Adelaide Cottage
The old keeper's lodge on the Windsor estate converted in 1830 for Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV.
View PalaceAmpthill
The royal house of Ampthill, Bedforshire, though now completely forgotten was once one of Henry VIII’s favourite houses.
View PalaceAshridge
After the dissolution of the monasteries, Ashridge became one of Henry VIII's favoured nursery houses, with all his children spending time there.
View PalaceAudley End
One of the largest houses to be built in James I's reign, Audley End House was acquired by Charles II after the Civil War.
View PalaceBagshot Lodge
A foresters' lodge reconstructed by James I and extended by Inigo Jones for Charles I, the house was situated in the wider Windsor hunting grounds.
View PalaceBagshot Park
Commissioned by one of Queen Victoria's sons, the Duke of Connaught, the house is currently leased to Prince Edward.
View PalaceBalmoral
A favoured private retreat of Victoria and Albert which remains virtually unchanged to this day.
View PalaceBaynard’s Castle
Baynard’s Castle was a large 15th century riverside mansion in the City of London which Henry VII extended and granted to the queens consort.
View PalaceBeaulieu (New Hall)
Beaulieu, sometimes known as New Hall, was an Essex country house that Henry VIII purchased, expanded and furnished with fine tapestries.
View PalaceBeddington
Site of secret meetings between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Beddington was taken by the king when the house's owner was executed for treason.
View PalaceBirkhall
A neighbouring estate to Balmoral where the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret spent many holidays.
View PalaceBridewell
This royal residence started life as Thomas Wolsey's first major building project, before hosting Henry VIII's parliament twice in the 1520s
View PalaceBrooke House (Hackney)
Bought by Henry VIII from "the unthrifty earl", the manor house had a fine hall and chapel which was bombed in WWII
View PalaceBuckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is built on a plot of land that King James I owned, and has undergone several substantial remodellings over its illustrious history.
View PalaceByfleet
A medieval timber framed house extensively rebuilt for King Edward II, it became a hunting lodge for Henry VIII
View PalaceCanterbury
A monastic property on the route between London and Dover converted into a royal residence entered through a handsome gatehouse
View PalaceCarlton House
A major renovation project of George IV before he became king and switched his attention to Buckingham Palace.
View PalaceCharing
One of the houses Henry VIII exchanged with Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury, the king liked its location between London and the south coast.
View PalaceClarence House
Part of St James’s Palace, it has been used as a separate royal residence since the 18th century.
View PalaceClarendon
One of the most important royal domestic sites in England, continuously in use as a residence by monarchs from the 11th to the 15th century
View PalaceCollyweston House
The country seat of Lady Margaret Beaufort, the Countess of Richmond, Henry VII's mother, remains relatively unknown.
View PalaceDartford
One of the former monastic residences that Henry VIII converted into royal accommodation after the suppression of the monasteries.
View PalaceDover
One of the great royal fortresses of England, the site of the castle has been used as a fort since before the Romans.
View PalaceDunstable
Famously the chapter house that Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was pronounced null and void.
View PalaceDurham House
The London residence of the Bishops of Durham. The buildings, started in the 14th century included a great hall on the waterfront of the Thames.
View PalaceEltham Palace
A favoured royal residence for nearly two centuries, Eltham Palace occupied an elevated site in south east London just four miles from Greenwich.
View PalaceEsher Place
Esher was one of the manors belonging to the exceedingly rich bishopric of Winchester conveniently located on the road from Winchester to London.
View PalaceFotheringhay
One of Edward IV's favourite country seats, it became the site of Mary Queen of Scot's imprisonment, trial and execution.
View PalaceGrafton Regis
Grafton Manor was a house set on rising ground in Northamptonshire improved by Elizabeth I
View PalaceGreenwich Palace
Greenwich was originally a 15th century hunting park and house, re-built by Henry VII to become the principal residence of the Tudor monarchy.
View PalaceGuildford
One of the most important residences for the early medieval kings, half way between Westminster and Winchester and a day's ride from London.
View PalaceHampton Court
Originally a farm belonging to the Knight’s of St. John of Jerusalem, by the 16th century it was one of the most important royal houses in England
View PalaceHighgrove House
Purchased by the Duchy of Cornwall in 1980, the original house was built in the 1790s and has gardens designed by HM The King
View PalaceHolyrood House
Of all Queen Elizabeth II’s palaces the palace of Holyroodhouse can claim, with Windsor, to be the most venerable.
View PalaceHull
One of the sites in north east England that Henry VIII fortified against a potential attack by the Papal powers of Europe.
View PalaceHunsdon House
A splendid mansion in Hertfordshire acquired by Henry VIII, almost completely rebuilt in the early 1800s.
View PalaceKenilworth Castle
Kenilworth in Warwickshire was chosen by Henry VIII as one of the great ancestral castles of the realm.
View PalaceKew Palace
Kew, like Hampton Court, became important because of its proximity to Richmond Palace. The Palace was a favourite of George III and his Queen.
View PalaceLeeds Castle
A Norman lodging on a strategic route, owned by a succession of queens until it was refurbished for Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.
View PalaceLudlow Castle
Ludlow Castle was one of the first generation of stone fortresses built after the Norman Conquest.
View PalaceNewmarket
Charles II built the first stables at Newmarket and by doing so founded England’s most venerable training establishment
View PalaceNonsuch Palace
A royal palace, now completely lost, built to be without equal by Henry VIII during his architecturally profligate reign.
View PalaceNottingham Castle
For six hundred years Nottingham Castle was one of the most important royal castles in England, guarding the bridge on the River Trent.
View PalaceOatlands Palace
Few people have heard of Oatlands Palace, but in the 1500s and 1600s it was as well known as Hampton Court, royal residence of successive queens.
View PalaceOsborne House
Sir Robert Peel helped Queen Victoria and Prince Albert find the Osborne estate in 1844, which they turned into a large and comfortable family home.
View PalaceOtford
Otford was one of Tudor England's largest houses, comparable in size to Hampton Court, before falling into disrepair in the 17th century.
View PalacePontefract Castle
The most important castle in the North of England during the Civil War, with 15th century royal lodgings.
View PalaceRichmond / Sheen
Starting as Edward III's riverside retreat and rebuilt by Henry V, it was one of Elizabeth I's favourite residences and where she died in 1603.
View PalaceRoyal Pavilion Brighton
A project of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV), the three building phases created the elaborate structure we have today.
View PalaceRoyal Train
The railways made a huge difference to the way monarchs used their houses, with Edward VII's train becoming, in effect, a mobile palace.
View PalaceRoyal Yacht Britannia
The British royal family have had a yacht since the Restoration. The last royal yacht was launched in 1953 and decommissioned in 1997.
View PalaceRoyston
An unusual palace comprising town centre lodgings favoured and developed by James I
View PalaceSandringham
Built as a country house refuge for Queen Victoria's eldest son, Sandringham is a private residence of His Majesty the King.
View PalaceSomerset House
Between 1603 and 1692 Somerset House was the official residence of the Queen of England and one of the most controversial buildings in Britain.
View PalaceSt James’s Palace
St James’s Palace was built by Henry VIII as the residence of the heir to the throne. In 1702 it became the principal London house of the monarchy.
View PalaceTheobalds
Originally built by William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth I's chief minister, it was an unusual courtier house which became one of James I's favourite houses
View PalaceTower of London
The Tower of London was once the principal fortress of the kingdom and a royal residence, housing the royal armoury, mint and treasury
View PalaceWhitehall Palace
Principal official residence of Henry VIII designed across a busy road in London, the palace covered much of the area that still bears its name.
View PalaceWinchester
A magnificent royal house commissioned by Charles II on the site of a medieval castle, designed and built by Sir Christopher Wren.
View PalaceWindsor
The longest occupied royal residence in Britain, Windsor Castle has been at the centre of court life for more than one thousand years.
View PalaceWoking
A royal possession from before the Norman Conquest, the substantial house in the Thames valley was favoured by three tudor monarchs.
View PalaceWoodstock
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, was one of England’s oldest royal houses occupied by the Saxon monarchs before the Norman Conquest
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