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Domestic real estate represented the largest non-financial asset in the UK, with a net worth of £5.1trillion (2014). [3] Foreign investment plays a substantial role in the UK's real estate market, particularly in London, and foreign companies and individuals invested around £20billion in UK real estate in 2012. [4] [needs update]
Waddesdon Manor, near to the market town of Aylesbury, was built in the 1870s, [17] Further afield, the Rothschild family owned the Exbury estate in Hampshire, known for the Rothschild collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias, now run by a charity. [18]
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
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An estate map of 1587 showing lands belonging to the Duke of Beaufort in and around Tretower, Brecknockshire. National Library of Wales , Badminton estate map volume 3, fols 68v & 69r. This map was awarded UNESCO Memory of the World status in 2016 [ 1 ] An 1835 printed map of the landscaped parkland at Blenheim Palace , Oxfordshire , England.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
This is a list of National Trust properties in England, including any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of the National Trust in England. Bedfordshire [ edit ]
Edward left the estate to his son, the current owner Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, after his death in 1992. As a teenager, Charles served as a tour guide at the house and acquired a deep knowledge of Althorp. [55] At the time he inherited the estate it was losing some £400,000 annually, and the staff of 14 had to be significantly reduced ...