Great British Buildings

With gardens and grounds sprawled leisurely along the Thames, Hampton Court Palace is impressive, its architecture a refined blend of 500 years of history....

Angharad MoranThis outstanding 14th-century manor house and 18th-century terraced garden has been home to the lords of the manor of Clevedon for centuries, the...

Angharad MoranA rare gem of a Jacobean country house, Chastleton House was built between 1607 and 1612 by a prosperous wool merchant as an...

Angharad MoranEnjoy the tale of Beatrix Potter by visiting Hill Top. Full of her favourite things, this house appears as if Beatrix had just...

Angharad MoranIn the 1750s at his family seat in Buckinghamshire, Sir Ralph Verney set out to create a country house of extraordinary grandeur that...

Angharad MoranExplore 270 acres of ancient parkland, where a historic herd of fallow deer roams freely amid magnificent trees and breathtaking views. Inside the...

Jo Leevers If there’s one historic figure who will be forever be associated with Rochester, it is Charles Dickens. The maze of alleyways and...

Vicky SartainDunstanburgh CastlePossibly one of the county’s most iconic castles, Dunstanburgh is little more than a dramatic ruin left behind by its most powerful...

Make your way through Calke Abbey’s maze-like interior and you will, little by little, be transported into a lost era. Some rooms look so...

Angharad MoranCompleted in 1310, Chirk is the last Welsh castle from the reign of Edward I that’s still lived in today. Features from its...