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List Of Country Houses In The United Kingdom
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history. The list includes smaller castles, abbeys and priories that were converted into a private residence, and also buildings now within urban areas which retain some of their original character, whether now with or without extensive gardens. England Bedfordshire * Ampthill Park * Aspley House * Battlesden House * Blunham House * Bozunes Manor * Bow Brickhill Manor * Bromham Manor * Bushmead Priory * Caddington Hall (demolished 1975) * Caldecott Manor * Campton Manor * Cardington Manor * Chicksands Priory * Clophill Manor * Colworth House * Cranfield Court (demolished 1934) * Eaton Manor * Edworth Manor * Eggington House * Elstow Moot Hall * Flitwick Manor * Goldington Bury (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Country House
image:Blenheim - Blenheim Palace - 20210417125239.jpg, 300px, Blenheim Palace - Oxfordshire An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a Townhouse (Great Britain), town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, the term also encompasses houses that were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry who dominated rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832. Frequently, the formal business of the Historic counties of England, counties was transacted in these country houses, having functional antecedents in manor houses. With large numbers of indoor and outdoor staff, country houses were important as places of employment for many rural communities. In turn, until the Great Depression of British Agriculture, agricultural depressions of the 1870s, the est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campton Manor
Campton may refer to: People * Aimée Campton (1882–1930), Anglo-French actress * David Campton (1924–2006), British dramatist Places In the United Kingdom * Campton and Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England, a civil parish ** Campton, Bedfordshire, England, a village located in the civil parish In the United States * Campton, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Campton, Kentucky, a city * Campton, New Hampshire, a town * Campton, South Carolina, an unincorporated community * Campton Hills, Illinois, a village See also * Camptown (other) Camptown may refer to: Places * Camptown (country subdivision), a provincial capital in Lesotho * Camptown, Pennsylvania, United States * Camptown, Scottish Borders, Scotland * Camptown, Virginia, United States Other uses * Camptown FC, a Guyane ... * Compton (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrold Hall
Harrold Hall was a country house in Harrold, Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ..., England. Dated to 1210, the house was demolished in 1961. References Country houses in Bedfordshire Demolished buildings and structures in Bedfordshire 1961 disestablishments in England British country houses destroyed in the 20th century Buildings and structures demolished in 1961 {{Bedfordshire-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlington Manor
Harlington Manor is a grade II* listed manor house in Harlington, Bedfordshire. The house abuts, and has views over, Bury Orchard, the village common, which itself abuts the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. History English Heritage, in their listing notice, ascribe Harlington Manor to the 16th century, though recent architectural and documentary examination strongly suggests that the house dates, in fact, to the late 14th century and, possibly, to 1396. The Little Parlour contains obviously original, trestle sawn joists. Trestle sawing, as a technique, ceased to be used after the mid-1400s-putting the latest constructional date no later than that time. The house was owned by the Burwell family from around 1500 (the Burwells were early colonisers of Virginia in the New World), but it passed, through intermarriage, to the Wingate family in the early 17th Century. It was, the listing notice claims, owned by Edmund Wingate, mathematician and tutor to Queen Henrietta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldington Bury
Goldington Bury is a cricket ground in the Goldington area of Bedford, in England. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1941, when Bedford Town played London Counties. The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match when Bedfordshire played Hertfordshire in 1967. From 1967 to 2003, the ground played host to 32 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Minor Counties Championship match played at the ground seeing Bedfordshire host Northumberland. The ground has also hosted 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. The ground has also hosted List-A matches, the first played between Bedfordshire and Hampshire in the 1968 Gillette Cup. The ground has hosted 3 List-A matches involving Bedfordshire and a single match with Minor Counties South as the home side against Essex in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup. In local domestic cricket, Goldington Bury is the home ground of Bedford Cricket Club and has been since the 1930s. The club was known under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flitwick Manor
Flitwick Manor is a Georgian era, Georgian country house in the south of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England. It is located on Church Road off the A5120 road. Now operating as a hotel, the manor is a Listed building, Grade II* listed building. Now owned by Flitwick Town Council, much of the Grade II Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Register of Historic Parks and Gardens listed park is accessible to the public. History Edward Blofield built Flitwick Manor in 1632. He died in 1663 and left the property to his wife Jane. In 1668 she married Samuel Rhodes and the property passed through the Rhodes family until it was bequeathed in 1736 by Benjamin Rhodes to Humphry Dell who was a relative. Humphry Dell (1706–1764) was a physician who practised in Flitwick. He was a friend of Jeffrey Fisher and acted as godfather to his daughter Anne who was born in 1757. When Dell died in 1764 he left Flitwick Manor to Anne Fisher, his goddaughter, but a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moot Hall, Elstow
The Moot Hall, also known as the Green House, is a medieval structure on The Green in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. The structure, which currently operates as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building. History The building was originally commissioned as a market hall to serve Elstow Abbey. It was designed in the Tudor style, built in timber frame in-filled with wattle and daub and was completed around 1500. The original design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of four bays facing onto Church End. On the ground floor, the first three bays from the west end featured round headed doorways which provided access to the original shop units. The first floor involved extensive use of jettied timber framing allowing the creation of extra space for the meeting room on that floor. The building was fenestrated by bi-partite casement windows on the ground floor and by single casement windows on the first floor. The roof was formed by rows of clay tiles. In addition to being used as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eggington House
Eggington House is the manor house of the village of Eggington situated near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. The house is regarded as a very fine example of late 17th century domestic architecture, and is a Grade II* listed building. At the time of its construction in 1696 it was completely up to date and innovative in its design - which was unusual in the provinces, where architectural styles usually lagged behind that of the larger cities. This small mansion, built for a Huguenot from Montauban in France, a Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, Merchant taylor John Renouille who became Sheriff of Bedfordshire. The house is of red brick. The main facade is of seven bays of classical architecture, classical sash windows and three storeys high. The roof line is concealed by a Wall panel, panelled parapet decorated with urns. The interior contains a staircase with twisted balusters. The house has had a varied ownership, the Renouille family anglicised their name to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edworth Manor
Edworth Manor was a manor in Bedfordshire, England. The manor was mentioned in the Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by .... The manor was owned in the 16th & 17th centuries by the Pygott and Hale families.https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/beds/vol2/pp223-226 A History of The County of Bedford, Volume2, Victoria County History, London, 1908, pages 223-226, Parishes: Edworth. There was a house in the manor, known as 'The Hall' which was home to the Spencer family. John Spencer (c.1505–68) and Ann Merrill (died 1560) leased the house and a farm in the 16th century. References Country houses in Bedfordshire Manor houses in England {{Bedfordshire-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eaton Manor
Eaton may refer to: Buildings Canada * Eaton Centre, the name of various shopping malls in Canada due to having been anchored by an Eaton's store * Eaton's / John Maryon Tower, a cancelled skyscraper in Toronto * Eaton Hall (King City), a conference centre in King City, Ontario * The Carlu, officially ''Eaton's 7th Floor Auditorium and Round Room'', an auditorium and national historic site in Toronto * Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, which was known as the Eaton Chelsea from 2013 to 2015 * Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto Elsewhere * Eaton Center (Cleveland), an office tower in Ohio, US * Eaton Hall, Cheshire, a country home in Eccleston, England * Lt. Warren Eaton Airport, Norwich, New York, US Companies * Eaton Corporation, a multinational industrial manufacturer managed from Dublin, Ireland * Eaton's, a historic Canadian department store chain * Bess Eaton, a New England coffee shop chain Places Australia * Eaton, Northern Territory, a suburb in Darwin *Eaton, Queensland, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranfield Court Cranfield Court was a country house in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. It belonged to the Harter family. The last house at the site was Elizabethan, and designed by Thomas Chambers Hine of Nottingham for Reverend G. G. Harter in 1862–4. In 1912 the house was described as "a large modern red-brick building with Bath stone dressings, in the French Gothic style". At that time it belonged to the widow of James Francis Hatfield Harter. Harter had served as the Justice of the Peace for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1885. The house, which was compared to Battlesden House in style, was later demolished. References Country houses in Bedfordshire Thomas Chambers Hine buildings Court A court is an institution, often a government entity, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between Party (law), parties and Administration of justice, administer justice in Civil law (common law), civil, Criminal law, criminal, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colworth House
Colworth House is an 18th-century mansion set in an area of parkland on the edge of the village of Sharnbrook in Bedfordshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The surrounding site has been occupied since prehistoric times. The current house was started in 1715 by Mark Antonie, a self-made man who aspired to become part of the landed gentry. It passed down to John Antonie, who bequeathed it on his death to a cousin, the MP William Lee, who then adopted the additional surname of Antonie. On his own death in 1815 William Lee Antonie left it to his nephew, the astronomer and antiquarian John Fiott, who thereupon adopted the surname of Lee. The house and extensive grounds were acquired in 1935 by Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett and subsequently sold to Unilever in November 1947, who restored and developed them into a research laboratory through 1948, with the first staff moving in during 1950. Unilever employed up to 1,100 people at Colworth during the 1990s. In 2004 Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
