British stately homes you can stay in
If visiting a stately home is your idea of the perfect day out in Britain, you will love sleeping in one even more.
Historic residences to lords, royals and aristocratic families, these provide all the grandeur, opulence and period features you expect from a quintessentially British stately home. While many, such as Chatsworth House and Burghley House, are open to the public for visits during the day, spending the night and sharing the space with the earls and countesses who own them is a real treat.
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Fans of Downton Abbey, for example, can stay at TV location Highclere Castle in Berkshire, where you can rest your head in the London Lodge, the formalised entry to Highclere Park, situated to the north of the estate. Want to spend the night in a royal residence? Queen Victoria's summer home Osborne House, in the Isle of Wight, has two holiday cottages within Sovereign's Gate, which was commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as the formal entrance to the retreat.
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And at Hampton Court Palace, you can discover the secret life of the palace once the daily visitors have gone home by staying in the pretty Georgian House. The imposing building, just north of the palace, was originally a kitchen built in 1719 for George, Prince of Wales.
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