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Information on houses, mansions, farms and other dwellings located in the United Kingdom that were once a private residence and have been converted into a museum because of the historic significance of its architecture, location, resident(s) and/or event(s) that took place there located in the United Kingdom.

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• Castles

Resources in This Category

• Althorp

  http://spencerofalthorp.com/
  The Spencer family ancestral home and garden, where Diana, Princess of Wales is buried, and includes an illustrated history and description of this Elizabethan house remodeled along Classical lines located at Northampton.

• Ascott House

  http://www.ascottestate.co.uk/
  UK National Trust garden and property previously in the ownership of the Rothschild family. Includes contact information. Buckinghamshire, England.

• Breamore House & Museum

  http://www.breamorehouse.com/
  Elizabethan manor house completed in 1583 by the Doddington family and purchased in the early 18th century by Sir Edward Hulse, whose family remained there for the next 250 years. Located in Breamore, Hampshire, England.

• Cefn Caer

  http://cefncaer.com/
  Medieval hall house situated in Pennal, Wales. Provides pictures of the interior, history and folklore.

• Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum

  http://www.charlesdickensbirthplace.co.uk/
  House in Portsmouth, England into which famous writer Charles Dickens was born.

• Chenies Manor

  http://www.cheniesmanorhouse.co.uk/
  A Tudor manor house built c.1460 with home, garden and church information, and calendar of events located at Buckinghamshire.

• Fairfax House

  http://www.fairfaxhouse.co.uk/
  Located in York, England, home to the famous Noel Terry collection.

• Friends of Oakwell Hall and Country Park

  http://www.friendsofoakwellhall.org.uk/
  An authentic 16th century manor house with its 110 acres of country park, containing a virtual tour, events, and visitor information located at Birstall, Batley, West Yorkshire.

• Gainsborough's House

  http://www.gainsborough.org/
  The museum and gallery of the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough located in Sudbury, Suffolk, and includes information on the site, collections, exhibits, and events.

• Handel & Hendrix in London

  https://handelhendrix.org/
  Neighboring properties once owned by the composer and Jimi Hendrix. Provides information and event details.

• Harewood House

  http://www.harewood.org/
  English country estate offers tours of its state rooms, art collections, and gardens. Includes a virtual tour, events, programs, hours, admission rates, and directions to the location in Leeds.

• Historic Royal Palaces

  http://www.hrp.org.uk/
  Information on the Kensington Palace (London), The Banqueting House (London), Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage (Surrey), and Hampton Court Palace (Surrey).

• Holst Birthplace Museum

  http://www.holstmuseum.org.uk/
  The Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets was born in 1874, and includes a biography, information on events, description of the rooms, and visitor information located at Cheltenham.

• Jane Austen's House Museum

  http://www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/
  The house where she wrote and revised her famous novels including Pride and Prejudice with information on the history, location, maps, events, and news located at Alton, Hampshire.

• Leighton House Museum

  https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/leightonhousemuseum1.aspx
  The former studio-house of the great Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-1896) with home, exhibition, events, and biographical information located at London.

• Sand

  http://www.sandsidbury.co.uk/
  Historic house and garden, situated in the picturesque regency seaside resort of Sidmouth, England.

• Sudley House

  http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/sudley/
  Home of Victorian ship owner, merchant and art collector George Holt and his family. Displays include eighteenth and nineteenth British paintings. Liverpool, England.

• The Amersham Museum

  http://www.amershammuseum.org/
  A local history museum based in a 15th century half-timbered house with general information and images.

• The Dickens House Museum

  http://www.dickensmuseum.com/
  Dickens's 19th century home in London, now preserved as a historic house museum.

• The Folly

  http://www.ncbpt.org.uk/folly/
  A 17th century house close to the centre of Settle in the heart of Yorkshire's Craven Dales.

• The Regency Town House

  http://www.rth.org.uk/
  The architecture and social history of Brighton and Hove between the 1780's and 1840's.

• The Sherlock Holmes Museum

  http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/
  Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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