Directory of Country Resources

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A country house is defined here as a house set in a country estate and serving as a residence for the estate owner. Houses called castles or the equivalent in other languages, but which are not fortified, are included.

Subcategories

• Neo-Classical
• United Kingdom

Resources in This Category

• Belvedere House Gardens and Park

  http://www.belvedere-house.ie/
  An 18th-century hunting lodge in Ireland designed by German architect Richard Castle with garden follies. The official site includes a brief history and visitor information.

• Biltmore Estate

  http://www.biltmore.com/
  The official site for this grandiose 19th-century mansion in Asheville, North Carolina, designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the French Renaissance style. Brief history, photographs, visitor information.

• Castle and Gardens of Freyr on the Meuse

  http://www.freyr.be/
  The official site of this grand Renaissance country house in Belgium provides an outline history, photographs and visitor information.

• Linden Hall

  http://www.lindenhallpa.com/
  The official site of this Pennsylvania mansion built by Sarah Cochran in 1913 includes photographs and a brief history. Visitor information.

• The Castle of Gola, Poland

  http://www.gola.pl/
  Cedric Gendaj gives a plan, images and history of this Renaissance house erected in 1580 by Leonard von Rohnau. Also information on the park and summer workcamps.

• Yin Yu Tang, A Chinese Home

  http://www.pem.org/yinyutang/
  Interactive tour of a house that belonged to a merchant from the late Qing dynasty, and was originally located in southeastern China. From the Peabody Essex Museum. [Requires Flash].

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