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Cliveden (pronounced / ˈ k l ɪ v d ən /) is an English country house and estate in the care of the National Trust in Buckinghamshire, on the border with Berkshire.The Italianate mansion, also known as Cliveden House, crowns an outlying ridge of the Chiltern Hills close to the South Bucks villages of Burnham and Taplow.
Knole (/ n oʊ l /) is a British country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust.It is situated within Knole Park, a 1,000-acre (400-hectare) park located immediately to the south-east of Sevenoaks in west Kent.
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house . This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country.
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 ]
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.
Castle Howard is an English country house in Henderskelfe, North Yorkshire, 15 miles (24 km) north of York.A private residence, it has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years.
Broadlands is the home of the Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma.The house is open to the public for guided tours on weekday afternoons in summer. [8]On 1 August 2004, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert at Broadlands as part of their Turnaround Tour promoting their album Turnaround.
It was the first stately home to open to the public, and the Longleat estate has the first safari park outside Africa and other attractions including a hedge maze. The house was built by Sir John Thynne and designed mainly by Robert Smythson, after Longleat Priory was destroyed by fire in 1567. It took 12 years to complete and is widely ...