Near a city · The Stately Homes
Houses near Southend-on-Sea
29 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Southend-on-Sea. The closest is Ingatestone Hall, about 16 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Chartwell. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.

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Every stately home on this list - 29 in total, 2 you can stay overnight in

Ingatestone Hall
Essex · 16 mi away
Tudor manor house built for Sir William Petre, still owned by his descendants.

Owletts
Kent · 17 mi away
Modest 17th-century red-brick house, birthplace of architect Sir Herbert Baker

Stoneacre
Kent · 21 mi away
Late medieval timber-framed yeoman's house near Otham

Rainham Hall
London · 22 mi away
Early Georgian merchant's house built by a wealthy sea captain

Paycocke's House
Essex · 22 mi away
Timber-framed merchant's house in Coggeshall, built around 1500 by a wealthy wool merchant

Red House
London · 26 mi away
House in Bexleyheath designed for William Morris, regarded as a birthplace of the Arts and Crafts movement

Eastbury Manor House
London · 26 mi away
Elizabethan gentry house in Barking, one of the few surviving of its kind in Greater London

Godinton House
Kent · 27 mi away
Jacobean manor house held by a preservation trust.

Ightham Mote
Kent · 27 mi away
Moated medieval manor house dating from around 1320

Knole
Kent · 29 mi away
One of England's largest houses, former home of the Sackville family and childhood home of Vita Sackville-West

Eltham Palace and Gardens
Greater London · 29 mi away
1930s Art Deco mansion built by Stephen and Virginia Courtauld directly onto the surviving medieval Great Hall of the former royal palace.

Ranger's House - The Wernher Collection
Greater London · 31 mi away
Georgian villa in Greenwich now displaying the Wernher Collection of over 700 works of fine and decorative art on a long-term loan.

Down House (Home of Charles Darwin)
Kent · 32 mi away
Darwin's family home for 40 years, where he wrote On the Origin of Species; the gardens served as his outdoor laboratory.

Sutton House
London · 33 mi away
Tudor merchant's house in Hackney, one of the oldest surviving houses in East London

Kenwood
Greater London · 33 mi away
Remodelled by Robert Adam and set on Hampstead Heath, the house is free to visit and displays a world-class art collection including a Rembrandt self-portrait.

Quebec House
Kent · 33 mi away
Gabled brick house in Westerham, childhood home of General James Wolfe

Chartwell
Kent · 34 mi away
Family home of Sir Winston Churchill for over 40 years

Penshurst Place
Kent · 34 mi away
One of England's best-preserved medieval manor houses, home of the Sidney family.

The Charterhouse
London · 35 mi away
Former Carthusian monastery and almshouse complex in Smithfield, run by an independent charity.

Smallhythe Place
Kent · 35 mi away
16th-century timber-framed house, home of Victorian actress Ellen Terry

Spencer House
London · 37 mi away
18th-century townhouse built for the Spencer family, open to the public on selected days.

575 Wandsworth Road
London · 37 mi away
Georgian terraced house whose interior was elaborately decorated by clerk and artist Khadambi Asalache

Apsley House
Greater London · 37 mi away
Former London townhouse of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner, remodelled by him between 1819 and 1829.

Melford Hall
Suffolk · 37 mi away
Turreted Tudor hall in Long Melford, associated with children's author Beatrix Potter

2 Willow Road
London · 38 mi away
Modernist house designed by architect Erno Goldfinger as his family home

Carlyle's House
London · 38 mi away
Georgian townhouse in Chelsea, home of writer Thomas Carlyle

Kentwell Hall
Suffolk · 38 mi away
Moated Tudor manor house, well known for its historical re-enactment events.

Fenton House
London · 38 mi away
Late 17th-century merchant's house in Hampstead with a keyboard instrument collection

Audley End House and Gardens
Essex · 39 mi away
Jacobean mansion with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown; state rooms and private apartments are shown furnished.
Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), not driving or train time - check the operator's own site for real travel options before you go.