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United Kingdom :: Europe
Museums :: Arts and Entertainment

Museum - Elizabethan manor house completed in 1583 by the Doddington family and purchased in the early 18th century by Sir Edward Hulse, whose family remained there for the next 250 years. Located in Breamore, Hampshire, England.

Althorp - The Spencer family ancestral home and garden, where Diana, Princess of Wales is buried, and includes an illustrated history and description of this Elizabethan house remodeled along Classical lines located at Northampton.
Meta Description: [ Visit historic homes, castles & gardens. Althorp hosts corporate events, festivals, exhibitions, concerts. Located in English countryside home of Spencer Family, Princess Diana.500 years history in England. ]

Ascott House - UK National Trust garden and property previously in the ownership of the Rothschild family. Includes contact information. Buckinghamshire, England.

Barley Hall - A medieval oak-framed house of the 1480s with images and visitor information located at York.

Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum - House in Portsmouth, England into which famous writer Charles Dickens was born.
Meta Description: [ Historic Dockyard Portsmouth ]

Croft House Museum - A Shetland croft of the 19th century, comprised of a house, steading and watermill. Lerwick, Shetland.
Meta Description: [ Shetland Museum, ]

Eastgate House - Home of the Charles Dickens Centre and museum dedicated to the writer. Rochester, England.
Meta Description: [ Information about the Medway Towns in Kent, England. Including forums and web links. ]

Elizabethan House Museum - Late 16th century merchant's house with period furnishings containing programs and events, images, and visitor information located in Great Yarmouth.

Fairfax House - Located in York, England, Fairfax House is home to the famous Noel Terry collection.
Meta Description: [ Fairfax House is one of the finest eighteenth-century georgian townhouses in England, and is home to the famous Noel Terry collection. ]

Firle Place - East Sussex home to the Gage family for more than 500 years.
Meta Description: [ Firle Place is an Historic House located on the outskirts of Firle,a tiny village in East Sussex. Firle Place has an oustanding Art Collection and is open to the public in the Summer. ]

Friends of Oakwell Hall and Country Park - An authentic 16th century manor house with its 110 acres of country park, containing a virtual tour, events, and visitor information located at Birstall, Batley, West Yorkshire.
Meta Description: [ friends of oakwell hall are a voluntary support group for the 16th century manor house and grounds immortalised as 'Fieldhead' in Charlotte Bronte's book ]

Gainsborough's House - The museum and gallery of the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough located in Sudbury, Suffolk, and includes information on the site, collections, exhibits, and events.
Meta Description: [ The museum and gallery of the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough, located in Sudbury, Suffolk. Temporary exhibitions are shown throughout the year. ]

Harewood House - English country estate offers tours of its state rooms, art collections, and gardens. Includes a virtual tour, events, programs, hours, admission rates, and directions to the location in Leeds.
Meta Description: [ harewood, house, harewood house. ]

Historic Royal Palaces - Information on the Kensington Palace (London), The Banqueting House (London), Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage (Surrey), and Hampton Court Palace (Surrey).

Holst Birthplace Museum - The Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets was born in 1874, and includes a biography, information on events, description of the rooms, and visitor information located at Cheltenham.

Jane Austen's House - The house where she wrote and revised her famous novels including Pride and Prejudice with information on the history, location, maps, events, and news located at Alton, Hampshire.

Leighton House Museum - The former studio-house of the great Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-1896) with home, exhibition, events, and biographical information located at London.

Newstead Abbey - Originally a 12th century monastery it later became the seat of the Byron family in 1540 until it was sold by the poet Lord Byron in 1818. Abbey and gardens are open to the public.

Red House Museum - A red brick house built in 1660, the home to the Taylor family who were cloth merchants and manufacturers, containing general and visitor information located at Gomersal, Cleckheaton.
Meta Description: [ Kirklees Council - Detailed Venue Description ]

Sand Historic House - Historic house and garden, situated in the picturesque regency seaside resort of Sidmouth, England.
Meta Description: [ Historic house and garden, situated in the picturesque regency seaside resort of Sidmouth. ]

Scone Palace - The ancient Crowning Place of the Kings and Queens of Scotland was at Scone Palace, near Perth.
Meta Description: [ Scone Palace near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland is the original home of the Stone of Destiny and the site of the coronations of the Kings of Scots. ]

Sudley House - Home of Victorian ship owner, merchant and art collector George Holt and his family. Displays include eighteenth and nineteenth British paintings. Liverpool, England.
Meta Description: [ Sudley House displays fine eighteenth and nineteenth British paintings, including works from the Walker Art Gallery. ]

The Amersham Museum - A local history museum based in a 15th century half-timbered house with general information and images.

The Dickens House Museum - Dickens's 19th century home in London, now preserved as a historic house museum.

The Folly - A 17th century house close to the centre of Settle in the heart of Yorkshire's Craven Dales.
Meta Description: [ NCBPT: The Folly: A striking and impressive 17th century house close to the centre of Settle in Yorkshire's Craven Dales; built in 1679 by Richard Preston; housing the Museum of North Craven Life ]

The Handel House Museum - 18th century house where George Frideric Handel lived for 36 years until his death in 1759. Restored to reflect the life and times of the composer. Hours of operation and directions to London location.

The Linlithgow Story - Exhibits with artifacts, audio and video presentations tell the story of the Stewart kings of Scotland, trades and life of the people of the town. Includes hours, admission, events, membership and location.
Meta Description: [ The Linlithgow Story. An experience in sound and vision. ]

The Regency Town House - The architecture and social history of Brighton and Hove between the 1780's and 1840's.

The Sherlock Holmes Museum - Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the Sherlock Holmes Museum - 221b Baker Street, London, England ]