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Anglesey Abbey
Cambridge, Cambrideshire
The Augustinian priory was converted into a house by the Fowkes family in the early seventeenth century. It was altered by Lord Fairhaven in 1926 who also recreated the gardens.
Audley End
Saffron Walden, Essex
On the site of a Benedictine monastery that was given by Henry VIII to Sir Thomas Audley in 1538, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Audley’s grandson, Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk demolished the building….
Belton House
Grantham, Lincolnshire
In 1603, Henry Pakenham sold Belton Manor to Richard Brownlow. Brownlow’s son was created a baronet by Charles I in 1641 and created the formal gardens including the Great Pond.
Beningbrough
York, Yorkshire
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Beningbrough was sold to John Banister who gave it to his nephew Ralph Bourchier in 1556. John Bourchier built the current house in 1716; the build was overseen by William Thornton although the architect is not known.
Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
Doncaster, Yorkshire
Brodsworth Hall was bought at the end of the eighteenth century by Peter Thellusson and after a long legal battle was inherited by his grandson Charles Sabine Thelluson.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Chelsea, London
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries first established the Apothecaries Garden in 1673 on land leased from Sir John Danvers.
Cliveden
Taplow, Buckinghamshire
Charles Barry designed the present house in 1852 for the 2nd Duke of Sutherland. In 1893, Cliveden was bought by William Waldorf Aster who gave the estate as a wedding present to his son Waldorf on his marriage to Nancy Langhorn.
Coton Manor
Northampton, Northamptonshire
The house was erased to the ground during the Civil War and rebuilt in 1662 from stone taken from the nearby Holdenby Palace. In 1919, Murdo Munro bought Coton Grange Farm from the Boughton-Leigh family….
Croome
Worcester, Worcestershire
The 6th Earl of Coventry inherited Croome in 1751 and immediately appointed Lancelot Brown with advice from Sanderson Miller to design a house incorporating parts of the surviving seventeenth century building as well as creating a park ‘out of a morass’.
Deene Park
Corby, Northamptonshire
Robert Brudenell was buried at Deene Park in 1514, and his son continued to enlarge the estate; Queen Elizabeth was entertained here in 1566. In 1606, the house was inherited by Thomas Brudenell who was created Earl of Cardigan in 1660….
Dunham Massey
Altrincham, Cheshire
Little remains of the original house and garden which was begun in the early seventeenth century by Sir George Booth and finished after the end of the Civil War.
Forde Abbey
Chard, Somerset
Forde Abbey was founded as a monastery in the twelfth century and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries was leased by the Crown to Richard Pollard. It was not lived in until it was bought in 1649 by Edmund Prideaux who later became Oliver Cromwell’s Attorney General.
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden
Ripon, Yorkshire
The Mallory family lived at Studley for over two hundred years and in 1667, Mary Mallory married George Aislabie. Their son John inherited the estate in 1693 becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1718.
Fyne Court
Bridgewater, Somerset
Fyne Court is inextricably linked with its nineteenth century owner, Andrew Crosse. A great British eccentric, Crosse dedicated his life to Physics and used the rooms of his house as laboratories and the trees surrounding his property as part of his experiments.
Glendurgan
Falmouth, Cornwall
The Quaker Fox family bought several gardens near the town of Falmouth in the nineteenth century. Alfred Fox bought Glendurgan in 1820s and established walks down the valley to the hamlet of Durgan and built the ponds and planted the cherry and pear orchards.
Great Chalfield Manor
Great Chalford, Wiltshire
A Fifteenth Century Manor House with Attractive Arts and Crafts Garden Summary close Great Chalfield Manor Summary Described by Pevsner as ‘one of the most
Hardwick Hall
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Bess of Hardwick was one of the richest women in England, and she built the ‘new’ Hardwick Hall as a statement of her wealth and power. On her death in 1608, the estate remained in the family until it was transferred to the National Trust in 1959.
Heale
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Eight acres of attractive gardens beside the River Avon Summary close Heale House Summary Probably built in seventeenth century, the house was enlarged by Detmar Blow
Hever Castle & Gardens
Edenbridge, Kent
In the thirteenth century, Hever was owned by the de Hever family who sold it in 1462 to Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, great-grandfather of Anne Boleyn. William Waldorf Astor bought the estate in 1903, restored the moated Castle and laid out the gardens….
Ickworth
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
The Hervey family bought land at Ickworth in 1467 and built a manor house. In 1706, John Hervey created a walled garden and summerhouse and built a canal.
Kew
Kew, London
Kew Gardens is one of the leading botanic gardens in the world fulfilling its mission statement ‘to inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life’.
Kingston Lacy
Wimborne Minster, Dorset
After the destruction of Corfe Castle in the English Civil War, the Bankes family built Kingston Lacy in 1663. The garden was laid out in Franco-Dutch style but nothing of the original garden survives today.
Kiplin Hall
Richmond, Yorkshire
Kiplin Hall was built c1625, for George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I. Calvert later became 1st Lord Baltimore and was granted a royal charter by Charles I to settle a region in the Americas which was later called Maryland.
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham, Wiltshire
The house was built over the original cloisters and has gone through many additions and alterations. It was here that Fox Talbot experimented with photography.
Minterne
Dorchester, Dorset
Minterne House was designed by Leonard Stokes in 1904-6 for Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby, 10th Baron Digby. It stands on the site of an earlier house within an eighteenth century landscape that was laid out by Admiral Robert Digby….
Mottisfont
Romsey, Hampshire
Incorporating the earlier monastic buildings into a house, Sir William Sandys built Mottisfont in sixteenth century. In the twentieth century the house and garden were restored and the property was given to the National Trust in 1957.
Newark Park
Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
Newark was built by Sir Nicholas Poyntz in 1550s and has extensive views over the Ozleworth valley. The house and gardens were restored in the twentieth century by Robert Parsons.
Nostell Priory
Wakefield, Yorkshire
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the Priory passed through several hands until it was bought by the Winn family in 1654; it has remained in their family ever since.
Nymans Garden
Haywards Heath, Sussex
From 1597 until the end of the seventeenth century, the land at Nymans was owned by the Gatland family who built a house on the site of the present house. Nymans passed through several hands until 1890 when Ludwig Messel bought the estate….
Painswick
Painswick, Gloucestershire
Benjamin Hyett created the garden in 1740s to entertain his friends. Features include the Eagle House, the fish ponds, Hermitage, Gothic Alcove, Pigeon House, Plunge Pool and the Red House.
Peckover House
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Peckover House was built in 1722 and bought by the Quaker banker, Jonathan Peckover in 1777. Alexandrina Peckover gave the house to the National Trust in 1943.
Pencarrow
Bodmin, Cornwall
Home to the Molesworth St Aubyn family, Pencarrow House was built in 1760s. The gardens were created in nineteenth century and include specimen trees, shrubs and conifers….
Petworth
Petworth, Sussex
In 1150, the manor of Petworth was given to Joscelin of Louvain by his sister, widow of Henry I; on his marriage to Agnes de Percy, Joscelin took her name. In 1682, Elizabeth Percy married Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset….
Polesden Lacey
Dorking, Surrey
The first house known to have been built at Polesden Lacey was in 1631 for the Rous family. The estate was bought by R B Sheridan in 1797 but by 1813, the house was in ruins and was rebuilt in 1820s by Joseph Bonsor….
Rode Hall
Scholar Green, Cheshire
Roger Wilbrahm bought Rode Hall in 1669 from his cousin Randle Rode. The Hall consists of two houses, the first completed in 1708 and the second in 1752; the houses were joined together in 1800s.
Rodmarton
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The house and garden were designed for the Biddulph family by Ernest Barnsley at the beginning of the twentieth century while Ernest’s brother Sidney made most of the furniture.
Sissinghurst
Cranbrook, Kent
The Tower, Priest’s House and South Cottage are all that remain of the original Elizabethan house that was probably build Richard Baker c1560-70. In 1930, Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West bought Sissinghurst and began restoring the buildings and garden….
Sizergh Castle
Kendal, Cumbria
Standing at the gateway to the Lake District, Sizergh has been home to the Strickland family for over 700 years. The house originated as a pele tower in the fourteenth century and was extended in the sixteenth century and again in the eighteenth century.
Stowe
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
This is a garden designed on the grandest scale. The house was rebuilt after 1714 and is now run as a public school. The gardens were developed for Lord Cobham by Sir John Vanbrugh, Charles Bridgeman and William Kent….
Trengwainton
Penzance, Cornwall
A plant spotter’s garden, Trengwainton is noted for its collection of exotic trees and shrubs. The splendid walled garden is divided into different enclosures….
Wallington
Morpeth, Northumberland
Wallington Hall was built in 1688 with the cellars created from the basement of Fenwick Castle. It was remodelled by Daniel Garrett between 1735 and 1745.
West Dean
Chichester, Sussex
John Lewkenor built a house on the site in 1622 and in 1738, West Dean was inherited by the Peachy family by marriage. In 1804, the Jacobean house was remodelled by James Wyatt….
Wimpole Hall
Royston, Cambridgeshire
Thomas Chicheley built the ‘new’ house and laid out the formal gardens in 1650. Forced to sell because of financial difficulties, the estate passed through several hands until it was bought by Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden.
Wrest Park
Silsoe, Bedfordshire
Inspired by the gardens at Versailles, the outstanding formal gardens were developed from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. There are a number of garden buildings including the Banqueting House by Thomas Archer….
