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Harlaxton Manor - The most attractive and interesting work of the Victorian architect Anthony Salvin. Designed in the Elizabethan and Jacobean style. This site from the current owners, Harlaxton College, gives a good history of the building.
Hatch Court - A Palladian mansion in Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset, built of Bath stone in 1750. Photographs, description, history and visitor information.
Hawkstone Park - Follies and Gardens - The official site for this 18th-century garden with grottos and architectural oddities created in Shropshire by Sir Rowland Hill. Photographs, brief history and visitor information.
Highcliffe Castle, Christchurch, Dorset - The official web site of this early Victorian romantic fantasy castle, incorporating medieval stone-carving and stained glass from France. Photographs and brief history.
Historic Houses and Gardens in Cumbria - A guide to the historic houses and gardens in Cumbria. Photographs, brief history and links to official sites.
Historic Houses in SW England - List of the historic buildings, houses, homes and gardens in the south west of England.
Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens - The publishers of the guide to heritage properties in Great Britain and Ireland maintain this directory of links to web-sites of historic houses and gardens.
Knebworth House - Illustrated history of the home of the Lytton family from Camelot International. The house dates from the Tudor period, but was re-modelled in Victorian times.
Leighton Hall, Lancashire - The stately home of the Gillow furniture making family, Leighton Hall was rebuilt in the Adam style in 1763. The official site gives an illustrated history and visitor information.
Longleat House and Safari Park - Widely regarded as the best example of high Elizabethan architecture in Britain. Attractions include several mazes and a Dr Who exhibition.
Lulworth Castle - Official web-site of this early 17th-century mock-castle in Dorset, gutted by fire in 1929 but partly restored and open to the public.
Paxton House, Scotland - Palladian mansion built in 1758 by John and James Adam. A few photographs, map and visitor information, educational options, events, exhibitions, details of the collections and family history.
Robert Adam: Dalquharran Castle - This castle in Ayrshire, Scotland was built (1786-1790) to designs by Robert Adam. Attractively-presented scholarly study by Alastair Cook for the Mackintosh School of Architecture.
Rossdhu House - Electronic version of an illustrated guidebook to the stately Georgian former home of the Chiefs of the Clan Colquhoun near Luss in Scotland, now a golf club house. Hosted by Edward MacKinnon.
Scotland's Castles and Historic Houses - Articles, with photographs and plans, on Traquair, Mary Queen of Scots House, Linlithgow Palace, Hermitage Castle, Castle Urquhart, Crichton Castle, Strome Castle, Threave Castle and Caerlaverock Castle, from Scotland HolidayNet.
Scottish Castles and Historic Houses - Photographs, brief histories and information for visitors, provided by On-Line Scotland.
Sutton Park - The official site of an early Georgian house in Yorkshire gives a history, photographic tour and visitor information.
The DiCamillo Companion to British and Irish Country Houses - A database that aims to list every British and Irish country house from circa 1500 to 1945, standing or demolished. Also an online shop.
The Grange - The Grange is one of a very small group of remarkable houses built by architects for their own use. AWN Pugin designed and built this house for himself in 1843-4. From the Landmark Trust site.
The Prebendal Manor, Nassington - This 13th-century house is a rare survival. Photographs, scholarly history, archaeological finds, description of the recreated medieval garden, visitor information, events.
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