A selection of the best country houses in Great Britain and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom). The 335 Top Country Houses in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. From very old castles to newly built mansions in classic style. All houses are worth it to visit. Last revised on 16.12.2023.
Bedfordshire | Luton | Luton Hoo
Bedfordshire | Silsoe | Wrest Park
Bedfordshire | Woburn | Woburn Abbey
Berkshire | Leighton Buzzard | Mentmore Towers
Berkshire | Maidenhead | Ockwells Manor
Berkshire | Newport Pagnell | Tyringham Hall
Berkshire | Reading | Basildon Park
Berkshire | Reading | Mapledurham House
Berkshire | Reading | Stratfield Saye House
Berkshire | Taplow | Cliveden House
Berkshire | Windsor | Windsor Castle
Bristol | Kings Weston | Kings Weston House
Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury | Waddesdon Manor
Buckinghamshire | Fawley | Fawley Court
Buckinghamshire | Hedsor | Hedsor House
Buckinghamshire | Iver | Iver Grove
Buckinghamshire | Stowe | Stowe House
Cambridgeshire | Cambridge | Anglesey Abbey
Cambridgeshire | Peterborough | Elton Hall
Cheshire | Arley | Arley Hall
Cheshire | Disley | Lyme Park
Cheshire | Henbury | Henbury Hall
Cheshire | Knutsford | Tabley House
Cheshire | Knutsford | Tatton Park
Cheshire | Macclesfield | Capesthorne Hall
Cornwall | Bodmin | Lanhydrock
Cornwall | Kestle Mill | Trerice Manor
Cornwall | Padstow | Prideaux Place
Cornwall | St Dominick | Cotehele House
County Durham | Darlington | Raby Castle
Cumbria | Brampton | Hayton Hall
Cumbria | Cartmel | Holker Hall
Cumbria | Kendal | Levens Hall
Cumbria | Penrith | Hutton in the Forest
Cumbria | Windermere | Langdale Chase
Derbyshire | Bakewell | Chatsworth House
Derbyshire | Chesterfield | Bolsover Castle
Derbyshire | Chesterfield | Hardwick Hall
Derbyshire | Derby | Calke Abbey
Derbyshire | Kedleston | Kedleston Hall
Derbyshire | Renishaw | Renishaw Hall
Derbyshire | Sudbury | Sudbury Hall
Devon | Bolham | Knightshayes Court
Devon | Exeter | Mamhead House
Devon | Exeter | Powderham Castle
Devon | Newton Abbot | Ugbrooke House
Devon | Plympton | Saltram
Devon | Puslinch | Modbury
Dorset | Beaminster | Mapperton
Dorset | Blanford Forum | Chettle House
Dorset | Bryanston | Bryanston
Dorset | Chedington | Chedington Court
Dorset | Cranborne | Cranborne Manor
Dorset | Sherborne | Sherborne Castle
Dorset | Thorncombe | Forde Abbey
Dorset | Wareham | Lulworth Castle
Dorset | Wimborne | Kingston Lacy
Dorset | Wimborne | St Giles House
East Sussex | Brighton | Pavilion
East Sussex | East Grinstead | Hammerwood Park
East Sussex | Herstmonceux | Herstmonceux Castle
East Sussex | Lewes | Chailey Green
East Sussex | Lewes | Firle Place
East Yorkshire | Sledmere | Sledmere House
Essex | Colchester | Layer Marney Tower
Essex | Saffron Walden | Audley End House
Gloucestershire | Badminton | Badminton House
Gloucestershire | Cheltenham | Stanway House
Gloucestershire | Chipping Sodbury | Dodington Park
Gloucestershire | Cirencester | Barnsley House
Gloucestershire | Cirencester | Bledisloe House
Gloucestershire | Dyrham | Dyrham Park
Gloucestershire | Glos | Kiftsgate Court
Gloucestershire | Sezincote
Gloucestershire | Stroud | Gatcombe Park
Gloucestershire | Tetbury | Highgrove
Gloucestershire | Tetbury | Upton House
Gloucestershire | Thrapp Nether | Lypiatt Manor
Gloucestershire | Waverton House
Gloucestershire | Winchcombe | Sudeley Castle
Hampshire | Basingstoke | The Vine
Hampshire | Brockenhurst | Beaulieu Palace House
Hampshire | Basingstoke | The Vyne
Hampshire | Bramshill | Bramshill Mansion
Hampshire | Hook | Elvetham Hall
Hampshire | Hursley | Cranbury Park
Hampshire | Mottisfont | Mottisfont Abbey
Hampshire | New Milton | Chewton Glen
Hampshire | Newbury | Highclere Castle
Hampshire | Northington | The Grange
Hampshire | Winchester | Lainston House
Hampshire | Winchester | Shawford Park
Herefordshire | Eastnor | Eastnor Castle
Herefordshire | Leominster | Berrington Hall
Hertfordshire | Almeley | Newport House
Hertfordshire | Bury Kings | Walden
Hertfordshire | Hatfield | Hatfield House
Hertfordshire | Knebworth | Knebworth House
Hertfordshire | Little Gaddesden | Ashridge House
Hertfordshire | Potters Bar | Wrotham Park
Isle of Wight | East Cowes | Osborne House
Jersey | St Lawrence | Seafield House
Kent | Ashford | Eastwell Manor
Kent | Chiddingstone | Chiddingstone Castle
Kent | Edenbridge | Hever Castle
Kent | Goudhurst | Finchcocks Manor
Kent | Lamberhurst | Scotney Castle
Kent | Maidstone | Leeds Castle
Kent | Mereworth | Mereworth Castle
Kent | Sevenoaks | Knole House
Kent | Penshurst | Penshurt Place
Kent | Tenterden | Heronden Hall
Kent | Westerham | Squerryes Court House
Lancashire | Clitheroe | Stonyhurst
Lancashire | Preston | Hoghton Tower
Lancashire | Scarisbrick | Scarisbrick Hall
Leicestershire | Grantham | Belvoir Castle
Leicestershire | Loughborough | Prestwold Hall
Leicestershire | Lutterworth | Stanford Hall
Leicestershire | Melton Mowbray | Stapleford Park
Leicestershire | Oakham North | Luffenham Hall
Leicestershire | Rockingham | Rockingham Castle
Lincolnshire | Bourne | Grimsthorpe Castle
Lincolnshire | Doddington | Doddington Hall
Lincolnshire | Grantham | Belton House
Lincolnshire | Grantham | Harlaxton Manor
Lincolnshire | Grantham Stoke | Rochford Hall
Lincolnshire | Peterborough | Burghley House
London | 170 Queens Gate
London | Apsley House
London | Bridgewater
London | Buckingham Palace
London | Charlton House
London | Chiswick House
London | Clissold House
London | Debenham House
London | Dover House
London | Dudley House
London | Eltham Lodge
London | Eltham Palace
London | Greenwich Palace
London | Grove House
London | Hampton Court
London | Hertford House
London | Kensington Palace
London | Lancaster House
London | Mansion House
London | Marlborough House
London | Nuffield Lodge
London | Parkstead
London | Queens House Greenwich
London | Roehampton House
London | Spencer House
London | St Johns Lodge
London | Startford House
London | Swan House
London | Syon House
London | Templewood Avenue
London | The Holme
Merseyside | Knowsley Hall
Middlesex | Isleworth | Osterley Park
Norfolk | Blickling | Blickling Hall
Norfolk | Hanworth | Gunton Hall
Norfolk | Heydon | Heydon Hall
Norfolk | Kings Lynn | Houghton Hall
Norfolk | Kings Lynn | Oxburgh Hall
Norfolk | Raynham | Raynham Hall
Norfolk | Sandringham | Sandringham House
Norfolk | Wells-next-the-Sea | Holkham Hall
Northamptonshire | Althorp
Northamptonshire | Castle Ashby | Castle Ashby
Northamptonshire | Corby | Deene Park
Northamptonshire | Cottesbrooke | Cottesbrooke Hall
Northamptonshire | Kelmarsh | Kelmarsh Hall
Northamptonshire | Kettering | Boughton House
Northamptonshire | Lamport | Lamport Hall
Northamptonshire | Lowick | Drayton House
Northamptonshire | Towcester | Easton Neston
Northern Ireland | Belfast | Belfast Castle
Northern Ireland | Enniskillen | Castle Coole
Northern Ireland | Enniskillen | Florence Court
Northern Ireland | Glenarm | Glenarm Castle
Northern Ireland | Newtownards | Ballywater Park
Northern Ireland | Strangford | Castle Ward
Northumberland | Berwick-Upon-Tweed | Cheswick House
Northumberland | Bywell | Bywell House
Northumberland | Howick | Howick Hall
Northumberland | Morpeth | Wallington Hall
Northumberland | Rothbury | Cragside
Northumberland | Seaton Sluice | Seaton Delaval Hall
Nottinghamshire | Kelham | Kelham Hall
Nottinghamshire | Newark | Flintham Hall
Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | Wollaton Hall
Nottinghamshire | Ollerton | Thoresby Hall
Nottinghamshire | Ravenshead | Newstead Abbey
Nottinghamshire | Thrumpton | Thrumpton Hall
Oxfordshire | Buckland | Buckland House
Oxfordshire | Chipping Norton | Cornwell Manor
Oxfordshire | Chipping Norton | Sarsden House
Oxfordshire | Kingston Bagpuize | Kingston Bagpuize House
Oxfordshire | Stanton St John | Woodperry House
Oxfordshire | Woodstock | Blenheim Palace
Oxfordshire | Wroxton | Wroxton Abbey
Scotland | Aberlady | Gosford House
Scotland | Athelstaneford | Gilmerton House
Scotland | Ballater | Balmoral Castle
Scotland | Banff | Duff House
Scotland | Beauly | House of Aigas
Scotland | Bute | Mount Stuart
Scotland | Cockenzie and Port Seton | Seton Castle
Scotland | Cookstown | Glenavon House
Scotland | Cumnock | Dumfries House
Scotland | Dollar | Solsgirth House
Scotland | Duns | Duns Castle
Scotland | Duns | Manderston House
Scotland | Duns | Wedderburn Castle
Scotland | Edinburgh | Palace of Holyroodhouse
Scotland | Fife | Balbirnie
Scotland | Forres | Burgie House
Scotland | Fort William | Inverlochy Castle
Scotland | Golspie | Dunrobin Castle
Scotland | Inveraray | Inveraray Castle
Scotland | Kelso | Floors Castle
Scotland | Kelso | Roxburghe
Scotland | Loch Lomond | Cameron House
Scotland | Loch Lomond | Rossdhu House
Scotland | Maybole | Culzean Castle
Scotland | Meikleour | Meikleour House
Scotland | Melrose | Abbotsford
Scotland | Newtonmore | Ardverikie
Scotland | Rothes | Rothes Glen House
Scotland | South Queensferry | Dalmeny House
Scotland | St Andrews | Cambo House
Scotland | Stracathro | Stracathro House
Scotland | Thornhill | Drumlanrig Castle
Shropshire | Atcham | Attingham Hall
Shropshire | Atcham | Cronkhill Villa
Shropshire | Shrewsbury | Condover Hall
Somerset | Bath | Holburn
Somerset | Bath Staples Hill | Freshford
Somerset | Bath | Widcombe Manor
Somerset | Bathford | Shockerwick House
Somerset | Cranmore | Southill House
Somerset | Greenham | Cothay Manor
Somerset | Montacute | Montacute House
Somerset | Wookey | Glencot House
Somerset | Wraxall | Tyntesfield
Staffordshire | Ashbourne | Wootton Lodge
Staffordshire | Biddulph | Biddulph Grange
Staffordshire | Burnhill Green | Patshull Hall
Staffordshire | Cower Tean | Heath House
Staffordshire | Great Haywood | Shugborough Estate
Staffordshire | Ingestre | Ingestre Hall
Surrey | Bramley | Orchards
Suffolk | Bury St Edmunds | Hengrave Hall
Suffolk | Heveningham | Heveningham Hall
Suffolk | Ipswich | Shrubland Park
Suffolk | Ipswich | Woolverstone Hall
Suffolk | Long Melford | Kentwell Hall
Suffolk | Long Melford | Melford Hall
Suffolk | Lowestoft | Somerleyton Hall
Suffolk | Stowmarket | Helmingham Hall
Suffolk | Woodbridge | Bawdsey
Surrey | Dorking | Polesden Lacey
Surrey | Esher | Claremont
Surrey | Guildford | Loseley Park
Surrey | Thakeham | Little Thakeham
Surrey | Weybridge | St Georges Hill | Horseshoe Ridge
Surrey | Weybridge | St Georges Hill | Linden Road
Surrey | Weybridge | St Georges Hill | Tor Lane
Surrey | Weybridge | St Georges Hill | Whitelands East Road
Wales | Abergele | Bryngwenallt Hall
Wales | Anglesey | Chateau Rhianfa
Wales | Anglesey | Plas Newydd
Wales | Cilgerran | Rhosygilwen
Wales | Dolgellau | Penmaenuchaf Hall
Wales | Dyffryn | Dyffryn House
Wales | Gwent | Tredegar House
Wales | Gwynedd | Pale Hall
Wales | Gwynedd | Penrhyn Castle
Wales | Monmouth | The Hendre
Wales | Neath Port Talbot | Margam Castle
Warwickshire | Alcester | Ragley Hall
Warwickshire | Charlecote | Charlecote Park
Warwickshire | Compton | Wynyates
Warwickshire | Coventry | Coombe Abbey
Warwickshire | Ilmington | Foxcote House
Warwickshire | Nuneaton | Arbury Hall
Warwickshire | Shipston-on-Stour | Honington Hall
Warwickshire | Walton | Walton Hall
Warwickshire | Warwick | Warwick Castle
West Midlands | Wolverhampton | Wightwick Manor
West Sussex | Arundel | Arundel Castle
West Sussex | Chichester | Goodwood House
West Sussex | East Grinstead | Standen
West Sussex | Midhurst | Cowdray House
West Sussex | Petersfield | Uppark House
West Sussex | Petworth | Petworth House
West Sussex | Rowlands Castle | Stansted House
West Sussex | Storrington | Parham House
Wiltshire | Bradford-on-Avon | Belcombe Court
Wiltshire | Calne | Bowood
Wiltshire | Castle Combe Manor
Wiltshire | Corsham | Corsham Court
Wiltshire | Maiden Bradley | Bradley House
Wiltshire | Malmesbury | Charlton Park
Wiltshire | Marlborough | Poulton House
Wiltshire | Ramsbury | Ramsbury Manor
Wiltshire | Salisbury | Longford Castle
Wiltshire | Salisbury | Trafalgar Park
Wiltshire | St Andrew | Ferne Park
Wiltshire | Warminster | Longleat House
Wiltshire | Warminster | Stourhead House
Wiltshire | Wilton | Wilton House
Worcestershire | Droitwich Spa | Chateau Impney
Worcestershire | Hagley | Hagley Hall
Worcestershire | Hanbury | Hanbury Hall
Worcestershire | Malvern | Madresfield Court
Yorkshire | Allerton Mauleverer | Allerton Castle
Yorkshire | Doncaster | Brodsworth Hall
Yorkshire | Harewood | Harewood House
Yorkshire | Helmsley | Duncombe Park
Yorkshire | Hickleton | Hickleton Hall
Yorkshire | Ilkley | Heathcote
Yorkshire | Leyburn | Costable Burton Hall
Yorkshire | Malton | Scampston Hall
Yorkshire | Ripon | Newby Hall
Yorkshire | Skipton | Broughton Hall
Yorkshire | Wakefield | Nostell Priory
Yorkshire | Wentworth | Wentworth Woodhouse
Yorkshire | Wetherby | Stockeld Park
Yorkshire | York | Castle Howard
