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In the 19th century members of the English Rothschild family bought and built many country houses in the home counties, furnishing them with the art the family collected. The area of the Vale of Aylesbury, where many of the houses were situated, became known as "Rothchildshire". In the 20th century many of these properties were sold off with ...
Belton House is an English country house in Lincolnshire. 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.
Eaton Hall is the country house of the Duke of Westminster. It is 1 mile (2 km) south of the village of Eccleston in Cheshire, England. The house is surrounded by its own formal gardens, parkland, farmland and woodland. The estate covers about 10,872 acres (4,400 ha). [a] The first substantial house on the site was built in the 17th century.
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.
The subcategories attempt to list all county houses, stately homes, manors, country retreats and estates, mansions, and houses in England by county—anything of historical architectural note that was used as a residence by a noble family or persons of esteem in history.
Drayton House is a Grade I listed [1] country house of many periods [2] 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of the village of Lowick, Northamptonshire, England.. Described as Northamptonshire's most impressive medieval mansion by Nikolaus Pevsner, [3] "one of the best-kept secrets of the English country house world" by architectural historian Gervase Jackson-Stops, [4] and (affectionately) "a most ...
2. Pays de la Loire. Pays de la Loire comprises five department, each with a different character and charm: Loire-Atlantique: Average home price €648,000 ($691,000)
Images of the prime minister's official residence, The Lodge have not been blurred. However, images of its roof have been and the entrance to The Lodge is blurred in Google Street View. [6] The government of Malaysia has stated that it will not ask Google to censor sensitive areas because that would identify the locations it deemed to be ...