Northamptonshire Historic Houses
 | 6 miles west of Northampton on A428 Northampton - Rugby road Althorp has been the home of the Spencer family for almost 500 years. The present Earl Spencer, brother of the late Princess of Wales, has converted the stable block to provide the setting for an exhibition, "Diana: A Celebration", honouring the memory of the Princess. Set in parkland, visitors can view the house, the exhibition and grounds as well as the Island in the Round Oval lake were the Princess is buried. All visits must be booked in advance. more information |
| 6 miles south-east of Banbury on A41 Aynhoe Park - no longer open to the the public, is on the edge of the village of Aynhoe, on the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. Purchased in the 17th century by John Cartwright but rebuilt after the Civil War. in the 19th century the house was embellished by Sir John Soane. more information |
 | 3 miles north of Kettering, off A43 Sir Edward Montagu purchased the Boughton estate in 1528 and built a house on the site.Ralph Montagu left intact the Tudor house with its seven courtyards, adding to the north of the house and the stable block. The north front, with its two pavillions and an arcade, was built in the French style - the house was known as the 'English Versailles'. The 2nd Duke made considerable additions to the garden and it retains its late 17th century formality. more information |
 | Sign posted from A5, on B525 Banbury - Northampton road an ancient courtyard house that time has hardly touched. Features include the domed ceiling of the drawing room, a painted parlour with classical trompe-l'oeil, a 70 acre park and a formal garden created around 1710 with a flight of terraces. more information |
 | 10 miles north of Northampton at Creaton on A5199, east of the Northampton - Leicester road a magnificent Queen Ann house set in beautiful gardens, reputed to be the original of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.The exterior of the house is little since the early 18h century. Italianate gardens, park, formal forecourt garden. more information |
 | 6 miles north-east of Corby on A43 Kettering - Stamford road A Georgian mansion set in beautiful gardens - originally a medieval manor around a courtyard but takes its appearance from rebuildings and extensions. During the Crimean War the 7th Earl of Cardigan led the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. Gardens and lake, walks. more information |
| 4 miles north-east of Corby, 2 miles west of Deene Park, off A43 Corby to Stamford road A splendid stone-built Elizabethan mansion, the house looks intact, but was abandoned at the beginning of the 19th century and today is mostly ruinous. Famous courtyard façades, gardens. The location for the filming of 'Mansfield Park' by Jane Austen, made in 1998. more information |
 | 8 miles north of Northampton on A508 Northampton - Market Harborough road The home of the Isham family from 1560 to 1976, an extended and modified Tudor house, Rooms with furniture and pictures, with possibly the oldest garden gnome in England. Gardens and park. more information |
 | 4 miles south-west of Oundle, off A427 Lyveden New Bield (or Build) was begun in 1594 by the talented Sir Thomas Tresham as a garden lodge for his manor house at Lyveden. The building is two storeys high and illustrates the Elizabethan love of symbolism. Now a shell looked after the National Trust, the abandoned building stands alone in a field, and around it is the faint outlines of a grand formal garden established by Sir Thomas, one of the oldest surviving garden layouts in England. Walks and woodland. more information |
 | 3 miles north of Oundle, 4 miles east of Bulwick Southwick Hall, privately owned, is a stone-built manor house set in the valley of the River Nene. The origins of the house date back to the 14th century but has been considerably altered and extended up until the 19th century. Exhibition on Victorian and Edwardian Life. more information |
 | 6 miles north-east of Banbury, off B4525 Sulgrave Manor, a 16th century house, was the family home of George Washington's ancestors. Today the building presents the appearance of a wealthy man's home in Elizabethan times. Items relating to George Washington on display, visitors' centre, formal garden. more information |