County guide · The Stately Homes
Best stately homes in Hampshire
Hampshire is headlined by Highclere Castle - Downton Abbey to television audiences - with the Tudor Vyne, the rose-famous Mottisfont, and the elegant Hinton Ampner.
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Every stately home on this list - 8 in total, 3 you can stay overnight in
Mottisfont
Hampshire
Former medieval priory converted into a country house, with a Rex Whistler trompe l'oeil room
Highclere Castle
Hampshire
Seat of the Earl of Carnarvon, filming location for Downton Abbey
The Vyne
Hampshire
Tudor red-brick house with one of the earliest domestic classical porticos in England
Hinton Ampner
Hampshire
20th-century house remodelled by Ralph Dutton after the earlier Georgian house was gutted by fire
Stansted Park
Hampshire
Edwardian mansion run by a charitable foundation set up by the Bessborough family.
Chawton House
Hampshire
Elizabethan manor once owned by Jane Austen's brother, now a library and study centre run by a charity.
Breamore House
Hampshire
Elizabethan manor house, home of the Hulse family since 1748.
Stratfield Saye House
Hampshire
Country seat of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817.