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English Country Houses With Changed Use
Many English country houses have experienced a change of use and are no longer privately occupied. Country houses converted to apartments * Escowbeck * Finedon Hall * Hazelwood Hall * Runshaw Hall * Thurland Castle * Woodfold Hall Country houses converted to luxury hotels * Cliveden * Coworth House * The Grove, Watford * Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire, Hartwell House * Peckforton Castle * Shaw Hill * Taymouth Castle * Thurnham Hall * Wyresdale Hall Country houses used as schools or for other educational purposes * Alston Hall * Ashridge House * Bramshill House * Culford Park * Dartington Hall * Harlaxton Manor * Heslington Hall * Hinchingbrooke House * Rossall Hall * Prior Park * Scarisbrick Hall * Stowe House * Townhill Park House * Tring Park Mansion * Westonbirt House * Wennington Hall Country houses used for religious purposes * Capernwray Hall * Taplow Court Country houses used as hospitals or residential care homes * Cuernden Hall * Gisburne Hall, private hospital *Leck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Country House
image:Blenheim - Blenheim Palace - 20210417125239.jpg, 300px, Blenheim Palace - Oxfordshire An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a Townhouse (Great Britain), town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, the term also encompasses houses that were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry who dominated rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832. Frequently, the formal business of the Historic counties of England, counties was transacted in these country houses, having functional antecedents in manor houses. With large numbers of indoor and outdoor staff, country houses were important as places of employment for many rural communities. In turn, until the Great Depression of British Agriculture, agricultural depressions of the 1870s, the est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
