Historic houses · South East England
Stately home itinerary: 10 NT flagships
Ten National Trust properties that define the country-house tradition.
The National Trust owns over 300 historic houses, but ten in particular have defined British country-house tourism — for the architecture, the gardens, the family history or the sheer scale. We've sequenced them as a two-week tour starting in the south and ending in the north of England, but they work equally well as individual day trips.
Places in this guide
★ Iconic📷 5Stately homes · East Midlands
Chatsworth House
Britain's most-visited stately home — seat of the Devonshires since 1549, home of the Devonshire Collection.
📷 4Historic houses · East of England
Holkham Hall
Holkham Hall ( or ) is an 18th-century country house near the village of Holkham, Norfolk, England, constructed in the Neo-Palladian style for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (of the fifth creation
📷 5Gardens · Yorkshire & the Humber
Castle Howard
Castle Howard — historic house museum.
📷 5Natural landmarks · South East England
Chartwell
Chartwell — a other in england-london, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 4UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace — country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 10Gardens · South East England
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Vita Sackville-West's 1930s garden in Kent — the most-imitated White Garden in Britain.
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★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · London
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace — historic royal palace in Richmond, Greater London.
Flagship📷 5Historic houses · South West England
Longleat
Longleat — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 5Abbeys & priories · East of England
Woburn Abbey
Woburn Abbey (), occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford. Although it is still a family home to the current duke,