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Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire

Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire

This was one of England's most important houses, it was built for Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothchild in 1855 by Joseph Paxton, the.....

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Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire

Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire

Nuffield Place is the former home (1933-63) of Lord Nuffield who was the founder of Morris Motors. The house is a rare survival.....

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Osterley Park & House, Greater London

Magnificent neo-classical house with fine Adam interiors, landscape park and 18th-century gardens...

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Painshill, Surrey

Painshill, Surrey

Painshill is an award-winning 18th century landscape garden created between 1738 and 1773 by the Honourable Charles Hamilton.....

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Redbournbury Mill, Hertfordshire

Redbournbury Mill, Hertfordshire

The only working mill on the River Ver. Now a museum after a huge restoration project...

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RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey

RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey

"Wisley is Britain’s best loved garden with 97ha (240 acres) offering a fascinating blend of the beautiful with practical and.....

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St Albans Cathedral and Abbey Church, Hertfordshire

St Albans Cathedral and Abbey Church, Hertfordshire

Dominating the city skyline on every main approach, the magnificent Abbey Church is a former Norman Abbey Church set in the.....

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St Michael's Abbey, Hampshire

St Michael's Abbey, Hampshire

ST. Michael's Abbey is a beautiful Abbey Church built in the peace and tranquillity of the English countryside by the French.....

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Swinley Forest, Surrey

Swinley Forest, Surrey

This wonderful forest stretches from Bracknell, in the north, to Bagshot, in the south, and is a large expanse of English Crown.....

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Syon House, Greater London

Syon House, Greater London

This is the magnificent house that made Robert Adams. At only twenty nine years of age he was commissioned to decorate Syon.....

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The Chantry House, Oxfordshire

The Chantry House, Oxfordshire

This is a magnificent 14th-century Grade I listed church hall. Its timber-framing is typical of the late medieval period, and.....

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The Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire

The Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire

The Chilterns are mostly gentle beechwood hills which begin in the vales of Oxford and Aylesbury stretching forth in a.....

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The Hell-Fire Caves, Buckinghamshire

Supposedly of very ancient origin these unique caves were extended in the 1740’s by Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the.....

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The Homewood, Surrey

20th-century Modernist house and garden designed by Patrick Gwynne...

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The Mayflower Barn, Buckinghamshire

There is strong evidence that the timbers in the roof of this barn were taken from the ship 'The Mayflower' that carried the.....

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