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The Red Lodge, Bristol
Elizabethan house open to the public. Photos, brief history and visitor information from owner Bristol City Council.

Red House, Bexley
Seminal Arts and Crafts house designed by Philip Webb for William Morris. The Friends of the Red House supply photographs and brief history.

The Mackintosh House
A QuickTime virtual reality tour of the house of architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), with its original contents restored. Visitor information.

The Georgian House, Bristol
Built by John Pinney, a Bristol sugar merchant who owned land and slaves in the Caribbean. Interior restored to the way it would have looked in his time. Photos, brief history and visitor information from owner Bristol City Council.

Henley-in-Arden Heritage Centre, Warwickshire
A part-14th-century house with crown post has become a heritage centre, displaying aspects of the past life of the town. History of Henley's market cross, visitor information.

Rockville: A Scottish Pagoda
Illustrated description by J.K. Gillon of the now-demolished Victorian extravaganza built in Edinburgh in 1858 by architect Sir James Gowans as his own home.

Spencer House
Fine example of an eighteenth-century aristocratic private palace in London, overlooking Green Park. Includes history, online tour via sensitive plan or list, and visitor information.

Carlyle's House, London
The National Trust describes the classic Queen Anne house that was the home of the writer Thomas Carlyle from 1834 until his death in 1881. Includes history and visitor information.

Peckover House
The National Trust presents this fine Early Georgian brick townhouse in Wisbech in Cambridgeshire. History, photographs, Victorian garden, events and visitor information.

Marlipins
An unusual medieval building at Shoreham, with a chequer board façade. The Sussex Archaeological Society provide visitor information, photographs, excavation details, dating and references.