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Milton Hall near Peterborough, is the largest private house in Cambridgeshire, England. As part of the Soke of Peterborough , it was formerly in Northamptonshire . It dates from 1594, being the historical home of the Fitzwilliam family , and is situated in an extensive park in which some original oak trees from an earlier Tudor deer park survive.
The Dunecht Estate is one of the largest private estates in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at 53,000 acres (210 km 2). It is owned by The Hon Charles Anthony Pearson, the younger son of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray. Dunecht's business interests include farming (in hand and let farms), forestry, field sports, minerals, let houses, commercial lets and tourism.
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.
Public housing in the United Kingdom has typically consisted of council houses, often built in the form of large estates by local government councils. Becontree in The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham is generally considered to be the largest council estate (in terms of population).
In the United Kingdom, some royal residences and episcopal residences are referred to as palaces. In England, Blenheim Palace is the only stately home to bear that title which was not formerly a royal or episcopal residence. In Scotland, some stately homes are called palaces.
Heanton Satchville is an estate in the parish of Huish in Devon. It took its name from the nearby former ancient estate of Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe . It is the seat of Baron Clinton [ 1 ] who owns the largest private estate in Devon, known as Clinton Devon Estates .
Birch Hall is a sprawling estate originally built in 1740 and located in a ... UK. Birch Hall is a ... claiming the upkeep would be too expensive so the home was later sold for $2.2 million in a ...
The house was designed by Isaac Ware in 1754 for Admiral John Byng, the fourth son of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, and remains in the family at the heart of a 2,500-acre (10 km 2) estate. It is one of the largest private houses near London inside the M25 motorway. Its distinctive exterior has been used over 60 times as a ...