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Located in Drewsteignton, Devon, South West England, England
The last castle to be built in England, Castle Drogo provides stunning views of the north and east of Dartmoor National Park. Built by the wealthy businsessman Julius Drewe and managed by the National Trust, Castle Drogo...
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Located in Wilton, Wiltshire, South West England, England
Seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over four hundred years. Originally an abbey dissolved by Henry VIII during the sixteenth century. The architecture of Wilton House is attributed to Inigo Jones. There are spectacular ga...
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Located in Stourton, Wiltshire, South West England, England
Large Wiltshire estate with one of the most beautiful gardens in the UK. The gardens were designed in the eighteenth century by Henry Hoare II and were influenced by painters such as Dughet, Claude and Poussin. Used in t...
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Located in Calne, Wiltshire, South West England, England
A stunning example of a Georgian country house and gardens. Set in 2000 acres of parkland designed by Capability Brown. A lake, grotto, pinetum and miles of walks. In 2007, divers found the remains of two cottages in the...
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Located in Bath, Somerset, South West England, England
Located on the outskirts of Bath with stunning views across the city. Prior Park Gardens is an eighteenth century landscape garden designed by the landscape gardener Capability Brown and poet Alexander Pope. Created by a...
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Located in Stourton, Wiltshire, South West England, England
Part of the Stourhead Estate. Palladian mansion that was originally home to the Hoare family. Famous for its Chippendale furniture. Stourton House has its own gardens that one can visit. These gardens contain an Ice Hous...
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Located in Chard, Somerset, South West England, England
A former Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century. Sold after The Dissolution of the Monasteries. The philosopher Jeremy Bentham once rented Forde Abbey, the great philosopher John Stuart Mill being one of his...
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Located in Poole, Dorset, South West England, England
Housed in 'Poole's most complete mediaeval domestic building', Scaplens Court Museum and Herb Garden is open to the public at select times. Please visit their website, link provided, for further information. Scaplens Cou...
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Located in Avebury, Wiltshire, South West England, England
National Trust property in the pretty Wiltshire village Avebury. Dating from the sixteenth century, Avebury Manor is a short walk west of Avebury Stone Circle World Heritage Site. This UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the...
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Located in Saltram, Devon, South West England, England
A hidden gem and great family day out in south Devon. One of the UK's finest early Georgian houses. A Neo-classical house built in the middle of the eighteenth century. Views from the gardens towards Plymouth. By the Riv...
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Located in Bodmin, Cornwall, South West England, England
Exceptional Cornwall country house located close to Bodmin Moor. Stunning spring-flowering magnolias. Originally an Augustinian Priory until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Turned into a country house in the early se...
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