Historic Buildings in England - South of London
Historic
Buildings are listed by county [like a state in the USA].
To find a county see our England
Counties Map
Cornwall:
Antony House, superb 18th C. house inc. National Lily collection.
Cotehele, medieval house with the oldest functioning domestic clock
in the UK.
**Lanhydrock, outstanding 17th C. house with a superbly decorated
long gallery.
**Minack Theatre, astonishing 20th C. open air theatre built into
the cliffs.
Pendennis Castle, built by Henry VII and still in use during WWII.
St. Michaels Mount, castle built upon a huge granite crag that stands
in Mount's Bay.
Trerice, excellent Elizabethan House with a large lawn mower collection.
***Tintagel Castle, extremely scenic medieval cliff top castle with
connections to the legend of King Arthur and overlooking 'Merlin's
cave'.
Dorset:
Clouds Hill, home of Lawrence of Arabia.
**Corfe Castle, one of the most picturesque castle remains in the
UK, plus olde worlde village.
**Maiden
Castle, a magnificent iron age fort.
**The
Cerne Giant, a huge, naughty old chalk carving.
Dorchester,
Thomas Hardy's Cottage, 19th C. cottage home to the novelist Thomas
Hardy.
Kingston Lacy, 17th C. historic buildings with superb fine art collection
and Egyptian antiquities.
Sherborne Castle, 16th C. castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Devon:
***A La Ronde, 18th C. sixteen sided house featuring a shell
decorated room.
Arlington Court, 19th C building inc. the National Trust horse drawn
carriage collection.
Buckland Abbey, 13th C. monastery and home to Sir Francis Drake.
**Castle Drogo, famous castle by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Crownhill Fort,19th C. fort with a unique disappearing cannon.
**Dartmouth Castle, outstanding and picturesquely situated 15th
C. castle.
Knightshayes, 19th C. historic buildings containing work by William
Burgess.
Powderham Castle, 13th C. castle with excellent collection of paintings
inc. Sir Joshua Reynolds, and furniture by John Channon.
**Saltram House, 18th C. house containing works by Thomas Chippendale,
Robert Adam and Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Hampshire:
**Beaulieu, 16th C. house and the National Motor Museum. Very
commercial!
Exbury Gardens, the Rothschild Plant Collection.
**Highclere Castle, Gothick buildings by Barry, diverse interior
with desk and chair belonging to Napoleon
Jane Austen's House, where she wrote six novels; also containing
their first editions and other memorabilia.
Sandham Memorial Chapel, artwork by Stanley Spencer.
Stratfield Saye House, home of the Duke of Wellington and containing
his belongings.
Titchfield Abbey, 13th Century Abbey purported to have been host
to the first performances of some of Shakespeare's plays.
The Vyne, the first building in the UK to have a classical Portico
added.
Winchester Castle, remains of the Great Hall of Henry VIII.
Isle
of Wight: **Osborne House, much loved island retreat of Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert.
Carisbrooke Castle, last place of stay for King Charles I before
his execution in London.
Somerset,
**City of Bath: Royal Crescent, semi- circle of Palladian
architecture by John Wood the Younger.
Assembly Rooms, superb collection of historic costume.
Roman Baths and Pump Rooms [pic above right], 2,000 year old Roman
baths and 18th C. pump rooms.
Maunsel House, early house, where Geoffrey Chaucer wrote some of
the 'Canterbury Tales'.
Sussex: **Arundel Castle, 11th C. castle with excellent collections.
Charleston, a focal point for 'Bloomsbury set' of artists. Leonardslee
Gardens.
**Petworth House, 18th C. house with outstanding art collection
inc. Titian, Bosch and Blake.
**The Royal Pavilion, 18th C. villa built for King George IV, with
19th C. work by Nash in the Chinese style.
Bateman's, home to the 19th C. author Rudyard Kipling.
Hastings Battlefield and Abbey, site of the famous 1066 battle that
decided the country's future.
**Fishbourne Roman Palace, 1st C. Roman palace excavations with
superb mosaic floor.
Hammerwood Park, 18th C. hunting lodge by Benjamin Latrobe, architect
of The White House in Washinton D.C.
Standen, 19th C. house by Philip Webb with Arts and Crafts interior.
Wiltshire: Bowood House, work by Robert Adam, a famous laboratory and other
good collections.
Corsham Court, 16th C. house with fine collections.
**Castle Combe, [picture above left], charming and unspoilt old-fashioned
village [with a good hotel].
***Longleat House, 17th C. house with superb art collection and
furniture, plus the UK's first and best safari park. But crowded!
**Wilton House, outstanding art collection and interior.
Salisbury Cathedral, one of the finest cathedrals in England.
Old Sarum, 500 BC iron age hill fort.
***Stonehenge,
an enormous, enigmatic, prehistoric stone circle.
Other prehistoric sites in the area are:
***Avebury Stone Circle [better in some ways because you can touch the stones],
Old Sarum and Silbury Hill.
Stourhead, superb 18th century landscaped garden.
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