A LA RONDE
ABBOTSFORD
ANNE OF CLEVE'S HOUSE
ANNE HATHERWAY'S COTT.
ASHDOWN HOUSE
BATEMANS
BOSCOBEL HOUSE
BURN'S COTTAGE
CASTLE DROGO
CHARTWELL
CRAGSIDE
DH LAWRENCE'S BIRTHPLACE
DOVE COTTAGE
DOWN HOUSE
DR JOHNSON'S HOUSE
EDWARD ELGAR'S BIRTHPLACE
FLATFORD MILL
GAINSBOROUGH'S HOUSE
GILBERT WHITE'S HOUSE
GREAT DIXTER
HALL PLACE
HARDY'S COTTAGE
HAWORTH PARSONAGE
HUGHENDEN MANOR
JANE AUSTEN'S HOUSE
JM BARRIE'S BIRTHPLACE
KETTLES YARD
LANHYDROCK
LAVENHAM GUILDHALL

LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
LYVEDEN NEW BIELD
MILTON'S COTTAGE
MOSELEY OLD HALL
OLD HOUSE OF KEYS
PLAS NEWYDD
RANGER'S HOUSE
RED HOUSE & BRITTEN-PEARS LIBRARY
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
RYDAL MOUNT
SEZINCOTE
SHAW'S CORNER
SMALLHYTHE PLACE
SOANES' MUSEUM
SOMERSET HOUSE
STANDEN HOUSE
SUTTON HOUSE
THE GROVE
TOWNEND
WOOLSTHORPE MANOR
WORDSWORTH'S HOUSE

Most of the properties contained in this section have been owned by, or been the Birthplace of, famous authors, poets, painters, explorers, naturalists etc. In other instances there may be a unique architectural or decorative feature associated with the particular building, or even a famous historical incident connected with the house. The fascination and interests of the one-time occupants are as diverse as the structures themselves. Classical and contemporary art, literary masterpieces, entrepreneurial engineering, religious symbolism, and the foundations of modern science are all secreted in this miscellany. As a refreshing foil to some of the heavier subject matter, there are also many tales of intrigue, notoriety, romance and genius intertwined in the histories of the properties and the families.

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