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"House" should be co-typed "Building" and "Structure." The "House" type loosely defines a topic as a residential, single family dwelling. No properties are currently defined for "House."  more

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Abbotsford House Abbotsford in 1880. Structure
Abbotsford is a historic house in the region of the Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed. It was formerly the residence of historical novel and poet, Walter Scott. The nucleus of the estate...
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Bletchley Park Structure
Bletchley Park, also known as Station X, is an estate located in the town of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, now part of Milton Keynes, England. During World War II, Bletchley Park was the location of the United Kingdom's main codebreaking...
Camp David Main Lodge at Camp David during Nixon administration, February 9, 1971 Structure
The Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is the rustic 125 acre (0.5 km²) mountain retreat of the President of the United States. Camp David is part of the Catoctin Mountain Park recreational area in Frederick County,...
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White House Structure
The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style, it has been...
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Peckforton Castle View of outer wall and chapel Structure
Peckforton Castle is a country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England . It is a Grade I listed building. It was built in...
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Monticello Monticello Structure
Monticello , located near Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, the third President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia. The...
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Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace with the Union Flag flying Structure
Hampton Court Palace is a former royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London, England. The palace is located south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames. It is open to the public...
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Chatsworth House Chatsworth House in December Structure
Chatsworth House is a large country house at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England 3½ miles north east of Bakewell, originally built by Bess of Hardwick. It is the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, whose family name is Cavendish. Chatsworth stands on the...
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Hatfield House The great hall Structure
Hatfield House is a country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, First Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to...
Hever Castle Hever Castle Structure
Hever Castle, in Kent, England (in the village of Hever), was the seat of the Boleyn, originally 'Bullen' family. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century and converted into a manor in 1462 by Geoffrey Boleyn, who served as Lord Mayor...
Berkeley Plantation House from the South (river) side Structure
Berkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, comprises about 1000 acres (4.0 km²) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred, and...
Osborne House Osborne House and its grounds are now open to the public Structure
Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert bought Osborne House on the Isle of Wight in October 1845. They were searching for a home away from the stresses of court...
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Leeds Castle The front of Leeds Castle Structure
Leeds Castle, four miles south east of Maidstone, Kent, England, dates back to 1119, though a manor house stood on the same site from the ninth century. The castle and grounds lie to the east of the village of Leeds, Kent, which should not be...
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Graceland Graceland Structure
Graceland is the name of the 13.8 acre estate and large white-columned mansion that once belonged to Elvis Presley, located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee. It is located in South Memphis' vast Whitehaven community about twelve...
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty A National Trust signpost at Mill Dale on the River Dove at the start of the path to Tissington Structure
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Trust does not operate in Scotland, where there is an independent...
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Sheringham Park The Rhododendron gardens Structure
Sheringham Park is a landscape park and gardens near the town of Sheringham, Norfolk, England. . The park surrounds Sheringham Hall and has a grid reference of . The Hall is privately occupied, but Sheringham Park is in the care of the National...
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Royal Pavilion The Royal Pavilion Structure
The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England. It was built in the early 19th Century as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic...
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Kedleston Hall Structure
Kedleston Hall is an English country house in Kedleston, Derbyshire, approximately four miles north-west of Derby, and is the seat of the Curzon family whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy. Today it is a National Trust...
Treasure Houses of England   Structure
The Treasure Houses of England is a heritage consortium founded in the early 1970s by ten of the foremost stately home in England still in private ownership, with the aim of marketing and promoting themselves as tourist venues. There are now nine...
Bisham Abbey Bisham Abbey Structure
Bisham Abbey is a Grade I listed manor house at Bisham in the English county of Berkshire. The name is taken from the now lost monastery which once stood alongside. The abbey church proper, previously Bisham Priory, was the traditional resting place...
Woodstock Palace Woodstock Palace. Structure
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The title of "palace" was first used to refer to it during the 12th century, when it was favoured by King Henry I of England. In about 1120, he created a zoo in...
Castle Howard The South (Garden) Front of Castle Howard Structure
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 25 miles (40 km) north of York. One of the grandest private residences in Britain, most of it was built between 1699 and 1712 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh...
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Arundel Castle Arundel Castle Structure
Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. The castle dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) and was completed by Roger de Montgomery, who became the first to hold the earldom of Arundel by the graces...
Kimbolton Castle Kimbolton Castle in 1880. This illustration shows the present mansion as rebuilt between 1690 and 1720 Structure
Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, is best known as the final home of King Henry VIII's first queen, Catherine of Aragon. Originally a medieval castle but converted into a stately palace, it was the family seat of the Dukes of Manchester...
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Chiswick House Chiswick House Structure
Chiswick House is a Palladian villa in Burlington Lane, Chiswick, in the London Borough of Hounslow. The house belonged to Lord Burlington, whose taste and skill as an architect have been frequently recorded. The "architect earl" designed and built...
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20 Forthlin Road Structure
20 Forthlin Road is a National Trust property in south Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The house was built by the local authority during the 1920s, and Sir Paul McCartney lived there for several years before he rose to fame with The Beatles in the...
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Addington Palace Addington Palace Structure
Addington Palace is a 18th century mansion in Addington near Croydon, south London, England. The original manor house called 'Addington Place' was built about the 16th century.The Addington estate was owned by the Leigh family until early 1700s.Sir...
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Savoy Palace The Savoy Palace Structure
The Savoy Palace was considered the grandest nobleman's residence of medieval London, until it was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It fronted Strand, on the site of the present Savoy Theatre and the Savoy Hotel that memorialise its name....
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Woolsthorpe Manor Woolsthorpe Manor, Birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton Structure
Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, was the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton on December 25, 1642 (old calendar). At that time it was a yeoman's farmstead, principally rearing sheep (hence the wool...
Calke Abbey Calke Abbey Structure
Calke Abbey is a country house near Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, a Grade I listed building and a property of the National Trust. The site was an Augustinian priory from the 12th century until its dissolution by Henry VIII. The present building...
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