Historic BuildingsSulgrave

Althorp has been home to the Spencer family for nearly 500 years. It became the focus of world attention following the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales in September 1997. Like many great country houses, it has benefited from the discriminating and varied collecting of generations…
Distance: 14.9 miles away

This beautiful honey‐coloured house, home of the Holbech family for over 300 years, was richly decorated in the mid‐18th century. The interior plasterwork is some of the finest in the country. A superb landscaped garden of the 1740s remains largely unchanged, containing a broad terrace ornamented with temples.…
Distance: 7.9 miles away

Late 17th‐century house with significant art collections and superb terraced gardens. The house, built in 1695 of mellow local stone, was purchased and remodelled 192729 by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted, Chairman of Shell 192146 and son of the founder of that company. Upton contains his outstanding…
Distance: 11 miles away

Local art groups compete to produce artworks to the theme of Canons Ashby House and its grounds. Work will be for sale.Open: 24 July ‐ 4 August, daily 1pm ‐ 5pm.…
Distance: 3.9 miles away

Deene is a largely sixteenth‐century house incorporating a medieval manor. It is built around a courtyard and has important rooms added during the reign of George 111. Deene has belonged to the Brudenell family since 1514 and was the seat of the Earls of Cardigan, of…
Distance: 3.9 miles away

Rousham House is a Jacobean style country house in Oxfordshire, England. The house has been in the ownership of one family since it was built.Rousham HouseThe manor of Rousham was purchased during the 1630s by Sir Robert Dormer. He immediately began construction of the present mansion; however, work…
Distance: 13.7 miles away

Stowe is a 100ha 250‐acre work of art, both beautiful and full of meaning. With its ornamental lakes, glorious open spaces and wooded valleys, adorned by over 40 temples and monuments, it is one of the supreme creations of the Georgian era and has inspired writers, artists and…
Distance: 9 miles away

Stowe Landscape Gardens are a remarkable reminder of an age of opulent living and political idealism, expressed through the beauty of nature and architecture. They are also a living and uplifting space for everyone to enjoy. Stowe was owned by one of the most powerful families…
Distance: 9 miles away

A gentle stroll through three centuries of English history in the company of a friendly and informative guide. Sulgrave Manor is a small manor‐house, built by a Lancashireman born at Warton about 1500. The entrance to the house in Tudor times was by the porch at…
Distance: 0.7 miles away