The
Database of Houses
The Database of Houses is a continuing effort to list every country house built
in Britain and Ireland, standing or demolished. The Database is updated daily
and currently lists over 6,900 houses, with images for over 1,100 houses. Part
of the DiCamillo Companion
to British and Irish Country Houses website. |
English
Heritage
English Heritage, officially known as the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission
for England, is the Government’s statutory adviser on the historic environment.
It is an Executive Non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport. |
Historic Scotland
Historic Scotland is an agency within the Scottish Executive Education
Department and is directly responsible to Scottish Ministers
for safeguarding the nation’s built heritage. On this site
you can find information on more than 300 properties cared for
by Historic Scotland, Scotland’s listed buildings and scheduled
ancient monuments. |
The National
Trust
Website for a registered charity, independent of the government, whose mission
is acquisition and protection of threatened coastline, countryside and buildings.
The site provides information on holidays and travel to its historic properties
in the United Kingdom, and links to many other sites such as those on conservation,
in the United Kingdom. |
The Royal Commission
on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
The Commission, an executive non-departmental government body financed by the
Scottish Parliament, is responsible for recording, interpreting and collecting
information about the built environment. This information, which relates to buildings,
sites, and ancient monuments of archaeological, architectural and historical
interest (including maritime sites and underwater constructions) is then made
freely available to the public. The site provides links to related websites. |
The Royal Commission
on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW)
The Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales, established
in 1908 to make an inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of Wales;
carries out surveys, maintains an archive, library and national database (NMRW);
supplies archaeological information to the Ordnance Survey for mapping purposes;
and publishes information about ancient, historical and maritime sites, structures
and landscapes. |