Best places: Country houses in England

Ornate 17th-century stately home with a fine art collection that is open from March to October.

Classic 17th-century English house with opulent decor, fine furnishings and gardens. Dogs on leads.

Stately home with ornate interiors, museum of past times, a walled garden and woodland play area.

A stately home that retains its period interior and furnishings, with elegant gardens and play area.

Atmospheric house containing family silver, china and books from the 1950s with a woodland garden.

Imposing 16th-century manor and grounds, with art, tapestries and porcelain. Open March-September.

Historic coaching inn-turned-pub offering warmly decorated rooms with smart TVs, plus a beer garden.

Ornate, gilded 18th-century stately home set in landscaped grounds with fountains, trails and lakes.

National Trust-run neo-classical house designed by Robert Adam, with landscaped park and gardens.

Country house and gardens offering a zoo and woodland walks.

Partially-restored 18th-century house and Capability Brown landscaped gardens and tearoom.

Picturesque manor house with walled garden and meadows, plus historical tours and arts exhibitions.

👍👍 Visited The Lord Taverners Vintage motorcycle show on Sunday 24th July. A great variety of motorbikes from the early 1900's up to current models. Great main ring action of mini trials course and afternoon parades of a lot of the bikes present. Vast Auto Jumble of bike bits. Well organised and a tr...

👍👍 Absolutely beautiful location. Wonderful grounds that run down to the river. The word beaucolic springs to mind. Weddings, birthdays, and parties, an ideal setting. It's also where I keep my bees...

Upscale hotel in a 12th-century country house with gardens, plus a restaurant & an outdoor pool.

Stately country house offering polished rooms, free full breakfast and a traditional restaurant.

👍👍 We attended a wedding here and I get the impression they are purely wedding focused, the wedding was lovely and the place was wonderful. I had no idea it existed but it is beautiful and the staff are brilliant. Well organised, helpful, attentive and courteous, but mainly they do their jobs really we...

👍👍 Excellent tour of house by the volunteers. Great walk around the grounds, including the wooden sculptures on the lakeside. Tearoom is lovely with drinks served in china cups and Excellent choice of cakes. We've purchased a years ticket as there is more to do here than one visit and we have plenty of...

Half-timbered, 15th-century house with a gate tower, period artefacts and lavishly-designed gardens.

👍👍 Very scenic, fairly accessible. The only snag is if you are a cyclist, you won't be able to find bicycle racks, but the gate near the cafe can be a good spot to park as long as you ask the cafe owners first :)