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New Place, Warwickshire, England= New Place (grid reference SP201548) was William Shakespeare's final place of residence in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died there in 1616. Though the house no longer exists, the land is owned by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.===Early history===The house stood on the corner of Chapel Street and Chapel Lane, and was apparently the second largest dwelling in the tow...
Tresillian House, Cornwall, England= Tresillian House is a country house in the parish of Summercourt, Cornwall, to the northeast of St Newlyn East, off the A3058 road, northeast of Newquay, Cornwall, England. It became a Grade II listed building on 30 May 1967. It is most associated with the Bennet family historically; John Bennet, Curate of Antony was once owner of the house and in 1837 it wa...
The Falcon, Chester, Cheshire, England= The Falcon is a public house in Chester, Cheshire, England. It stands on the west side of Lower Bridge Street at its junction with Grosvenor Road. The Falcon is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] The building formerly incorporated part of Chester Rows, but it was the first building to have its po...
Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, England= Cholmondeley Castle (/ˈtʃʌmlɪ/ chum-lee) is a country house in the civil parish of Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England. Together with its adjacent formal gardens it is surrounded by parkland. The site of the house has been a seat of the Cholmondeley family since the 12th century. The present house replaced a timber-framed hall nearby. It was built in the earl...
Bushmead Priory, Bedfordshire, England= The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead, commonly called Bushmead Priory, was a monastic foundation for Augustinian Canons, located at Bushmead (a Hamlet in Staploe parish) in the County of Bedfordshire in England. It is a Grade I listed building.The site and remains of the 700-year-old priory stand today neighbouring a light industrial estate, and disu...
Winfield House, London, England= Winfield House is a mansion set in 12 acres (4.9 ha) of grounds in Regent's Park, the largest private garden in central London after that of Buckingham Palace. Since 1955, it has been the official residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. It is Grade II listed as an "exceptional ambassador's residence and as a notable Neo-Georgian town hou...
Historic Buildings of Lancashire ==England===Including ManchesterThe object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Lancashire, 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. Image rig...
Chiswick House, London, England= Chiswick House is a Palladian villa in Burlington Lane, Chiswick. Arguably the finest remaining example of Neo-Palladian architecture in London, the house was designed by Lord Burlington, and completed in 1729. The house and gardens, which occupy 26.33 hectares (65.1 acres),[1] mainly created by architect and landscape designer William Kent, is one of the earlie...
Chester Castle, Cheshire, England= Chester Castle is in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is sited at the southwest extremity of the area bounded by the city walls. The castle stands on an eminence overlooking the River Dee. In the castle complex are the remaining parts of the medieval castle together with the neoclassical buildings designed by Thomas Harrison which were built between ...
Leighton House Museum, London, England= The Leighton House Museum is a museum in the Holland Park district of Kensington and Chelsea in London. The former home of the painter Frederic, Lord Leighton, it has been open to the public since 1929.===The house===Built for Leighton by the architect and designer George Aitchison, it is a Grade II* listed building. It is noted for its elaborate Oriental...
Hough Hole House, Cheshire, England= Hough Hole House is a historic house to the northwest of the village of Rainow, Cheshire, England. It dates from about 1660, and was altered and extended in 1796. An engineering works was added in the 1850s, and incorporated into the house during the 20th century. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed...
Beeston Castle, Cheshire, England=by David Ross, from striking ruins of this 13th century castle stand on a 500 foot high cliff of red sandstone, providing excellent views of the surrounding countryside. The site was first used as a fortress in the Bronze Age, and traces remain of that early hill fort. The castle was begun in 1226 by Ranulf, Earl of Chester (1170-1232), in a quite peculiar (for...
Henbury Hall, Cheshire, England= Henbury Hall is a country house located about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the southwest of the village of Henbury, Cheshire, England. The present house was built in the 1980s in Neo-Palladian style, its design being based on Palladio's Villa Rotonda.[1][2][3]===History===Depiction of Henbury Hall in the 1707 Britannia IllustrataA hall known as Henbury Hall existed in the...
Charlton House, London,(formerly Kent) England=Among several English houses with the name Charlton House, the most prominent is a Jacobean building in Charlton, London. It is regarded as the best-preserved ambitious Jacobean house in Greater London. It was built in 1607-12 of red brick with stone dressing, and has an "E"-plan layout. The interior features a great hall, chapel, state dining room...
The Old Dee Bridge, Cheshire,England= The Old Dee Bridge in Chester , Cheshire, England, is the oldest bridge in the city. It crosses the River Dee carrying the road that leads from the bottom of Lower Bridge Street and the Bridgegate to Handbridge. A bridge on this site was first built in the Roman era, and the present bridge is largely the result of a major rebuilding in 1387. It is recorded ...
Bishop Lloyd's House (or Bishop Lloyd's Palace)= Bishop Lloyd's House (or Palace) is at 41 Watergate Street, and 51/53 Watergate Row, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be "perhaps the best" house in Chester.The house is built on two stone medi...
Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire, England= Bolesworth Castle has been the home of the Barbour family for over 150 years. Bolesworth Castle, stands on the site of a previous very gothic house built in the 1750s. Today, the only 18th century features to have survived are the lake, with its bridge and boathouse, created by the owner John Crewe in 1780 and known as Mr Crewe’s New River. He employed the ...
Trelissick House, Cornwall, England= Picture credit: © Copyright Chris J Dixon and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Creative Commons The current house started life in the 1750's and has has seen many changes, both physical and in ownership.Ida Copeland gave the house along with the entire Trelissick estate to the National Trust in 1955 with the family retaining the house ...
Chester City Walls, Cheshire, England= Chester city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester in Cheshire, England. Their construction was started by the Romans when they established the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 AD. It originated with a rampart of earth and turf surmounted by a wooden palisade. From about 100 AD they were reconstructed using s...
Brownsea Castle, Dorset, England= Brownsea Castle, also known historically as Branksea Castle, was originally a Device Fort constructed by Henry VIII between 1545 and 1547 to protect Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, from the threat of French attack. Located on Brownsea Island, it comprised a stone blockhouse with a hexagonal gun platform. It was garrisoned by the local town with six soldiers a...
Penhallam, Cornwall, England= Penhallam (Cornish: Maner Pennalyn/Plas Pennalyn[1]%29 is the site of a medieval manor house surrounded by a protective moat. It was designated as a Scheduled Monument in 1996 and is now in the guardianship of English Heritage.===Details===The site is situated in the civil parish of Jacobstow in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, one mile west of Week St ...
Old Chelsea, London, England= Bits of Old Chelsea (1894), etchings of houses of celebrities which featured in a book of this title by Walter Burgess with some other old Chelsea buildings added for good measure. Pictured right: Madame Venturis house, Cheyne Walk This house, number 4 Cheyne Walk was the home of the novelist George Eliot . She moved in there with her husband John Walter Cross . Yo...
Leche House, Chester, Cheshire, England=Timber framed Leche House , considered to be the best preserved medieval town house in Chester, is located at 17 Watergate Street. The building incorporates a section of the famous Chester Rows.The house was built in the seventeenth century for Alderman John Leche of Mollington , who descended from John Leche , surgeon to King Edward III . It was built up...
Aldcliffe Hall, Lancashire,England= Aldcliffe Hall was a 19th century country house, now demolished, which replaced a previous mediaeval building, on the bank of the Lune estuary in Aldcliffe, Lancashire, England.Built in a porous local stone, it was covered in stucco for protection.===History===The Aldcliffe estate was acquired by the strongly Catholic Dalton family in 1557 during the reign of...
Hulme Hall, Cheshire, England= Hulme Hall with its moat and medieval bridge is Allostock’s oldest and most archeologically significant monument. The site is an English Heritage Scheduled Ancient Monument and the Hall and bridge are Grade 2* listed.Danes settled at Hulme Hall in the 10th and 11th century and there are records than an Anglo-Norse squire (Hame) who lived here, perished in the Batt...