Historic Buildings in England - North of London
Historic
Buildings are listed by county [like a state in the USA].
To find a county see our England
Counties Map
Bedforshire:
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, important collection of watercolours,
prints, and decorative arts with examples of furniture by William
Burgess.
***Woburn Abbey, important art collection inc. Van Dyck, Gainsborough,
Reynolds, Velazquez and Canaletto; superb 18th century furniture
and silver; 3,000 acre deer park with nine species of deer, safari
park.
Wrest Park Gardens, excellent 18th C. landscape gardens.
Cambridgeshire:
Anglesey Abbey, houses the Fairhaven collection of paintings
and furniture.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden, several national plant collections.
Elton Hall, excellent collections and library inc. Henry VIII's
prayer book.
***Cambridge University, especially King's College, one of the oldest
university buildings in the UK and one of the finest.
Oliver Cromwell's House, home of the famous 17th C. 'citizen' in
Ely.
Derbyshire:
***Chatsworth, 16th C. house inc. intact 17th C. rooms, ceilings
by Verrio, Laguerre and Thornhill, fine tapestries, furniture by
William Kent and Andre Boulle, fine sculptures and old master paintings
inc. Rembrandt.
Haddon Hall, excellent example of a medieval house.
Durham:
Raby Castle, 14th C. fortified historic building with moat.
Auckland Castle, 12th C. residence of the Bishops of Durham.
Bowes Museum, extensive collection of French paintings.
***Durham Castle and Cathedral. 11th C. inc. burial place of St.
Cuthbert - World Heritage Site.
Rokeby Park, needlework sampler collection and the subject of 'Rokeby'
by Sir Walter Scott.
Gloucestershire:
Berkely Castle, historically important 12th C. castle.
Chedworth Roman Villa, excavations of a Roman villa.
***Kelmscott Manor, home to William Morris, 19th C. leader of the
Arts and Crafts movement.
***Sudeley Castle, once a UK royal palace and with excellent gardens.
Herefordshire:
Berrington Hall, 18th C. house by Holland with excellent interior.
Eastnor Castle, 19th C. castle with superb interior and collections.
Lancashire:
Leighton Hall, 18th C. house with magnificent lakeland views
and fine 18th C. Gillows furniture.
Leicestershire
and Rutland: Belvoir Castle, 19th C. Gothick castle inc.
excellent art collection, tapestries and silks.
Oakham Castle, superb Norman great hall of a 12th C. Manor House
inc. horseshoe collection.
Lincolnshire:
***Burghley House, 16th C. house built for Queen Elizabeth's
advisor inc. work by Grinling Gibbons and important collections
of Italian art, oriental porcelain and 18th C. furniture.
Woolsthorpe Manor, 17th C. farmhouse and family home of Sir Isaac
Newton.
Merseyside:
Speke Hall, excellent 16th C. half timbered buildings.
Norfolk:
***Holkham Hall, 18th C. house by William Kent inc. classical
statuary, fine art collection, furniture and extensive bygones collection.
Dragon Hall, excellent 15th C. merchant's hall.
***Houghton Hall, 18th C. buildings designed by Colen Campbell for
Sir Robert Walpole with interior by William Kent inc. toy soldier
and militaria collection.
Euston Hall, 18th C. house with historically important art collection
inc. work by Van Dyck, and George Stubbs.
Northamptonshire:
***Althorp, family home of Diana, Princess of Wales. [Picture
top left].
***Boughton House, 16th C. house with superb collections.
Holdenby House, 16th C. house built by Queen Elizabeth's chancellor
and later prison to King Charles I, inc. working armoury and falconry
centre.
Lamport Hall, 16th C. buildings with work by John Webb, superb furniture
and art collection inc. Van Dyck.
Nottinghamshire:
Newstead Abbey, historic home of the 19th C. poet Lord Byron.
Northumberland: ***Alnwick Castle, 11th C. castle with a superb Italian art collection,
fine Meissen porcelain and terrific Harry Potter background!
***Bamburgh Castle, 11th C. castle built upon a coastal craggy outcrop
with fine collections of armour.
Chillingham Castle, superb 11th C. castle.
Chesters Roman Fort, remains of a Roman cavalry fort.
***Housteads Roman Fort, the most impressive part of Hadrian's Wall.
Holy Island [Lindisfarne Castle], historic 11th C. fortified priory.
Oxfordshire: ***Blenheim Palace, 18th C. house by Sir John Vanbrugh, birthplace
of Sir Winston Churchill, outstanding interior inc. the Marlborough
Victory Tapestries.
Broughton Castle, 14th C. House with 17th C. work inc. excellent
plasterwork and panelling.
***Oxford University, including the Botanic Garden, the oldest botanic
garden in the UK. [Picture top right]
Fawley Court, 17th C. house by Sir Christopher Wren, work by Grinling
Gibbons and James Wyatt.
Milton Manor House, 17th C. buildings by Inigo Jones inc. fine Gothick
library.
Shropshire: Hawkstone Historic Park and Follies, 18th C. park with extensive
walks and follies inc. grottos, monuments and buildings.
Weston Park, 17th C. house with a good art collection,
Burford House, the national clematis collection.
Staffordshire: Shugborough, 18th C. house, fine collections and home to the leading
UK photographer Lord Lichfield.
The Ancient High House, outstanding Tudor timber framed house.
Moseley Old Hall, another of Charles 1's hiding places.
Izaak Walton's Cottage, a mecca for those interested in the history
of angling.
Suffolk: Kentwell Hall, 16th C. buildings, partly moated, with excellent
largely 16th/17th C interior.
Gainsboroughs House, birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough the 18th
C. painter.
Euston Hall, 18th C. house with excellent art collection and grounds.
Warwickshire: ***Arbury Hall, 16th C. house with later work in the Gothick style
with excellent art collection and furniture inc. Chippendale.
Nash's House, home to Shakespeare.
Shakespeare's Birthplace, in Stratford-Upon-Avon, 16th C. house,
birthplace of William Shakespeare.
Upton House, 17th C. house with excellent fine art, porcelain and
tapestries.
Warwick Castle, superb 11th C. castle and museum.
Yorkshire: Brodsworth Hall, unusually original Victorian house and interior.
***Castle Howard, outstanding Baroque building by Vanbrugh with
an excellent art collection inc. works by Holbein.
Fairfax House, exceptional 18th C. townhouse with excellent collections.
***Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, 12th C. Cistercian Abbey,
16th C. mansion house, 18th C. water garden and 19thC. church [by
Wlliam Burgess]. - World Heritage Site.
***Harewood House, 17th C. house with interiors by Robert Adam inc.
items by Thomas Chippendale and extensive art collection.
Newly Hall, 17th C. house with interior work by Robert Adam and
Thomas Chippendale plus fine classical statues and Gobelin tapestries.
***Nostell Priory, 18th C. house containing the most extensive range
of work by Thomas Chippendale, inc. what is believed to be his apprentice
piece, a large dolls house.
Bronte Parsonage, Howarth, home of Emily Bronte, writer of 'Jane
Eyre', and her family.
Skipton Castle, impressively well preserved medieval castle.
Merchant Adventurers Hall, 14th C. mediaeval guildhall which is
the finest of its kind.
***Temple Newsam House, 16th C. house with excellent collections.
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