South West Great British Buildings

Montacute House in Somerset was extensively used in the BBC’s recent adaptation of Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel’s award-winning historical novel, starring as Greenwich Palace,...

Chris Elliott As Britain’s museums and galleries fuel our fascination with Ancient Egypt through a range of inspired exhibitions, what better time to consider the...

Vicky SartainThe road to Cerne Abbas wends a path through acres of rolling Dorset countryside dotted with sheep and the occasional grand country pile...

Vicky SartainGlastonbury and the area around it (Avalon) has been rich in ancient folklore, religious legends and mystical mysteries since long before its ground-breaking...

Crowcombe Court was built as a statement of wealth and a house in which to entertain by Thomas Carew. Completed in 1739 by Nathaniel...

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

Angharad MoranThis 17th-century cottage was home to Samuel Taylor Coleridge for three years, from 1797. It was during his time here in Somerset that...

Angharad Moran‘I’ve a hut in a wood near camp wherein I spend my spare evenings’ - the words of the legendary Lawrence of Arabia,...

Angharad MoranEnjoy one of Britain’s most iconic and evocative survivors of the English Civil War, partially demolished in 1646 by the Parliamentarians.A favourite haunt...