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Althorp

http://www.althorp.com/

The Spencer family ancestral home and garden, where Diana, Princess of Wales is buried, and includes an illustrated history and description of this Elizabethan house remodeled along Classical lines located at Northampton.

Ascott House

http://www.ascottestate.co.uk/

UK National Trust garden and property previously in the ownership of the Rothschild family. Includes contact information. Buckinghamshire, England.

Breamore House & Museum

http://www.breamorehouse.com/

Elizabethan manor house completed in 1583 by the Doddington family and purchased in the early 18th century by Sir Edward Hulse, whose family remained there for the next 250 years. Located in Breamore, Hampshire, England.

Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum

http://www.charlesdickensbirthplace.co.uk/

House in Portsmouth, England into which famous writer Charles Dickens was born.

Chenies Manor

http://www.cheniesmanorhouse.co.uk

A Tudor manor house built c.1460 with home, garden and church information, and calendar of events located at Buckinghamshire.

Elizabethan House Museum

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=200.41

Late 16th century merchant's house with period furnishings containing programs and events, images, and visitor information located in Great Yarmouth.

Fairfax House

http://www.fairfaxhouse.co.uk

Located in York, England, home to the famous Noel Terry collection.

Firle Place

http://www.firlestreet.freeserve.co.uk/

East Sussex home to the Gage family for more than 500 years.

Friends of Oakwell Hall and Country Park

http://www.friendsofoakwellhall.org.uk/

An authentic 16th century manor house with its 110 acres of country park, containing a virtual tour, events, and visitor information located at Birstall, Batley, West Yorkshire.

Gainsborough's House

http://www.gainsborough.org/

The museum and gallery of the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough located in Sudbury, Suffolk, and includes information on the site, collections, exhibits, and events.

Harewood House

http://www.harewood.org/

English country estate offers tours of its state rooms, art collections, and gardens. Includes a virtual tour, events, programs, hours, admission rates, and directions to the location in Leeds.

Historic Royal Palaces

http://www.hrp.org.uk/

Information on the Kensington Palace (London), The Banqueting House (London), Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage (Surrey), and Hampton Court Palace (Surrey).

Holst Birthplace Museum

http://www.holstmuseum.org.uk/

The Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets was born in 1874, and includes a biography, information on events, description of the rooms, and visitor information located at Cheltenham.

Jane Austen's House

http://www.mainhighway.com/jah/

The house where she wrote and revised her famous novels including Pride and Prejudice with information on the history, location, maps, events, and news located at Alton, Hampshire.

Leighton House Museum

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/LeightonHouseMuseum/general/

The former studio-house of the great Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-1896) with home, exhibition, events, and biographical information located at London.

Newstead Abbey

http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/newstead/

Originally a 12th century monastery it later became the seat of the Byron family in 1540 until it was sold by the poet Lord Byron in 1818. Abbey and gardens are open to the public.

Quex House & Gardens

http://www.quex.co.uk

Galleries and information on the hall, carvery, and museum with a schedule.

Red House Museum

http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/venuedetails.asp?vID=7

A red brick house built in 1660, the home to the Taylor family who were cloth merchants and manufacturers, containing general and visitor information located at Gomersal, Cleckheaton.

Sand

http://www.sandsidbury.co.uk/

Historic house and garden, situated in the picturesque regency seaside resort of Sidmouth, England.

Scone Palace

http://www.scone-palace.net/

The ancient Crowning Place of the Kings and Queens of Scotland near Perth.

Sudley House

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/sudley/

Home of Victorian ship owner, merchant and art collector George Holt and his family. Displays include eighteenth and nineteenth British paintings. Liverpool, England.

The Amersham Museum

http://www.amershammuseum.org/

A local history museum based in a 15th century half-timbered house with general information and images.

The Dickens House Museum

http://www.dickensmuseum.com/

Dickens's 19th century home in London, now preserved as a historic house museum.

The Folly

http://www.ncbpt.org.uk/folly/

A 17th century house close to the centre of Settle in the heart of Yorkshire's Craven Dales.

The Handel House Museum

http://www.handelhouse.org/

18th century house where George Frideric Handel lived for 36 years until his death in 1759. Restored to reflect the life and times of the composer. Hours of operation and directions to London location.

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