Layman's London

  A fourteenth century moated manor house, Ightham Mote has been meticulously restored and maintained by the National Trust. Something of a ...

A stately home at the north end of Hampstead Health, Kenwood House was built in the 17th century and remodelled extensively in the 18th ce...

One of the nine themed gardens at the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, an early 20th century country house on the French Riviera....

A truly monumental chateau standing in very expansive grounds,  Chambord is a sprawling testament to the extraordinary power and wealth...

An eighteenth century manor house built on top of an Augustinian priory, Mottisfont is a heavily visited National Trust property in the ...

Built in the second half of the seventeenth century, Kensington Palace has been home to Princess Diana, Will and Kate and other members of...

Surely one of the most extensive and evocative National Trust properties in the south east of England, Cliveden's varied and verdant ...

By National Trust standards, Nunnington Hall is a relatively modest country house and estate covering just eight acres. Still, the hal...

If you are approaching Greys Court from Henley, this little piece of olde England can be hard to find - the brown signposts with the Nation...

A handsome Georgian stately home, reminiscent of a fine French chateau, in lavishly-landscaped gardens, Buscot Park is something of a tre...

A red-brick, eighteenth-century manor house with fussy little Victorian parapets, Hughenden Manor isn't particularly striking or attr...

Approached via a B road lined by more than 700 ancient beach trees, Kingston Lacy is an elegant mansion dating from the seventeenth centu...

Surrounded by a large estate incorporating a beautiful stretch of the Test river, Mottisfont is a medieval abbey converted first into a T...

A charming ruined manor house with picturesque grounds, encompassing 35 acres of acclaimed gardens and 275 acres of woodland, Nymans comm...

The extravagant, lion-topped stone gateway, the elongated chimneys and sprawling red-brick Tudor facade of Hampton Court Palace are a rem...

Late-Victorian country house lavishly decorated in the Arts and Crafts style, which means lots of carpets and wallpaper with dizzying p...

A refined Regency mansion, painted a creamy yellow, overlooking an unusually serene and beautiful valley, Polesden Lacey has one of the b...

The substantial Renaissance Chateau de Villandry serves primarily as a handsome backdrop for the imaginative, but meticulous and highly-r...

Postcard-perfect, moated manor house dating from the fourteenth century, Ightham Mote nestles in a peaceful valley only a few miles from ...