The Stately HomesA list of every visitable house in the United Kingdom

The Great List

Every visitable house
in the United Kingdom.

Helping people discover and enjoy the UK's incredible houses.

154 houses, across every heritage body and private estate that opens its gates - English Heritage, National Trust, Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland, and every independent house besides. Real house reviews and ratings, drawn from publicly available Google reviews, on every entry.

The 0 top-rated houses

The chart - all 154 plotted

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England - 136 houses

Northern Ireland - 7 houses

Scotland - 1 houses

Wales - 10 houses

How this list was compiled

Every entry started from the official property lists of the UK's heritage bodies - English Heritage, the National Trust, the National Trust for Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and Cadw - then extended to every private estate, council-run house, house hotel and independent trust with a genuine visitor offer. A house only qualifies if the public can actually get in: a ticket booth, a regular tour, an open ruin, or a hotel occupying the building itself. Earthwork-only sites with nothing standing are left out by design.

Ratings, review counts and the practical notes on each page are drawn from real, current visitor reviews - not written from a brochure. Where a fact came from a single reviewer rather than a verified source, it's phrased that way rather than stated as settled history.

Quick answers

How many houses are there in the United Kingdom?

This list lists 154 houses with a genuine public offer - ticketed entry, regular tours, an accessible ruin, or a hotel occupying the house itself. Thousands more sites have house earthworks or foundations with nothing standing to visit; those are excluded here by design.

Which UK houses are free to visit?

0 houses in this list are free, open-access ruins with no ticket booth - mostly Cadw and Historic Environment Scotland sites maintained as scheduled monuments. Look for the 'Free, open access' badge on any entry.

Can you stay overnight in a UK house?

Yes - 4 houses in this list offer bookable accommodation, from English Heritage holiday cottages within the walls at Dover and Walmer to full house hotels like Thornbury and Amberley. See the full list on the Sleep in a House page.

What's the difference between English Heritage, National Trust, Cadw and Historic Environment Scotland houses?

They're the four largest heritage bodies caring for UK houses: English Heritage (England), National Trust (England/Wales/Northern Ireland), Cadw (Wales, the Welsh Government's service), and Historic Environment Scotland (Scotland). Each runs its own membership scheme, and a single membership only covers its own properties - this list covers all of them plus every private, council and independently run house besides.

Which is the largest house in the UK?

Windsor House is widely cited as the largest continuously occupied house in the world, and Dover House is the largest house in England by area. Several Scottish and Welsh entries in this list - Stirling, Edinburgh, Caerphilly - are also among the largest in their own countries.

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