Dorfold Hall is a beautiful Jacobean house, built between 1616-1621. Still a private family home, the House and gardens are open from April to October. read more
Doddington Hall, as it presents today, was built in 1595-1600 by Thomas Tailor and has passed through the generations up to the present owners, Claire and James Birch. ... read more
Delapre Abbey dates back to the 12th century when it was a nunnery of the Cluniac order. After 1535 the Abbey became a country estate under the Tates and Bouveries ... read more
Deene Park is, since 1514, the seat of the Brudenell family. The House, with its family collections, is partly open to the public on House Open Days. The beautiful ... read more
Dean's Court dates very early back to 705 AD, being part of Saxon monastery of Wimcombe. In 1548 the estate (1,600 ha/4,000 acres) was acquired by John Hanham, MP, ... read more
Dartington became well known from 1925 and onwards, when an exceptionally well-off couple, Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst, bought the estate and began to explore how a ... read more
Danson House is a beautiful Georgian villa, built in 1766 and designed by Sir Robert Taylor, the architect of the Bank of England. It is set in more than 80 ha (200 ... read more
The 'Crum', or Crumlin Road Gaol Visitor Attraction and Conference Centre, is a former prison and the only remaining Victorian prison in Northern ... read more
Cothay Manor dates back to the 14th century and is surrounded by a 4.9 ha (12 acres) garden laid out in the 1920s. The house is privately owned and inhabited ... read more
Coombe Abbey was founded as a Cistercian Abbey in the 12th century. Today it is a beautiful hotel surrounded by 202 ha (500 acres) of gardens, parkland and a lake. The ... read more
Compton Verney was built in 1714 by Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke. In 1993 it was bought by the Peter Moores Foundation, and converted in the Compton ... read more
Cliveden, its grounds and house, have undergone many transformations since the first house was built in 1666 for George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. It has known also ... read more
Claydon Estate, park and gardens, surround Claydon House. The current gardens were initially laid out for the 2nd Earl Verney by James Sanderson, a pupil of Capability ... read more
Claverton Manor, now housing the American Museum, was built in 1820 replacing an earlier manor house. It was designed by Sir Jeffry Wyatville, commissioned by John ... read more
Clandeboye Estate (1674) is today the home to Lindy, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava. The House itself was build in 1801. The grounds and Courtyard are open to the public ... read more
Chiswick House was built in 1729 for the 3rd Earl of Burlington and belonged to the Dukes of Devonshire until 1929. The house is filled with the breath-taking ... read more
Chipchase Castle, dating back to the 14th century, is today privately owned. The castle is open to the public in June. The estate is a venue for shooting, fishing, ... read more
Chillington Hall is in the hands of the Giffards family since the year 1178, little over 100 years after three brothers came with Duke William of Normandy to England. The ... read more
Chillingham Castle, dating back to the 13th century, has been owned by one continuous bloodline relating back to the Earls Grey. Today it is the family home of Sir ... read more
Chiddingstone Castle has Tudor origins, and was rebuilt in the 1800s to resemble a medieval castle. Set in 35 acres of grounds and gardens, the Castle is filled with ... read more