Ham house

Ham House, just up the Thames from Richmond Hill, is England's most complete and original 17th century manor houses. It's also the spookiest to visit.

Discover the story of the Duchess of Lauderdale, who transformed Ham House into one of the grandest Stuart houses in England.

Ham House

This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. Have you discovered this London gem yet? Ham House is a MUST see on any Londoner's bucket list. It has the most gorgeous setting right

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Enfilade, pronounced - on fee LAHD, is a suite of rooms formally aligned with each other in a row so that upon entering, one is provided with a vista through the entire group of rooms. The word comes from enfiler, French for to thread or to string things in a straight line. The enfilade was a common arrangement in Baroque palaces of the 17th century. The first room would be a public room, with state rooms thereafter, until the visitor was escorted into the royal bedroom which was treated…

Has featured in several movies including the Four Musketeers and most recently 'Never Let Me Go' starring Kiera Knightley.

Since my English travel plans have been delayed until September, I have been living vicariously through my fellow Instagrammer’s luscious images. The next best thing to being there! And if…

Today, Ham House and its fabulous gardens — owned and managed by the National Trust — attract tens of thousands of visitors a year, with ongoing improvements making it better each season. Back then, however, the situation was very different. What Cornforth found was a country house which had undergone a huge and conscientious programme …