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Historic Buildings of Huntingdonshire
England
Image right - Hitchingbrooke House
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The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Huntingdonshire, 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 Castles, Abbeys, Priories, Manor Houses, Mansions, Stately Homes, Country houses, Estate houses, Courts, Halls, Parks and other listed buildings of historic interest.
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A
● Alwalton Lodge, Alwalton, - House Early 19th century
● The Anchor Hemingford Grey, - Open Hall House Mid-late 16th century
● Anchor Cottage Holywell, Holywell-cum-Needingworth, - House 17th century
B
● Bluntisham House Bluntisham, - Vicarage c. 1720
● Brook HouseSt Neots, - House Early 18th century
● Broom Lodge Hemingford Grey, House Early 18th century
C
● The Castle, Leighton, - House Mid 17th century
● Castle Hill House Huntingdon, - House 1787
● The Chestnuts Needingworth, Holywell-cum-Needingworth, - Farmhouse 1710
● Cowper House Huntingdon, - House Early 18th century or earlier
● Crosshall Eaton Socon, St. Neots, - Farmhouse 17th century
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E
F
● Farm Hall Godmanchester, - Farmhouse 1746
● Fenton Manor Farmhouse Fenton, Pidley cum Fenton, - Farmhouse Early 18th century
● Ford House Eaton Socon, St. Neots, - Box Frame House Mid-late 15th century
G
● The Gables Ramsey, - Hall House Medieval
● Gaynes Hall West Perry, Perry, - House Late 17th century
● The George Hotel Huntingdon, - Hotel Late 17th century
● The George Spaldwick,- Inn 16th century and 17th century
● Grove House Fenstanton, - House Early 18th century
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● 
The Haycock Hotel Wansford, Sibson-cum-Stibbington, -Hotel 18th century
Image Geograph © Copyright Richard Croft and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
The Haycock takes its name from a tale by Richard Braithwaite published in 1638 called 'Barnabae Itinerarium' about the adventures of 'Drunken Barnabee'. Barnabee arrived at Wansford and saw a cottage door inscribed with "Lord have mercy on me" realising that Wansford was in the grip of the plague he fell asleep on a haycock by the River Nene. The tale recounts the following events ....
On a haycock sleeping soundly,
Th’river rose and tooke me roundly;
Downe the currrente, people cryed,
Sleeping, down the streame I hyed,
’Where away,‘ quoth they, ’from Greenland?‘
’No, from Wansford Brigs in England.‘
● Hemingford Grey House Hemingford Grey, - 1697
● Hemingford Park Hall Hemingford Abbots, - Country House 1842-3
● Hilton Hall, Hilton, - Early 17th century
● Hitchingbrooke House - built around an 11th-century nunnery. After the Reformation it passed into the hands of the Cromwell family, and subsequently, became the home of the Earls of Sandwich, including John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, reputedly the "inventor" of the modern sandwich.
● Holdick Farmhouse Woodhurst, - Farmhouse Early 18th century
● Houghton Mill Houghton, Houghton and Wyton, Watermill
I
● Island Hall Godmanchester, - House Mid 18th century
J
K
● Kimbolton Castle
● Kirkby Cottage, Windwhistle & Ye Old Croft Fenstanton, Farmhouse Early 17th century
L
● The Limes Spaldwick, - Farmhouse Late 17th century
● Little Paxton Hall Little Paxton, - House Mid 17th century
M
● Manor Farmhouse Alconbury, - Farmhouse Early to mid 17th century
● Manor Farmhouse Houghton, Houghton and Wyton, - Farmhouse Late 16th century
● Manor House Farmhouse Sawtry, - Farmhouse Late 17th century
● The Manor House, Alwalton, - Manor House Early 17th century to Mid 17th century
● The Manor House & Three Willows Buckden, - Houses Early 17th century
● Manor House, Cambridge Rd Fenstanton, - Farmhouse Early-mid 18th century
● The Manor House, Chequer St Fenstanton, - Manor House 17th century
● The Manor Hemingford Grey, Built about 1130, The Manor is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in the country. Here the author Lucy Boston based her Green Knowe books and readers feel that they are walking into the books. In the winter Lucy Boston sewed exquisite patchworks. They form the only collection of this calibre worldwide, which can be seen in the house where they were made. The 3 1/2 acre garden contains topiary, old roses and mixed herbaceous borders filled with mainly scented plants of year-round interest. It is bordered by the river Great Ouse and surrounded by wilderness full of wild life.
● Manor House Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy, - Farmhouse 1613
● Manor House St Ives, - House Late 16th century
N
O
● The Old Barn Upwood, Upwood and the Raveleys, - House 16th century
● The Old Manor House, Brington, Brington and Molesworth, Farmhouse - Mid 16th century
● The Old Rectory Stibbington, Sibson-cum-Stibbington, - Dairy Early to mid 17th century
P
● Post Mill Great Gransden, - Post Mill c. 1612
Q
R
● Ramsey Abbey Ramsey,
● River House Hemingford Grey, - Mid 18th century
S
● St Johns College Farmhouse Hilton, - Farmhouse 15th century
● Stanley Farmhouse Pidley, Pidley cum Fenton, - Farmhouse c. 1700
● Stapenhill, Bluntisham, Farmhouse Mid 18th century
T
● Tetworth Hall at End of Lane from Dove Road to Tetworth Hall Waresley-cum-Tetworth, - Country House 1710
● "Tilbrook" Manor House, - Timber Framed House 17th century
● 
Toseland Hall Toseland, - Manor House Early 17th century
Image Geograph © Copyright Tiger and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
Later image - Geograph
● Tudor House Eynesbury, St. Neots, - House Late 17th century
● Tudor House, 2 Earning St Godmanchester, - Timber Framed House c1600-1603
U-V
W
● Walden House Huntingdon, - House Late 17th century
● Walnut Trees Bluntisham, - House 18th century
● Warren House Kimbolton, - House 1979
● White House Kimbolton, - House Late 18th century or early 19th century
● Woodlands Earith, - House 18th century
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References and Sources
Huntingdonshire 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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