Activities
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Althorp House, Northamptonshire, England
Althorp has belonged to the Spencer family since 1508, and its design and interior reflect the house’s diverse past, taking you through Tudor and Georgian periods right to the present day.
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Boughton House, Northamptonshire, England
This Tudor building was remodelled in the French style for the 1st Duke of Montagu in the 17th century, which explains why it’s often called the “English Versailles”.
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Cottesbrooke Hall, Northamptonshire, England
The Macdonald-Buchanan family now own and live in Cottesbrooke Hall, which was completed in 1713 and built in the Queen Anne style.
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Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire, England
The magnificent garden and manor make Deene Park a must for anyone who enjoys historic houses.
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Holdenby House & Gardens, Northamptonshire, England
Once the largest private house in England and subsequently the palace of James I and prison of Charles I, Holdenby has appeared in the BBC’s acclaimed adaptations of ‘Great Expectations’ and ‘The Women in White’.
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Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire, England
Palladian on the outside, softly decorated on the inside; Kelmarsh has come a long way from its 17th-century Jacobean origins. The Hanbury family built the Hall in 1732 to designs by James Gibbs, and landscape architect Geoffrey Jellicoe was later involved in planning the gardens in the 20th century.
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Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, England
This Tudor-house-cum-Classical-manor was built for Sir Justinian Isham in 1655 and it belonged to the Isham family right up until 1976.
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