Stately Homes and Cottages of Great Britain
Great Britain has always been a nation of diversity, rich and poor, and in the Regency period, a rising middle class.
The homes of the aristocracy, the landed gentry and the wealthier tenant farmers decorated the landscape of the Regency.
The term 'cottage' covered anything from a significant house to a labourer's humble dwelling.
Here are some of the great houses and the substantial cottages of the British Isles:
The homes of the aristocracy, the landed gentry and the wealthier tenant farmers decorated the landscape of the Regency.
The term 'cottage' covered anything from a significant house to a labourer's humble dwelling.
Here are some of the great houses and the substantial cottages of the British Isles:
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Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire |
Ashen, Essex |
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Cranbury Park, Hampshire |
Blythe Cottage, Barton, Warwickshire |
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Franks Hall, Kent |
unidentified |
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Charlecote Hall, Warwickshire |
Farnham, Yorkshire |
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Guy's Cliffe, Warwickshire |
unidentified |
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Howsham Hall, Yorkshire |
Great Tangley Manor, Surrey |
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Knowsley Hall, Lancashire |
Rumwood Court, Langley, Kent |
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Ribbesford House, Bewdley, Worcestershire |
Aldhampton, Somersetshire |
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Trentham Hall, Staffordshire |
Suckley, Worcestershire |
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Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire |
Stoford, Somersetshire |
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Stratford House, Birmingham |
Therfield, Hertfordshire |
Many of the colour illustrations of stately homes on this pages are taken from "A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen & Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland" published in 1880. They are made available courtesy of The Noel Collection, www.noelcollection.org |
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