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A directory of over 1900 demolished country houses in the UK. Categories: Country houses in the United Kingdom. Lists of buildings and structures in the United Kingdom.
- Bushmead Priory
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead, commonly called...
- Ampthill Park
Ampthill Park and Ampthill Park House is a country estate in...
- List of English Monarchs
This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of...
- Courts of England and Wales
The Courts of England and Wales, supported administratively...
- Bushmead Priory
This is the family tree for monarchs of England (and Wales after 1282) from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth I of England. The House of Wessex family tree precedes this family tree and the family tree of the British royal family follows it. As to the medieval histories of Scotland and Wales:
- Stately Homes of England
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The term stately home is subject to debate, and avoided by historians and other academics. As a description of a country house, the term was first used in a poem by Felicia Hemans, "The Homes of England", originally published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1827. In the 20th century, the term was later popularised in a song by Noël Coward, and in modern...
The country houses of England have evolved over the last five hundred years. Before this time, larger houses were usually fortified, reflecting the position of their owners as feudal lords, de facto overlords of their manors. The Tudor period of stability in the country saw the building of the first of the unfortified great houses. Henry VIII's Dis...
There are no written terms for distinguishing between vast country palaces and comparatively small country houses; the descriptive terms, which can include castle, manor and court, provide no firm clue and are often only used because of a historical connection with the site of such a building.[citation needed] Therefore, for ease or explanation, Br...
The slow decline of the English country house coincided with the rise not just of taxation, but also of modern industry, along with the agricultural depression of the 1870s. By 1880, this had led some owners into financial shortfalls as they tried to balance maintenance of their estates with the income they provided. Some relied on funds from secon...
Today, many country houses have become hotels, schools, hospitals and museums, while others have survived as conserved ruins, but from the early 20th century until the early 1970s, hundreds of country houses were demolished. Houses that survived destruction are now mostly Grade I or II listedas buildings of historic interest with restrictions on re...
Airs, Malcolm (1975). The Making of the English Country House, 1500–1640. London: Architectural Press. ISBN 0-85139-378-0.Coutu, Joan, et al. eds. Politics and the English Country House, 1688–1800 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023) online book reviewHistoric Houses Association Archived 24 February 2018 at the Wayback MachinePeople also ask
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Jan 14, 2017 · Emery, A., Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500, Volume 1: Northern England (1996); Volume 2: East Anglia, Central England and Wales (2000); Volume 3: Southern England (2006). Referenced gazetteer. Hewerd, J. and Taylor, R., The Country Houses of Northamptonshire, RCMHE (1996). Referenced gazetteer with plans of houses 1500-1800.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England.
