English Stately Homes Gallery

Highclere Castle CC72_01054

HIGHCLERE CASTLE, Highclere, Hampshire. The exterior of the largest mansion in Hampshire from the north-east. An Elizabethan-style remodelling of an earlier classical mansion by Sir Charles Barry in 1839-42 for Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon. Photographed in 1890s by Henry Taunt. Film location for Downton Abbey

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Stourhead 33398_011

Stourhead, a country house constructed in 1721-24 for Henry Hoare by Colen Campbell in the Palladian style, Wiltshire, 2017

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Aerial, Country House, Georgian, National Trust

Wilton House 29643_036

Wilton House, Wiltshire. A 16th century courtyard house remodelled in the 17th century and again in the early 19th century. Listed Grade I

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Aerial, Architecture, Listed, Listed Grade I