2.3K views · 69 reactions | ‘Architecture at Burghley’ an insightful outdoor tour of the grounds for our Friends of Burghley, led by our Curator, Jon Culverhouse yesterday afternoon. Jon discussed how the 1st Lord Burghley worked as his own architect, and elaborated on his construction of one of the largest and grandest Elizabethan Houses standing to this day. #Elizabethan #Architecture #BurghleyHouse | Burghley House | Facebook

Oh my Lord 😍 The spectacular Elizabethan country house, Burton Agnes Hall, is honestly one of the most beautiful houses around. For those of us living in Britain who have forgotten what summer should look like, this is it! Designed by Robert Smythson, a man best known for some of England’s most spectacular Elizabethan Prodigy Houses (Think Hardwick Hall), the Hall has been described as ‘England’s prettiest house’. Built for Sir Henry Griffith between 1601 - 1610, it’s easy to see why this lived

As dawn breaks over Harlaxton Manor, the mist drifts through its grand Victorian Jacobethan façade — a 19th-century masterpiece inspired by the Elizabethan and Jacobean great houses of England. 🍂 The chimneys rise like sentinels above the Lincolnshire hills, catching the first golden light of morning. There’s a quiet eeriness in the air — a haunting beauty that feels perfectly at home in the Halloween season. 👻🏰 #englishmanor #gothicarchitecture #countryhouse #halloween #historicengland #dron