location map Heritage Rating:  ?
Peover Hall
Over Peover, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, WA16 9HN Peover Hall is a red-brick 16th century house with the addition of imposing Jacobean stables. The house was built in 1585 and the stables added in 1654. The house was greatly altered in the Georgian period to create an elegant house in keeping with the style of that time, but … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Petworth House
Petworth, West Sussex, England, GU28 0AE A medieval Percy manor remodelled under Charles, Duke of Somerset (nicknamed "The Proud Duke" because that's just what he was) in 1688. More art gallery than house, Petworth contains works by Turner, Gainsborough, and the omnipresent Reynolds among others. MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: In Petworth, on the A272 or A283 Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Philipps House and Dinton Park
Dinton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, SP3 5HH An early 19th century manor in Neo-Classical style. Philipps House was built in 1820 on the site of a 17th century house by Jeffry Wyatville for William Wyndham, one of the most influential politicians of the late Georgian era. The house features an attractive collection of Regency … MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Polesden Lacey
Great Bookham, Dorking, Surrey, England, RH5 6BD Regency house transformed into Edwardian mansion by the social climbing of brewery heiress Mrs. Ronald Greville. Glittering formal rooms, portraits by Raeburn and Reynolds. MORE >> Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 5 m NW Dorking, off A246 Location map Heritage Rating: ?
Port Eliot
St Germans, Saltash, Cornwall, England, PL12 5ND Port Eliot is the home of the Eliot family, Earls of St Germans. The house has roots as ancient as the 5th century AD, making it one of the oldest buildings in continuous habitation in the UK. In 430 AD St Germanus of Auxerre founded a church here. That … 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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