TREASURED HOUSES OF ENGLAND
A SELECTION OF ENGLAND'S FINEST HOUSES, PALACES AND CASTLES
ARUNDEL CASTLE -
"A magical combination of ancient castle, historic house and family home". Home of the eighteenth Duke and Duchess of Norfolk.
http://www.arundelcastle.org/
BEAULIEU -
"A beautiful historic house at the heart of the New Forest". The ancestral home of the Montague family and world famous Motor Museum.
http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/
BLENHEIM PALACE -
"The finest view in England". Home of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
http://www.blenheimpalace.com/
CASTLE HOWARD -
"Just sublime". This breathtaking palace is still home to the Howard family.
http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/
CHATSWORTH HOUSE -
"I hope Heaven will be as delightful". The home of the Devonshire family with an outstanding art collection in a hundred and five acres of grounds.
http://www.chatsworth.org/
HAREWOOD HOUSE -
"St Petersburg Palace in Yorkshire". Home of the Earl and Countess of Harewood. Again, a stunning house with an outstanding art collection.
http://www.harewood.org/
LEEDS CASTLE -
"The loveliest castle in the world". The favourite castle of six medieval queens of England, built in the middle of a lake in the heart of the Kent countryside.
http://www.leeds-castle.com/
WARWICK CASTLE -
"Britain's greatest medieval experience". Britain's finest example of a medieval fortress. Splendid staterooms, chilling dungeons and spectacular staged medieval events.
http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/
WILTON HOUSE -
"Peace to those who enter". Contains the finest State Room in England and the country's largest collection of Van Dyke paintings.
http://www.wiltonhouse.com/
WOBURN ABBEY -
"A family home, full of wonderful things". Home of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford in three thousand acres of deer park, it houses the most important art collection in the world.
http://www.woburnabbey.co.uk/
WADDESDON MANOR -
"TOURISM ExSEllence AWARD 2006". Built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to display his outstanding collection of art and treasures with the finest Victorian garden in Britain.
http://www.waddesdon.org.uk/
WEST WYCOMBE PARK -
"His Lordship's imagery, puzzling and whimsical as it may seem, is as much evident below earth as it is above". Benjamin Franklin, 1772. Home of the Dashwood family and infamous for its legendary Hellfire Club.
http://www.west-wycombe-estate.co.uk/
