Historic houses · South East England
UK literary landmarks & writers' houses
Twelve homes and locations of Britain's great writers.
Britain's literary heritage is dense and visitable. Wordsworth at Dove Cottage, the Brontës at Haworth Parsonage, Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon, Beatrix Potter at Hill Top, Jane Austen at Chawton, Hardy in Dorchester, Dickens in London — all the major writers have curated houses open as small museums. This twelve-stop tour reads as a chronological literary history of England.
Places in this guide
📷 5Natural landmarks · London
Chartwell
Chartwell — a other in england-london, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Palaces · London
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace — historic royal palace in Richmond, Greater London.
★ Iconic📷 10Gardens · South East England
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Vita Sackville-West's 1930s garden in Kent — the most-imitated White Garden in Britain.
★ Iconic📷 10Historic houses · South East England
Great Dixter House and Gardens
Christopher Lloyd's experimental garden in Sussex — 20th-century horticultural icon.
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★ Iconic📷 10Historic houses · London
Borough Market
London's oldest food market — 1,000 years of trading under London Bridge.
📷 10Historic houses · London
Strawberry Hill House
Strawberry Hill House — villa and house museum in Twickenham, London, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 3Historic houses · Central Scotland
House for an Art Lover
Mackintosh's never-built 1901 design, finally realised in Glasgow in the 1990s.
📷 9Historic houses · South East England
Old Arlesford House
Old Arlesford House — country house in Old Alresford, England.
📷 3Historic houses · East Midlands
Shireoaks Hall
Shireoaks Hall — house in Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.
📷 7Historic houses · South West England
Hazlegrove House
Hazlegrove House — house in Queen Camel, South Somerset, England, UK.
📷 10Historic houses · South East England
Wilbury House
Wilbury House — Grade I listed house in Newton Tony, Wiltshire, England, UK.
📷 10Historic houses · South East England
Woodlands Vale
Woodlands Vale — house in Seaview, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
📷 3Historic houses · East Midlands
Exeter House
Exeter House — house in United Kingdom.
📷 3Historic houses · East of England
Dalham Hall
Dalham Hall — house in Dalham, Forest Heath, Suffolk, England, UK.
📷 3Historic houses · North East England
Jesmond Dene
Jesmond Dene in England North East, United Kingdom.