Historic Buildings of Hertfordshire
England
Image right - Hatfield House
Image Right by Allan Engelhardt - Hatfield House, CC BY-SA 2.0, WIKI
The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Hertfordshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be linked to this project and/or to individual projects where they have been set up.
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Historic houses in alphabetical order
Including Manor Houses, Mansions, Stately Homes, Country houses, Estate houses, Courts, Halls, Parks and other listed buildings of historic interest
A
● Ashwell Bury
● Aston Bury
B
● Balls Park
● Beckingham Palace
● Beechwood Park
● Berkhamsted Place
● Brocket Hall
● Buntingford Manor House
● Bushey Hall
C
● Cassiobury House
● Cheshunt Great House
● Childwickbury Manor
D
● Dyrham Park Country Club
E
● Egerton House, Berkhamsted
F
● Fanhams Hall
● The Frythe
G
● Gaddesden Place
● Gadebridge House
● Golden Parsonage
● Old Gorhambury House
● The Grove, Watford
H
● Haileybury College Great Amwell
Image Geograph © Copyright Chris Hunt and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
● Hanbury Manor
● Hanstead House
● Hatfield House (Marquesses of Salisbury) Hertfordshire - a country house set in the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield. The present Jacobean house was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, First Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to King James I and has been the home of the Cecil family ever since. It is a prime example of Jacobean architecture and is currently the home of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury.
Image vy Caitlin from Hertfordshire, UK - Hertford CastleUploaded by oxyman, CC BY 2.0, WIKI
● High Elms Manor
● Hilfield Castle
● Hinxworth Place
● Holywell House
● Hunsdon House
● Hunton Park
I
J
K
● Knebworth House
L
● Langleybury, Abbots Langley - estate of Lord Robert Raymond 1st Baron of Abbots Langley Kt. and his son Robert Raymond who inherited the estate when his father died in 1733
● Lululaund
M
● Much Hadham Palace
N
● Newsells Park
O
P
● Panshanger
● Pendley Manor
● Putteridge Bury
Q
R
● Red House, Buntingford
● Rossway
● Rothamsted Manor
● Rye House
S
● Shaw's Corner
● Shendish Manor
● Shenley Hall
● Sopwell House
● Stocks House
T
● Theobalds House
● Tolmers Park
● Tring Park Mansion
● Tyttenhanger House
U-V
● Verulam House, St Albans
W
● Wall Hall
● Westbrook Hay
● Woodhall Park
● Wormleybury
● Wrotham Park
X-Y-Z
References and Sources
Hertfordshire Specific
General
- Stravaiging.com
- Secret Scotland
- Canmore
- Historic Scotland
- National Trust
- English Heritage
- WIKI List of country houses in the UK
- Britain's Finest
- Britain Express
- Lankdmark Trust
- Historic Houses Association - represents 1,500 houses in the UK
- Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens - UK - guidebook of over 2,000 houses open to the public
- The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses - database of over 7,000 houses
- Lost Heritage - A Memorial to the Lost Country Houses of England - list of over 1,700 houses
- National Trust for Historic Preservation - online database of historic houses in the United States
- WIKI Historic Houses Association
- Historic Houses Association
- WIKI Treasure Houses of England
- List of country houses in the United Kingdom
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