
Clayton Hall, Lancashire, England= Pictured right "Clayton Hall in 2005" by Keith Williamson. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons - attribution Clayton Hall is a 15th-century manor house on Ashton New Road, in Clayton, Manchester, England. It is hidden behind trees in a small park.[1] The hall is a Grade II* listed building,[2] a scheduled ancient monument, and a rare example of a medieval ...
Pitzhanger Manor, London, England= Pitzhanger Manor House, in Ealing (west London), was owned from 1800 to 1810 by the architect John Soane, who radically rebuilt it. Soane intended it as a country villa for entertaining and eventually for passing to his elder son. He demolished most of the existing building except the two-storey south wing built in 1768 by George Dance, who had been his first ...