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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.
There are 8 stately homes in Hampshire on this list. Chawton House is the best-rated, at 4.7 from 302 Google reviews. Mottisfont draws the most reviews of any house here, 6,775 of them.
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Every stately home on this list - 8 in total, 4 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.
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit in Hampshire?
8 stately homes in Hampshire are on this list. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which is the best-rated stately home in Hampshire?
Chawton House, rated 4.7 from 302 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Which stately home in Hampshire is the most reviewed?
Mottisfont, with 6,775 Google reviews at 4.6. That is a rough proxy for how well known and how busy a house is, not a visitor figure, which no house here publishes.
Are any stately homes in Hampshire free to enter?
None of the 8 on this list is recorded as free entry. Entry prices are set by each house rather than held here, and several are covered by a membership scheme, so check the operator's own site before you travel.
Who runs the stately homes in Hampshire?
Of the 8 on this list, 3 are run by the National Trust and the remaining 5 by private estates, independent trusts or local councils. Who owns a house decides whether a membership card gets you in, so each entry names its operator and links to the official site.