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Historic Buildings of Gloucestershire ==England Image right - Berkeley Castle >===== Image Geograph © Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence. =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Gloucestershire, with links to sub-projects for specific...
Fulham Palace, London, England= Fulham Palace in Fulham, London (formerly in Middlesex), England, at one time the main residence of the Bishop of London, is of medieval origin. It was the country home of the Bishops of London from at least 11th century until 1975, when it was vacated. It is still owned by the Church of England, although managed by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham an...
Ascot place is owned by Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan and is situated in Windlesham in Berkshire with the surmised value of £60 million. Ascot Place was bought by Zayed bin Sultan al- Nahyan the ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates for £18 million in 1989. He bought it from the heir of Mercedes-Benz fortune Mick Flick .The Grade II listed 18th century mansion is only 15 min...
Waterperry Manor, Oxfordshire, England=In 1086 WATERPERRY belonged to Robert d'Oilly. The property was later held as 2 knights' fees and the overlordship descended with that of the other d'Oilly estates to the earls of Warwick in the 13th century, to Thomas Chaucer, and then to his daughter Alice, Duchess of Suffolk, in the 15th. After her death in 1475 it lapsed.The tenant in 1086 was an unide...
Historic Buildings of Cambridgeshire ==EnglandThe object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Cambridgeshire, 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 right - Pampisford...
Christleton Old Hall, Cheshire, England=Although the Old Hall itself was built in 1603, there is some evidence of buildings of an earlier period on the site. Above the Tudor looking fireplace in the main hall, the original grate for which is still preserved, there are on the right oval of plaster, the emblems of the English Rose, the Unicorn and the Thistle of Scotland- hailing no doubt the Stu...
Woodperry Manor, Oxfordshire, England=In Domesday Book Roger d'Ivry held WOODPERRY of Odo of Bayeux, the holding being assessed at 4 hides, the overlordship passed with that of the d'Ivry lands to the St. Valery family and thence to Richard, Earl of Cornwall. In 1166–7 Gilbert 'de Almaria' paid a fine of 20s. for Pery (i.e. Woodperry),with which the Aumery or Damory family were thereafter conne...
Wilcote Manor,Oxfordshire, England=In 1086 WILCOTE, assessed at 1 hide, formed part of the extensive Oxfordshire holdings of Odo, bishop of Bayeux. On Odo's fall Wilcote, among other manors, was granted c. 1100 to Manasser Arsic, forming part of his barony of Cogges. The overlordship of Wilcote followed the barony's descent until the latter's division in the 13th century, after which it passed ...
Kenwood House, London, England= Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a former stately home, in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath. It is managed by English Heritage, and normally open to the public. The house was closed for major renovations from 2012 until late 2013.[1]The house is best known for the artwork it houses. ===History===The original house ...
Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire, England= Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswold village of Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th-century wing, and is a Grade I listed building. It is situated close to the River Thames, and it is frequently flooded. The nearest town is Faringdon in the Vale of the White Horse.===History 1570 to 1870===The ...
Farnham Castle, Surrey, England===History==Farnham Castle overlooks the historic town of Farnham on the western border of Surrey.Playing an important part in the life of the town, the Keep and the Bishop’s Palace are popular tourist attractions. Historical associations and nearly continuous occupancy make the Castle one of the most important historical buildings in the south of England.For 800 ...
Dorchester House, London, England=Dorchester House was a mansion in Park Lane, London, built in 1853 by Robert Stayner Holford. It was demolished in 1929 to make way for the present Dorchester Hotel. ===Overview===Lewis Vulliamy who was a notable architect of that time was instructed to build a house in which a central staircase was a major feature.[1] The main purpose of the building was to ho...
Windlesham Moor, Surrey, England=Shown right - painting of the house and gardens circa 1934, attributed to Winston Churchill, was discovered and auctioned in September 2008. Windlesham Moor is a country house and, for a time in the 20th century a royal residence, at Windlesham in the English county of Surrey.===History===Mr Philip Hill bought the Victorian home and grounds in a state of disrepa...
Moggerhanger House, Bedfordshire, England= Moggerhanger House is a Grade I-listed country house in Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, England, designed by the eminent architect John Soane. The house is owned by a Christian charity, Harvest Vision, and the Moggerhanger House Preservation Trust, and has recently undergone a £7m refurbishment project with help from organisations such as the Heritage Lott...
Heligan Estate, Cornwall, England= Heligan (meaning "willows" in Cornish) is first recorded in the 12th century.[1] The estate was bought by Sampson Tremayne in 1659.[2] Heligan House was built by William Tremayne in 1603 in Jacobean style,[2] but only the basement of that house remains. The house was substantially rebuilt in 1692 by Sir John Tremayne (1647–1694) in William and Mary style [2] a...
Undershaw, Surrey, England= Undershaw is a former residence of the well-known author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The unusual house was built for Doyle at his order to accommodate his wife's health requirements, and is the location where he lived with his family from 1897 to 1907. Undershaw is where Doyle wrote many of his works, including The Hound of the Baskervill...
Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire, England= Heythrop Park is an early 18th-century country house 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Heythrop in Oxfordshire. It was designed by the architect Thomas Archer in the Baroque style for Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury . A fire in 1831 destroyed the original interior. From 1922 until 1999 Heythrop housed first a Jesuit tertiary education college, and later a ...
Fawley Court, Buckinghamshire, England= Fawley Court is a country house, with large mixed-use grounds standing on the west bank of the River Thames at Fawley in the English county of Buckinghamshire. Its former deer park extended east into the Henley Park area of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire that abuts it to the south. It is listed at Grade I for its architecture. [1]==History=====Early histor...
Savoy Palace, London, England= The Savoy Palace , considered the grandest nobleman's townhouse of medieval London, was the residence of John of Gaunt until it was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It lay between the Strand and the River Thames – the present Savoy Theatre and Savoy Hotel were named in its memory. In the locality of the palace the administration of law was by a special j...
Carlyle's House, Chelsea, London, England= Carlyle's House, in the district of Chelsea, in central London, England, was the home acquired by the historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle , after having lived at Craigenputtock in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. She was a prominent woman of letters, for nearly half a century. The building dates from 1708 and is at No. 24 C...
Holland House, London, England= Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle , was a great house in Kensington in London, situated in what is now Holland Park. Created in 1605 in the Elizabethan or Jacobean style[a] for the diplomat Sir Walter Cope, the building later passed to the powerful Rich family, then the Fox family, under whose ownership it became a noted gathering-place for Whigs in ...
Pentillie Castle, Cornwall, England= Pentillie Castle is a grade II* listed[1] country house and estate, located on the banks of the River Tamar in Pillaton, near to St Mellion, in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. The nearby village of St Dominick at one time belonged to the estate.===History===From a poor background, Sir James Tillie (16 November 1645 – 15 November 1713) rose through ...
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England= Luton Hoo is an English country house and estate between the towns of Luton, Bedfordshire and Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Most of the estate lies within the civil parish of Hyde, Bedfordshire. The unusual name "Hoo" is a Saxon word meaning the spur of a hill, and is more commonly associated with East Anglia.==History=====Early history===Luton Hoo is not mentioned...
Kenwood, St George's Hill Estate, Surrey, England= Kenwood is a house on the St. George's Hill estate, Weybridge, Surrey, England. Originally called the Brown House, it was designed by architect T.A. Allen, and built in 1913 by local builders, Love & Sons. The estate was constructed around the Weybridge Golf Club, which was designed in 1912 by Harry Colt. John Lennon , of The Beatles, bought Ke...
Upton House, Warwickshire, England= Upton House is a country house in the civil parish of Ratley and Upton, in the English county of Warwickshire, about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Banbury, Oxfordshire. It is in the care of the National Trust.===History===The house was built on the site of the hamlet of Upton, which was destroyed in about 1500 when the land was cleared for pasture.[1] The esta...