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Kentwell Hall

A fine C16 red brick moated mansion, the seat of the Clopton family for about 300 years. (1308-1618). A will dated 1563 records the house as new at ...

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Filed Under: Suffolk Tagged With: Houses, Tudor

Sudeley Castle Plan

Sudeley Castle

Mid 15th century castle, possibly on the site of a Stephanic castle, rebuilt in the late 15th century and altered circa 1572. It fell into a period of ...

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Filed Under: Gloucestershire Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses

Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle has been lived in by the same family for over 900 years. It is where history has been made. Where Edward II was murdered, where the ...

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Filed Under: Gloucestershire Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses

Rockingham Castle

Rockingham Castle

Castle founded by William the Conqueror as a motte and bailey in 1066, rebuilt during the reign of Edward I as a residence and fortified in 1323. The ...

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Filed Under: Leicestershire Tagged With: Attraction, Castles, Gardens, Houses

Greys Court

An intimate family home and peaceful estate set in the rolling hills of the Chilterns. This picturesque 16th-century mansion and tranquil gardens were ...

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Filed Under: Oxfordshire Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses, National Trust

Broughton Castle

Broughton Castle

"Broughton Castle ... about the most beautiful castle in all England ... for sheer loveliness of the combination of water, woods and picturesque ...

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Filed Under: Oxfordshire Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses

Elton Hall

An extraordinary, romantic, part Gothic house which has been in the Proby family since 1660. The Hall, which stands in the midst of unspoilt ...

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Filed Under: Huntingdonshire Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses

Oxburgh Hall

No one ever forgets their first sight of Oxburgh. A romantic, moated manor house, it was built by the Bedingfeld family in the 15th century and they ...

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Filed Under: Norfolk Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses, National Trust

Christchurch Mansion

Christchurch Mansion & Art Gallery. The mansion stands on the site of the Augustinian Priory of Holy Trinity, founded c. 1177. Perpendicular ...

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Filed Under: Suffolk Tagged With: Art Galleries, Houses

Benington Castle

Benington's known history goes back to Saxon times when it was a fortified site used by the kings of Mercia. The remains of a Norman Motte and Bailey ...

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Filed Under: Hertfordshire Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses

Sedgwick Castle

Sedgwick Castle

Sedgwick Park House is a privately owned home, set within 100 acres of rolling countryside and the gardens and ground floor are occasionally open to ...

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Filed Under: Sussex Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses

Scotney Castle Plan

Scotney Castle

Scotney is not one but two houses. At the top of the hill is the new house, designed by Anthony Salvin in Elizabethan style and built in 1837 for ...

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Filed Under: Sussex Tagged With: Castles, Gardens, Houses, National Trust

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