| Abbey Leix House (Abbeyleix House) (Abbeyleix Castle) |
ABBEY LEAKS |
Co. Laois |
| Adcote |
ADD-KIT |
Shropshire |
| Aigas House |
A-GAS ("A" rhymes with hay) |
Highlands |
| Alnwick Castle |
ANN-ICK |
Northumberland |
| Althorp (Althorp House) |
ALL-TRUP or ALL-THORP |
Northamptonshire |
| Amhuinnsuidhe Castle (Abhainnsuidhe Castle) (Fincastle) |
AVIN-SUEY |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) |
| Anglesey Abbey (Anglesey Priory) |
ANGLE-SEE |
Cambridgeshire |
| Appuldurcombe House (Appuldercombe House) (Appuldercombe Abbey) |
APPLE-DUR-CUM |
Isle of Wight |
| Ardkinglas House (Ardkginglas Castle) |
ARD-KIN-GLIS |
Argyll & Bute |
| Ardverikie (Ardverikie Lodge) |
ARD-VARE-A-KEY |
Highlands |
| Arundel Castle |
AIR-UN-DUL |
West Sussex |
| Arundel Park |
AIR-UN-DUL |
West Sussex |
| Asthall Manor |
ASS-TUL |
Oxfordshire |
| Athelhampton House (Athelhampton Hall) (Pidele) |
ATTLE-HAMPTON |
Dorset |
| Auchinleck House (Affleck House) |
AWK-IN-LECK or AF-LECK |
East Ayrshire |
| Avon Castle |
AV-UN |
Hampshire |
| Ballysallagh House |
BALLY-SAL-AH |
Co. Kilkenny |
| Balmoral Castle |
BAL-MORE-UL |
Aberdeenshire |
| Bamburgh Castle |
BAM-BRUH |
Northumberland |
| Barlaston Hall |
BAR-LUS-TUN |
Staffordshire |
| Beaulieu (Palace House) (Beaulieu Castle) |
BYOO-LEE |
Hampshire |
| Beaulieu House |
BYOO-LEE |
Co. Louth |
| Belvoir Castle |
BEE-VUR |
Lincolnshire |
| Benacre Hall |
BEN-UH-KUR |
Suffolk |
| Beningbrough Hall |
BENNING-BUR-AH |
North Yorkshire (North Riding) |
| Berkeley Castle (Berkley Castle) |
BARK-LEE |
Gloucestershire |
| Berwick House (Berwick Hall) (Little Berwick) (Berwick Park) |
BEAR-ICK |
Shropshire |
| Berwick Maviston (Berwick Mavison) (Berwick Malestein) (Berwick Malveston) |
BEAR-ICK |
Shropshire |
| Bessborough House |
BEZ-BUR-AH |
Co. Kilkenny |
| Blairquhan Castle |
BLAIR-WAN |
South Ayrshire |
| Blenheim Palace (Blenheim House) (Blenheim Castle) (Woodstock Manor) |
BLEN-UM |
Oxfordshire |
| Bodelwyddan Castle |
BOD-EL-WITH-AN |
Denbighshire |
| Bodiam Castle (Bodyham Castle) |
BEAU-DEE-UM |
East Sussex |
| Boughton House |
BOW-TUN (as in "take a bow") |
Northamptonshire |
| Bowood House (Bowood Park) |
BOW-WOOD (bow, as in bow and arrow) |
Wiltshire |
| Brechin Castle |
BREE-KIN |
Angus |
| Brougham Hall (Brougham Castle) |
BROOM |
Cumbria |
| Broughton Castle |
BROT-UN |
Oxfordshire |
| Broughton Hall |
BROUGHT-UN |
North Yorkshire (North Riding) |
| Browsholme Hall |
BROOS-UM |
Lancashire |
| Brympton d'Evercy (Brympton House) |
BRIMP-TUN DEV-ER-SEE |
Somerset |
| Bryngwyn Hall (Bryngwyn House) |
BRIN-GWIN |
Powys |
| Brynkinalt (Brynkinallt Hall) (Bryn Kinillt) (Bryncunallt) |
BRYN-KA-NULT |
Wrexham |
| Buckingham House (91 Pall Mall) |
BUCK-ING-UM |
London |
| Buckingham Palace (Buckingham House) (The Queen's House) (Queen's Palace) (Goring House) (Arlington House) |
BUCK-ING-UM |
London |
| Burghley House |
BUR-LEE |
Lincolnshire |
| Burwarton Hall (Burwarton House) |
BUR-WUR-TUN |
Shropshire |
| Buscot Park |
BUS-KIT |
Oxfordshire |
| Bylaugh Hall (Bylaugh Park) |
BEE-LA |
Norfolk |
| Bylaugh Old Hall |
BEE-LA |
Norfolk |
| Came House |
Like "he came down the path" |
Dorset |
| Carew Castle |
KEER-OO |
Pembrokeshire |
| Castle Bromwich Hall (The Hall) |
Castle BROM-ICH |
West Midlands |
| Castle Coole |
Castle COOL |
Co. Fermanagh |
| Castle of Mey (Barrogill Castle) |
Castle of MAY |
Highlands |
| Charlecote Park (Charlecote Hall) |
CHARL-CUT |
Warwickshire |
| Chequers (Chequers Court) |
CHECKERS |
Buckinghamshire |
| Chiswick House |
CHIZ-ICK |
London |
| Cholmondeley Castle (Cholmondeley Hall) |
CHUM-LEE |
Cheshire |
| Cirencester Abbey House |
SIGH-REN-SES-TUR or SIS-ES-TUR |
Gloucestershire |
| Cirencester Park (Cirencester House) (Cirencester Castle) (Oakley Grove) |
SIGH-REN-SES-TUR or SIS-ES-TUR |
Gloucestershire |
| Colne Priory (Earls Colne Priory) (The Priory) |
CONE Priory |
Essex |
| Combermere Abbey |
CUM-BUR-MEER |
Shropshire |
| Compton Wynyates (Compton Wyngates) (Compton-in-the-Hole) (Upper Compton Wynyates) |
COMTIN WIN-YITS |
Warwickshire |
| Corsham Court (Corsham House) |
CORE-SHUM |
Wiltshire |
| Cotehele House |
CA-TEAL |
Cornwall |
| Cothay Manor |
COT-HAY |
Somerset |
| Cottesbrooke Hall |
COT-ISS-BROOK |
Northamptonshire |
| Coughton Court |
COAT-AN |
Warwickshire |
| Cound Hall |
COO-UND (coo like a baby) |
Shropshire |
| Craigievar Castle |
CRAIG-EE-VAR |
Aberdeenshire |
| Crathes Castle |
CRATH-ISS |
Aberdeenshire |
| Culross Palace (Culross Place) |
CURE-ISS |
Fife |
| Culzean Castle (Cullean Castle) (Coif Castle) (House of Cove) |
CA-LANE |
South Ayrshire |
| Curraghmore |
CUR-A-MORE (like curt) |
Co. Waterford |
| Dalmeny House (Dalmeny Park) (Barnbougle Castle) |
DAL-MEN-EE |
Edinburgh |
| Drumlanrig Castle (Drumlenrig Castle) |
DRUM-LAN-RIGG |
Dumfries & Galloway |
| Dudmaston Hall (Dudmaster Hall) |
DUD-MISS-TUN |
Shropshire |
| Dumfries House |
DUM-FREES |
East Ayrshire |
| Duncombe Park (Duncomb Park) |
DUN-CUM |
North Yorkshire (North Riding) |
| Dunvegan Castle |
DUN-VAY-GUN |
Highlands |
| Dyrham Park |
DEER-UM |
South Gloucestershire |
| Eastnor Castle |
EAST-NUR |
Herefordshire |
| Eilean Donan Castle |
EE-LUN DUN-UN |
Highlands |
| Eltham Lodge |
L-TUM |
London |
| Eltham Palace (Eltham Court) |
L-TUM |
London |
| Endsleigh House (Endsleigh Cottage) |
INZ-LEE |
Devon |
| Erddig Hall (Erddig Park) (Erthig) |
AIR-THIG ("th" as in "thee") |
Wrexham |
| Eyton Hall |
EYE-TUN |
Shropshire |
| Farnborough Hall |
FARN-BURR-AH |
Warwickshire |
| Fasque House (Fasque Castle) |
FASK |
Aberdeenshire |
| Floors Castle (Fleurs Castle) (Roxburgh Castle) |
FLEURS |
Scottish Borders |
| Folkington Manor |
FOW-ING-TUN |
East Sussex |
| Fort Brecqhou |
Fort BREE-KOO |
Guernsey |
| Fyvie Castle |
FY-VEE |
Aberdeenshire |
| Glamis Castle |
GLAHMZ |
Angus |
| Glandyfi Castle |
GLAN-DOVEY |
Powys |
| Godmersham Park |
GOD-MER-SHUM |
Kent |
| Goodnestone Park (Goodnestone House) |
GUNS-TUN |
Kent |
| Grandtully Castle (Grantully Castle) |
GRANT-LEE |
Perth & Kinross |
| Great Berwick (Upper Berwick) |
BEAR-ICK |
Shropshire |
| Groby Old Hall (Groby Manor) (Groby Castle) |
GREW-BE |
Leicestershire |
| Grosvenor House (Gloucester House) |
GROVE-NUR |
London |
| Guisachan House |
GOOSE-A-KUN |
Highlands |
| Harewood House (Harewood Castle) (Gawthorpe Hall) |
HARR-WOOD (like hard) or HAIR-WOOD |
West Yorkshire (West Riding) |
| Harlaxton Manor |
HAR-LUX-TUN |
Lincolnshire |
| Haselbech Hall (Haselbeech Hall) (Hazelbeach Hall) |
HAZEL BEACH |
Northamptonshire |
| Hawarden Castle (Hawarden Park) (Howarden Castle) (Broadlane Hall) |
HARD-ON |
Flintshire |
| Hawkstone Hall (Hawkstone Park) |
HAWK-STUN |
Shropshire |
| Herstmonceux Castle (Hurstmonceux Castle) |
HURSS-MUN-SUE |
East Sussex |
| Heveningham Hall (Heavingham Hall) |
HEN-ING-UM |
Suffolk |
| Hever Castle |
HEAVE-UR |
Kent |
| Hidcote House |
HID-KIT |
Gloucestershire |
| Hidcote Manor |
HID-KIT |
Gloucestershire |
| Highclere Castle (Highclere House) (High Clere) (Place House) |
HIGH-CLEAR |
Hampshire |
| Hillsborough Castle (Hillsborough House) (Government House) |
HILLS-BUR-AH |
Co. Down |
| Hinwick Hall |
HEN-ICK |
Bedfordshire |
| Hinwick House (Hinwick Hall) |
HEN-ICK |
Bedfordshire |
| Hoghton Tower |
HORTON |
Lancashire |
| Holker Hall |
HAWKER |
Cumbria |
| Holkham Hall (Holkham House) (Hill Hall) |
HOKE-UM |
Norfolk |
| Honington Hall |
HUN-ING-TUN |
Warwickshire |
| Houghton Hall |
HOW-TUN |
Norfolk |
| Houghton Lodge |
HOE-TUN |
Hampshire |
| Hovingham Hall |
HAHN-ING-UM |
York |
| Howick Hall |
HOE-ICK |
Northumberland |
| Iford Manor |
EYE-FURD |
Wiltshire |
| Ightham Mote |
ITEM MOAT |
Kent |
| Ince Blundell Hall |
INSE BLUN-DULL |
Merseyside |
| Inveraray Castle (Inverary Castle) |
IN-VER-AIR-UH |
Argyll & Bute |
| Iscoyd Park |
ISS-KOID (like koi pond) |
Wrexham |
| Kailzie House |
KAY-LEE |
Scottish Borders |
| Kew Palace (The Dutch House) (The Prince's House) (The Castellated Palace) (Royal Botanic Gardens) |
CUE |
London |
| Kilravock Castle |
KILL-RORK |
Highlands |
| Kingston Bagpuize House (Kingston House) |
KINGS-TUN BAG-PEWS |
Oxfordshire |
| Knebworth House (Knebworth Place) |
NEB-WORTH |
Hertfordshire |
| Knepp Castle |
NEP |
West Sussex |
| Knole (Knole House) |
NOLE |
Kent |
| Knowsley Hall |
NOSE-LEE |
Merseyside |
| Lanhydrock House (Lanhydroc) |
LAN-HIGH-DROCK |
Cornwall |
| Layer Marney Tower |
LAY-ER (like to lay down) MARNEY |
Essex |
| Leighton Hall |
LAY-TUN |
Lancashire |
| Leighton Hall |
LAY-TUN |
Shropshire |
| Leighton House |
LAY-TUN |
London |
| Leixlip Castle |
LEASE-LIP |
Co. Kildare |
| Lewes Castle |
LEWIS |
East Sussex |
| Lewes House |
LEWIS |
East Sussex |
| Lisnavagh House |
LIZ-NA-VAAH |
Co. Carlow |
| Loton Park |
LOW-TUN |
Shropshire |
| Luddesdown Court |
LUDDS-DUN |
Kent |
| Luggala Lodge (Luggala Castle) (Luggala House) (Luggela House) |
LOUG-A-LAW |
Co. Wicklow |
| Luton Hoo (Luton House) |
LOU-TUN WHO |
Bedfordshire |
| Lyme Park (Lyme Hall) |
LIME |
Cheshire |
| Lympne Castle (Lyme Castle) (Court Lodge) (Stutfall Castle) (Parsonage House) (Archdeacon’s House) |
LIMB |
Kent |
| Lyveden New Bield |
LIVED-IN New BEALED (rymes with peeled) |
Northamptonshire |
| Madeley Court (Madeley Hall) |
MAID-LEE |
Telford & Wrekin |
| Madresfield Court |
MADERS-FIELD |
Worcestershire |
| Malvern Hall (Malvern Farm) |
MOLL-VERN |
West Midlands |
| Marlborough House |
MALL-BURR-AH |
London |
| Melchet Court |
MEL-CHET |
Hampshire |
| Mellerstain House |
MELLER-STUN |
Scottish Borders |
| Meols Hall |
MEALS |
Merseyside |
| Mereworth Castle |
MARY-WORTH |
Kent |
| Millichope Park (Millichope Hall) |
MILL-A-CHIP |
Shropshire |
| Naworth Castle |
NOW-URTH |
Cumbria |
| Newburgh Priory |
NEW-BRUH |
North Yorkshire (North Riding) |
| Newhailes House (Whitehill) (Broughton House) |
NEW-HALES |
East Lothian |
| Nostell Priory |
NOSS-TUL |
West Yorkshire (West Riding) |
| Owlpen Manor |
OLE-PEN |
Gloucestershire |
| Oxburgh Hall (Oxborough Hall), Emneth |
OX-BRUH |
Norfolk |
| Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough |
OX-BRUH |
Norfolk |
| Parham House (Parham Park) |
PEAR-UM |
West Sussex |
| Penicuik House (Newbiggin) |
PEN-EE-COOK |
Midlothian |
| Penrhyn Castle |
PEN-WREN |
Gwynedd |
| Penrhyn Old Hall |
PEN-WREN |
Gwynedd |
| Pentillie Castle |
PEN-TILL-EE |
Cornwall |
| Peover Hall |
PEE-VUR |
Cheshire |
| Pitzhanger Manor (Pitshanger Manor) |
PITTS-HANG-UR |
London |
| Plas Newydd (Anglesey Castle) (Llwyn-y-Moel) |
PLASS NEW-ITH or PLASS NEW-ID |
Isle of Anglesey |
| Plas Newydd (Pen-y-Maes) |
PLASS NEW-ITH or PLASS NEW-ID |
Denbighshire |
| Port Lympne (Belcaire) |
Port LIMB |
Kent |
| Powderham Castle |
POWDER-UM |
Devon |
| Powis Castle (Pool, Poole, Pole Castle) (Castell Coch) (Red Castle) |
POE-ISS |
Powys |
| Prideaux Place (Place House) |
PRID-OH |
Cornwall |
| Prinknash Park |
PRIN-ISH |
Gloucestershire |
| Raby Castle |
RAY-BEE |
County Durham |
| Raynham Hall (Rainham Hall) (Raineham Hall) |
RAIN-UM |
Norfolk |
| Rhug House (Rug House) |
REEG |
Denbighshire |
| Rokeby Park (Rokeby Hall) (Rookby Park) |
ROOK-BEE |
County Durham |
| Rousham House (Rousham Park) |
ROW-SHUM (row, as in a shouting match) |
Oxfordshire |
| Russborough House |
RUSS-BURR-AH |
Co. Wicklow |
| Samares Manor |
SAM-A-RAY |
Jersey |
| Scone Palace |
SKOON |
Perth & Kinross |
| Sennowe Park (Sennowe Hall) |
SIN-O |
Norfolk |
| Sezincote House (Sesincot) |
SEIZE-IN-CUT |
Gloucestershire |
| Shardeloes House |
SHAR-DEE-LOWS |
Buckinghamshire |
| Siston Court |
SIZE-TUN |
Devon |
| Sizergh Castle |
SIZER |
Cumbria |
| Somerleyton Hall |
SUMMER-LAY-TUN |
Suffolk |
| Southill Park |
SUTH-UL |
Bedfordshire |
| Southwick House (Southwick Park) |
SUTH-ICK |
Hampshire |
| Squerryes Court (Squerries Court) |
SQUARE-EASE |
Kent |
| Stanwick Park (Stanwick Hall) |
STAN-ICK |
North Yorkshire (North Riding) |
| Sudeley Castle |
SUED-LEE |
Gloucestershire |
| Syon House (Syon Park) (Sion House) |
ZION |
London |
| Thame Park |
TAME |
Oxfordshire |
| The Deepdene (Deepdene House) |
DEEP-DEAN |
Surrey |
| Theobalds Palace (Theobalds House) (Old Theobalds Palace) (Cullynges) (Tongs) (Thebaudes) (Tibbolds) |
TIBBLES |
Hertfordshire |
| Theobalds Park |
TIBBLES |
Hertfordshire |
| Thirlestane Castle |
THURL-STUN |
Scottish Borders |
| Trafalgar Park (Trafalgar House) (Standlinch House) (Standlynch House) (Standlynch Park) |
TRAFF-UL-GUR |
Wiltshire |
| Traquair House |
TRA-QUARE |
Scottish Borders |
| Tredegar House (Tredergar Park) |
TRUH-DEE-GUR |
Newport |
| Trentham Park (Trentham Hall) |
TRENT-UM |
Staffordshire |
| Tyninghame House (Tyninghame Castle) |
TIN-ING-UM |
East Lothian |
| Tyntesfield (Tyntes Place) |
TENTS-FIELD |
North Somerset |
| Tyringham Hall |
TEER-ING-UM |
Milton Keynes |
| Waddesdon Manor |
WADS-DUN |
Buckinghamshire |
| Warwick Castle |
WAR-ICK |
Warwickshire |
| Warwick House |
WAR-ICK |
London |
| Warwick Priory (The Priory) |
WAR-ICK |
Warwickshire |
| Wemyss Castle |
WEEMS |
Fife |
| West Wycombe Park |
West WICK-UM |
Buckinghamshire |
| Wightwick Manor |
WIT-ICK |
West Midlands |
| Willey Park (Willey Hall) (Willey Old Hall) |
WILLIE |
Shropshire |
| Witham Hall |
WIT-UM |
Lincolnshire |
| Woburn Abbey |
WOE-BURN |
Bedfordshire |
| Wollaton Hall |
WOOL-A-TUN |
Nottinghamshire |
| Wolterton Hall (Wolterton Park) |
WUL-TER-TUN |
Norfolk |
| Woodcote Hall |
WOOD-KT |
Telford & Wrekin |
| Woodcote Park (Woodcote House) (Woodcote Hall) |
WOOD-KT |
Surrey |
| Worcester Park |
WUS-TUR |
Surrey |
| Wotton House (Wotton Underwood) |
WUT-UN (rhymes with foot) |
Buckinghamshire |
| Wrotham Park (Strangeways) (Pinchbank) |
ROOT-UM |
Hertfordshire |
| Wycombe Abbey (Loakes Manor) (Loakes House) |
WICK-UM |
Buckinghamshire |
| Wynyard Hall (Wynyard Park) |
WIN-YARD |
Stockton-on-Tees |
