example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, it is a Grade I listed building and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath. Longleat is set in 1,000 acres (400 ha)...

in the grounds of Longleat House, a stately home which is open to the public and is the home of the 8th Marquess of Bath. Longleat Safari Park and the...

epitomising the English country house, began to make their appearance. Burghley House, Longleat House, and Hatfield House are among the best-known examples...

winter. (especially on the exterior) Burghley House, Cambridgeshire Longleat House, Wiltshire Hatfield House, Hertfordshire Wollaton Hall, Nottingham Hardwick...

the soldier and courtier Sir John Thynne (died 1580), who constructed Longleat House between 1567 and 1579. In 1641 his great-grandson Henry Frederick Thynne...

(c. 1506 – 1552), and a member of parliament. He was the builder of Longleat House, and his descendants became Marquesses of Bath. Thynne's family also...

chairman of Longleat Enterprises, a limited company that manages business interests at Longleat House and Safari Park on the family estate of Longleat, Wiltshire...

dissolution in 1529. The site is currently occupied by Longleat House. The first Augustinian canons at Longleat established themselves in the 12th century at Langley...

and 1992, was an English peer and landowner, owner of the Longleat estate, who sat in the House of Lords from 1992 until 1999, and also an artist and author...

A great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff. The term is used mainly historically...