Large british house

Dating from 1896, Ravensbourne in Houghton-le-Spring is a reassuringly traditional Victorian villa featuring a tiled storm porch and four handsomely proportioned reception rooms with bay windows and original fireplaces. It has a large (albeit dated) kitchen, utility room, five bedrooms and a third of an acre of grounds, with secret garden “rooms” accessed via a wrought-iron gateway. Houghton-le-Spring is a town 15 minutes’ drive from Durham. bradleyhall.co.uk

Reddish House, in the Wiltshire countryside, was bought by Beaton for £10,000 in the 1940s

A refined and historic mansion in the pastoral English countryside that is tied to British—and Hollywood—royalty has just hit the market for £13.5 million (US$17.7 million). The more than 300-year-old home is in Hampshire—an area also known as Jane Austen’s County for being the author’s beloved home for much of her life—is known as Shawford Park and the manor is thought to date to 1685.

On the market for those seeking the most authentic of English country house experiences is Manston House, the eight-bedroom manor first built in the 17th century and today of the Grade II listing.

An almost 500-year-old manor house in the U.K. with ties to the monarchy has hit the market for £2.95 million (US$3.7 million). The historic Tudor property, known as Gayton Manor, is on the edge of the pretty hilltop village of Gayton in Northamptonshire. The stately residence was built in 1540 for Sir Francis Tanfield, his wife, Bridget, and their sizable brood of 18 children.

Brand new 1930s-style houses by Redrow (2015)

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO BE AT CHRISTMAS TIME ~ WESTBURY HOUSE , LONG ISLAND .