Happy Mother's Day to the UK!! We hope you enjoy this episode and perhaps learn a little something with us. Please hit the Like button. Thanks for being awesome. We wish you the Perfect Day!!

@ruthfoley2580

2 жыл бұрын

Called mum: Me: "Happy mothers day." Mum: "It's nothing but a money making scheme." Me: "OK. Miserable Sunday, you grumpy old crone." Mum: "Thats much better." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@thomaslowdon5510

2 жыл бұрын

LONGLEAT safari park was one of the 1st if not the 1st animal parks in uk...their speciality was LIONS roaming free...you drive through and a lion is laid in the road you have to wait till he decides to move..lol The rules are VERY strict about staying in your car and CLOSED windows.. lots of animals but folks go to see a lion sit on your car roof..there are rangers everywhere. Quite an experience...

@JohnSmith-ki2eq

2 жыл бұрын

The pointy things on top are called crenellations and you are supposed to apply to the queen before adding them to a building as technically it means your home is fortified.

@johnnyenglish5976

2 жыл бұрын

There are many Cornish pasty fillings these days including cheese and broccoli (dirty)

@grahamsmith9541

2 жыл бұрын

Link to virtual tour of Longleat Safari park. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oomhqqWlorW2qMY.html

Most of the styles are named after the royal house at the time, Tudor, Jacobean (King James / early Stuarts), Victorian, Edwardian etc. Baroque and Palladian are classical styles with Palladian being in the style of Andrea Palladio the renaissance Italian architect who designed buildings using the elements of classical Roman architecture.

No videos can do these places any justice... you'd have to see them with your own eyes to believe the sheer beauty of them.

Having visited almost all of the houses on this list, Chatsworth is, in my opinion, by far the best. It is glorious both internally and externally. There have be several documentaries about Chatsworth. Worth a look, especially Chatsworth at Christmas.

@SJ-GodofGnomes21

2 жыл бұрын

Same here Poppy I agree

@wembley636

2 жыл бұрын

It's 10 mins drive from me, there's a great farm shop that does some excellent food, also they do have shows in the grounds the most popular in Sept is the Chatsworth Country Fair, I am right now considering a "Friends of Chatsworth" pass which allows access to everything (more or less) all year round

@howarddavis2281

2 жыл бұрын

It's fabulous. And I'll be there tomorrow as it happens 😀

@stephenhickman304

Жыл бұрын

I have to agree it is an incredible building stacked full of only the best objects d’art

@davidlauder-qi5zv

5 ай бұрын

Isn't Blenheim Palace also impressive?

There used to be a TV series about Longleat Safari Park, the then Marquess of Bath was quite the character - it was called Animal Park

@andrewcoates6641

2 жыл бұрын

The Animal Park series is still being made and aired to this day and the park is still open to visitors either on coach tours or you can drive there and through the animal enclosures or visit the more zoo like small animals. The whole place works very closely with London Zoo and internationally with breeding programmes for several different species of animals.

You mentioned that you wanted to touch the grass in Britain. Several years ago, a professor from an US university, who was also a keen gardner, was visiting Cambridge. On noticing how lush one of the colleges' quadrangle lawn was, he enquired of the groundsman how he got the grass to grow so densely and evenly. "Oh, Sir, 'tis quite easy really. We've just rolled the lawn with heavy stone rollers several times a month...for 400 years."

I live close to Chatsworth and am a descendant I Bess of Hardwick. Chatsworth is amazing and is one of the most visited places in England. It has always been treated by its owners as something for everyone to enjoy and from its earliest time visitors were always welcomed, even if the owners weren't home the staff were instructed to show people around.

For a house to have more glass than walls in Elizabethan times was a mind blowing example of wealth, back then glass was a serious status symbol, this was before there was any industrial mass production

@maxwellturnbull1903

Жыл бұрын

Hardwick Hall, which can be viewed from the M1 motorway has an old piece of Doggerel about it, which runs like this, " Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall. " In fact a great deal of the glass just covers the wall and was placed there just to show that the owner, the eponymous Elizabeth could afford to pay the " Window Tax " that was being levied at that time.

@optimist3580

Жыл бұрын

@@maxwellturnbull1903 only problem with this is Elizabeth was well dead by the time window tax was introduced in 1696

England has some of the most beautiful and traditional interior/exterior in the world. Yesterday was down south, drove through a very Tudor based village and it was pretty incredible. The words Victorian, Edwardian, Georgian, Elizabethan, Jacobean etc... are eras named after the Kings/Queens of England at the time, so period Architecture

I am a designer and worked on a proposal for Wentworth Woodhouse and got to look around it before the renovations began, it is mind blowing inside. It is vast and huge and even has 200 year wallpaper on the walls. Crazy… The story of the family is also fascinating and theres a brilliant book about them called ‘Black Diamonds’….

@alisonbush1160

Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed Black Diamonds book. Very turbulent, more recent history. Sad it fell into direpair but keep seeing updates about the progress being made on it. Unbelievable building that many people have never heard of!

@katiekatconway1880

Жыл бұрын

Joe king that must have been great to poke about!!! ❤

We are so incredibly lucky in the uk to have such wonderful homes. Great video ladies. X

I absolutely love Chatsworth. I grew up nearby and have visited often over the years. I can remember paddling in the grand cascade during the hot summer of 1976. The house is spectacular and the gardens and parkland are beautiful . There is a popular farm shop and there are lots of events throughout the year.

You should see Chatsworth House at Christmas just stunning Longeat Safari park has its own BBC television series

Loved this video! You’ve made me want to visit a few places and they’re only 1-2 hours away from me. I have been to Longleat and the safari park is next to the house, you can drive through to see the tigers and also monkeys which we avoided as they tend to climb onto your car! But there are many animals you can walk around and see, I highly recommend

We have some very nice cathedrals too. BTW, I love watching your appreciation of our country it helps me see the things I have come to take for granted with fresh eyes.

I live just 1 hour drive from Chatsworth and Hardwick Hall and visit them often. They are both magnificent but Chatsworth is probably the most magnificent house in England. At Christmas Chatsworth is themed with wonderful Christmas trees. The interior of Chatsworth is wonderful being full of artistic treasures. The house sits in the glorious Derbyshire Peak District complete with its own river and deer herd. I always think I’m so lucky to be able to visit such places

I live in Derbyshire and Chatsworth House is probably the closest to me .The grounds are massive and just to drive through on the public road of the estate is quite a joy on a spring day , please beware of the new born lambs . Getting out of your car and sitting by the river and having a picnic costs nothing however the house and gardens seem a bit steep but you could spend all day there.

@35elmview

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I’m biased as I live in Chesterfield (famous Crooked Spire) and 20 minutes from Chatsworth. The house and gardens are incredible no matter what time of year you visit. You must visit and take in the Peak District.

@thehonestcritic6577

2 жыл бұрын

Oh and when i say steep , im talking about the cost and not that the gardens are on a hill lol although parts are if your adventurous

Really surprised that BOUGHTON HOUSE in Northamptonshire is not on his list. It's called the English Versailles. Home to the descendants of the Montagu family since 1528. And still used as a family home by the current Duke. It has been used in the film version of Les Miserables and recently a film starring Joachin Pheonix directed by Ridley Scott was filmed here last month. It was featured in a KZread series by American Viscountess, Julie Montague, in her video, An American Aristocrats guide to Great Estates. Northamptonshire has many large stately homes, including Princess Diana's family home Althorpe.

Longleat is really lovely. Its a shame they never showed the safari park. My son works there looking after the wolves, cheetahs and big cats and loves it.

A castle, not a stately home, but I think you’d adore Hever Castle. In the summer, it has a spectacular English country garden - the perfect place for a picnic. I’ve often found it’s the favourite place for others I’ve spoken to. Just a quintessential slice of English heritage. It was also the childhood home of Anne Boleyn. 🏰

Hello, great video and happy Mother’s Day. I used to live at Chatsworth on one of the estate farms from 1979 to 1997 ( although we still visit friends on the estate every year ) and the great hall and library where used at Christmas for the staff children’s party.

Hey ladies, great video as normal. Charles Barry, the architect who designed the Houses of Parliament, also designed my local church which I always mention because it's my little town's claim to fame and it is a very nice looking church to be honest. Blenheim Palace is my favourite out of these and probably my favourite of all stately homes. An absolutely amazing building and when seen from a distance, the lush green countryside coupled with the honey coloured palace is enough to almost make you forget to breathe.

Lancelot Capability Brown was born in my county of Northumberland, he was a famous gardener, have a great day ladies.

Debbie - the name of the pointy/spiky things on top of the roofs is a finial.

Chatsworth House is breathtaking. Also, one of the Dukes of Devonshire built an entire village for his employees to live there. The houses are all differrent and built to a very high standard. Even now only employees and retired employees are allowed to live there. The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (one of the Mitford sisters) lived there until her death. She was the current Duke's mother and was loved by all the staff that worked at Chatsworth.

During the years that many of these were built there were taxes on chimneys & windows. Many poor folk had to brick up their windows (daylight robbery!) These houses were built to showcase wealth, so had huge amounts of windows & chimneys. Some of the chimneys don't have any purpose other than to be seen. Also Castle Howard is 30 minutes drive from York.

I grew up close the Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey) and have a lot of family history in the area. One thing it doesn't mention is that the house was owned by the 5th Earl of Carnarvon- the one associated with Tutankhamun's tomb. The house still has a large collection of Egyptian artefacts "liberated" from the area. Also the area was used in the very very early days of aircraft flight, and as such prototype planes took off from a nearby hill in the days before the Wright Brothers' first successful flight. My great-grandfather, as a young boy, used to walk up the hill to take the men sandwiches, and they'd all be lying on their stomachs trying to see if these machines had actually left the ground and might therefore be considered "flying". Unfortunately the Wright Brothers perfected it before us :) I would definitely recommend you look into the Brighton Pavilion, it's unlike anything else in the UK.

I love hearing about England history and especially these homes. It's amazing how many there are and how old they are.

Hi Ladies, I'd just like to say that in this crazy world you two are such place of positivity. Anyway I love the videos and reactions. Much love and a happy mothers day to you both.

Warmest, warmest congratulations on reaching 200 videos!!! You entertain us so royally and make it such a delight to watch you. You said that almost no one had seen a Coronation - well I certainly saw the Queen's on television. In fact, when I was ten years old and at school we had to sit cross-legged on the wooden hall floor to listen to King George V1's funeral on the radio. There were very few televisions in those days. When the Queen was crowned the cost of tv's had come down a lot so some people bought one and invited neighbours to watch. Later that day all over the country there were street parties. Tables were placed in a line down the middle of the road, the place was decorated with flags, bunting and balloons. Every family contributed food and drink so the children ate until they popped. After that came games like musical chairs and also dancing. At the end of the day the children were rolled into bed, the street was cleared and cleaned. After that, the parents sat in groups, drinking beer or tea, (still in the street) talking about the day. A magical memory.

I remember going to Longleat as a kid in the 80’s. It was a self drive through Safari Park and remember seeing the lions but mostly the monkeys who would climb all over the car pulling anything off that was loose e.g windscreen wipers, radio ariels e.t.c. e.t.c

@martynnotman3467

2 жыл бұрын

Our car was literally covered in monkey poo after a drive through there 😄

@petersmith4423

2 жыл бұрын

They steal one component from every car, then they build an escape vehicle.

Most of the stately homes had to be taken over by The National Trust. The inheritance taxes were crippling along with maintenance costs. You can pay an annual fee to join the National Trust and visit all the stately homes in their care.

Chatsworth has a interesting American connection, Andrew Cavendish ( the late Duke of Devonshire ) brother William Cavendish married Kathleen Kennedy the sister of John F Kennedy and she’s buried at Chatsworth in the estate village of Edensor.

@suzannenichol6077

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Kick Kennedy. A sad love story.

@danperry7019

2 жыл бұрын

@@suzannenichol6077 - Yes indeed very sad, married not even a year before he was killed in the war.

I grew up close to Lyme Hall and not too far from Chatsworth. We are totally spoilt for grand houses in the UK. I only really appreciate it when my family from Canada come over to visit and they are blown away by how old these properties are. Check out BBC’s AnimalPark which was a long running reality show featuring the animals and keepers at Longleat.

Check out Chatsworth house. It has some of the best artworks in it that are famous in themselves. The interior is amazing.

Many of them are wedding venues as well. My sister had her wedding in one of them.

Wentworth Woodhouse, is just round the corner from me, I can walk there in 30 minutes, 20 minutes of which is walking through the house's gardens..

I’ve been to a few of these, but Chatsworth was by far my favourite. The house is incredible ,as are the gardens and the giant Empire Fountain.

OOoooo I remember going to Chatsworth house as a child, felt magical!

i was born here 53 years ago but your channel helps me see how lovely things can be here fresh eyes from another country

Chatsworth is great for kids too - there is a large adventure playground and a farmyard for them to pet various animals. The farm shop is well worth a visit too for local produce.

Chatsworth House should've been number one, not only in this video but the Peak District one you posted on Wednesday. It is glorious. I live within an hour of three of these. Firstly Highclere Castle which has a masculine feel to me. It was also the home of one people who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun which happened 100 years ago. Longleat Safari Park is very famous and has a BBC programme called Animal Park. It's home to so many animals but the most famous are the Lions. They also have the only Southern Koala's in Europe. The previous Marquis died of Covid and was a very eccentric man. My personal favourite is Blenheim Palace. It's so vast that it takes your breath away when you first see it. There is so much to see and there is even a full blown organ inside the house! The grounds are beautiful too. There is a bridge there that has rooms inside it! They have to pay the monarch a 'rent' every year for the land by presenting a flag. If the Duke does not give a flag then the monarch can take back the lands and gain themselves a new palace in the process. Some of these flags are on display at Windsor Castle.

Longleat was turned into a Safari Park in the sixties by the Marquis (a bit of a Hippy back then) and was very popular at the time. It had drive through enclosures populated by Lions and it became a badge of honour to drive through the monkey enclosure and get your wipers ripped off the car. Some idiots drive through in convertibles! They do have roaming patrols of rangers with rifles but it is still quite alarming because the animals are so used to lines of cars driving through that they approach the cars without fear. This rarely happens in Africa! Still, it's good fun and I don't think many people have been eaten so far.

@beverleyringe7014

2 жыл бұрын

Well worth a visit, magnificent Safari Park. Has most animals on show.

I Have a family connection to Chatsworth House on my Mothers side. She had a solid silver bowl with claw and ball feet that came from Chatsworth house given to her by here stepfather in the 1950s who i believe was a Cousin of the Cavendish family. Wish i had it now might be worth quite a few Bob, she just treasured it as he was a very kind and caring man.

Some of these houses ARE privately owned and have families living there. If you havent seen the series Downton Abbey , which is one of those still privately owned, then please, make a plan to do so! A fantastic series !

Chatsworth House is awesome in its beauty,and the grounds 😮 If you ever get to England girls,you’ll need two months! But if you ever do,there’s enough of us around the country to be your local FREE guide. I’m in beautiful,mysterious Cornwall and we have some amazing natural beauty and we have a few castles of course. Would be a pleasure to show you both around. My favourite is St. Michaels Mount,the castle on an island. Start saving ladies. USA to UK flights quite cheap comparatively.

Great reaction ladies. Natasha can do the gardening and Debbie the DIY. Been to a few of them and I’m always enthralled by these beautiful houses. See you Wednesday.

Chatsworth House has a large estate. I'm sure you'd like to go walking around the grounds and flocks of sheep there. Longleat does have a real Safari Park, the Marquis of Bath was quite a character (and artist) and one of the first to hit on the idea of entertaining the paying public to pay for the expensive upkeep of these stately homes.

@michaelfoster5577

2 жыл бұрын

Marquess! Marquis is a French title.

Hardwick Hall also used to be owned by the Dukes of Devonshire, but they gave it to the Treasury in lieu of Death Duty in the late 1950's, early 1960s when the then Duke died unexpectedly. The Treasury then passed it to the National Trust.

The structure that Debbie asked about,in the grounds of Lyme,is on a hill,and is called the Cage.It was built as a hunting lodge,then was used as a lock-up,for prisoners.It was,also,at one time a gate-keepers cottage.

Hello, I live in Somerset and I'm about an hour and a half away from Longleat, I totally love going and yes their is a safari park, lots to do and see and at Christmas they hold the Longleat festival of light, amazing. Love your vids keep them up, Best wishes Shaun x.

Hi ladies thanks again for great content I have to say Castle Howard is my favourite as I live 20 minutes drive from there and visit it often The thing that is great is that they are alive and the families still live there so great continuity and they are open to us all.

There are quite a few Safari Parks in the UK where the dangerous animals like lions, tigers, rhino and wolves are in enclosures that you can drive through or drive past. Other animals like zebra, giraffe, deer and camels are roaming free in the fields and woodlands. They often have aviaries of exotic birds and petting zoos where children can get close to goats, sheep, rabbits and other furry animals.

From this list I can see that, 7 of the 10 houses, have been used in productions which also filmed in *Bradford.* They include: 10 - ITV's *Victoria* (2016-2019) was filmed in *Harewood House, Leeds* along with *Bradford City Hall* and *Sunbridge Wells* in *Bradford.* 8 - *Downton Abbey* (2019) based on the ITV series, was filmed in *Highclere Castle, Newbury* along with *Little Germany, Bradford* (and most likely other Bradford locations, as they always forget to mention locations which I have to spot for myself). 6 - ITV's *Sherlock Holmes* (1984-1994), ITV's *Forsyte Saga* (2002-2003) and the ITV's *Coronation Street* (1960-present) have filmed in *Lyme Park, Disley,* and have also filmed at various locations in *Bradford.* 4 - ITV's *Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island* filmed at *Blenheim Palace, Woodstock,* and *Saltaire, Shipley, Bradford.* 3 - *Jane Eyre* (2011) not to be confused with *Jane Eyre* (2011) by the BBC, was filmed at *Chatsworth House, Bakewell,* along with *Haworth, Keighley, Bradford* obviously, although the media forgot to mention that for some reason. The BBC's *Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity* also filmed at *Chatsworth House* and I'm 99% sure they also filmed at the *National Science and Media Museum* in *Bradford.* And the BBC's *Peaky Blinders* also filmed at *Chatsworth House* along with 15+ locations across *Bradford* contrary to what most people believe. 2 - *Brideshead Revisited* (2008) filmed at *Castle Howard, York* and the *Keighley and Worth Valley Railway* in *Keighley, Bradford.* 1 - The BBC's *Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell* (2015), and the BBC's *King Charles III* (2015) filmed at *Wentworth Woodhouse, Rotherham* along with *Bradford.* Some of the productions mentioned used some of the other house too, along with more Bradford locations.

Many of these homes have to open up to the public in order to pay for their upkeep. The owners often being property / asset rich but cash poor. To service the homes - pay for their heating and maintenance etc costs a fortune. There is, I believe, a short series available in YT concerning the Fullford Family in England - the series being called "The Fukc*ng Fullfords," ( perhaps mainly on the grounds that they swear like drunken Lords ) who are in just such a position. Ps, there was a whole series made and broadcast over here, concerning Longleat Safari Park. I don`t know whether its available in YT.

These houses were built large because if a Monarch came to visit they would have many many people with them, essentially the whole Court, Government & staff, so many rooms were required. Much of the time only few parts of such buildings would be used, as they are today when a family still lives in them. They nearly always had sightseers, as they were made to show off. Debbie, the things on the roofs are called Pinnacles. The style with columned porches is Palladian, Neo Classical, & Georgian. Palladio was a famous Italian architect who developed the style from Roman & Greek ruined Temples, so it was 'new' Classical, & most common in the Georgian era, which would include Colonial America. Baroque is a bit later Georgian, with a lot more crazy flowery decoration. Victorian is anything of the 19th century, the reign of Victoria, most re-imaginings off old styles like Gothic, Tudor, Classical etc. Edwardian is after Victoria, the time of King Edward 7th, tends to more modest, elegant country style, often Tudor & Queen Anne period style, lots of red brick, wood, & simpler craftsmen type architecture.

When i was at school in Manchester we used to go to these places on school trips as part of the history lesson.

Definitely look into the Longleat Safari park it's an awesome place well worth a visit😎🏹🙏

@ftumschk

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It was a favourite weekend destination when I was a kid, and it was always a great day out.

I've not watched this yet but... My city *Bradford* aka the world's first *UNESCO City of Film* has *"country houses"* most of which are not in the country, and a lot of which are mentioned in the *Domesday Book* like: 1 - The *Bronte Parsonage Museum* which has been used in countless productions for obvious reasons. 2 - *Cartwright Hall* art gallery which was recently used in *The Duke* (2020), and has been used in at least 10 more big name productions. 3 - *Bolling Hall* museum which surprisingly hasn't been used in any big productions. The only one I can think of is an episode of *Most Haunted,* plus a short film which doesn't seem to exist anywhere on the internet. 4 - *East Riddlesden Hall* museum which has been used in at least 6 productions. 5 - *Heathcote* a private villa, which I remember being used in something, however I can't remember what it was. I'm fairly sure it was a short film. I'll no doubt find out eventually however. 6 - *Oakwood Hall* which is now a hotel. 7 - *Oakworth Hall* which I'm fairly sure is private. 8 - *Ponden Hall* bed and breakfast farmhouse, which was the inspiration for Thrushcross Grange in *Wuthering Heights.* 9 - *Paper Hall* which is located just up the road from the heritage neighbourhood of *Little Germany* which is used multiple times a year for filming. I suspect you might have seen *Little Germany* in *Gentleman Jack* (2019-present), where part of the neighbourhood doubles for Halifax town centre. 10 - *Royds Hall* farm which I'm fairly sure is private. 11 - *Victoria Hall* in the heritage neighbourhood of *Saltaire* which has been used is countless productions. 12 - *Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum* which is just found out is now also a bed and breakfast. 13 - *Cliffe Castle Museum* and art gallery. 14 - *Manor House Museum* and art gallery. 15 - *St Ives Estate* complete with mansion and other old buildings. 16 - The *Bradford Club* which can be seen in productions like *The ABC Murders* (2018). 17 - *Milligan and Forbes Warehouse* the base of the *Telegraph & Argus* which I'm fairly sure was used in a police drama in the 2010s, was definitely used for another police drama in the 2000s, and was most likely used for some TV films which have just come to mind. 18 - *Old White Horse Inn.* 19 - *The Wool Exchange* which is now a *Waterstones* book shop. 20 - *White Wells* 21 - *Bradford Industrial Museum* which is full of old buildings. 22 - *Bradford City Hall, Keighley Town Hall, Shipley Town Hall, Bingley Town Hall* etc. Plus many many more *"country house"* type buildings, which are used for things *museums, galleries, theatres, cinemas, clubs, pubs, hotels, bed and breakfasts, places of worship, educational buildings, community centres, shops, workplaces* etc, which you'll rarely see mentioned by the mainstream media, as they love ignoring the *141 square mile* - *City of Bradford.*

The pointy things round the edge of the roof are called "crenulations".

@speciesspeciate6429

2 жыл бұрын

I hate to be that guy, but it's actually crenellations.

@charlestaylor3027

2 жыл бұрын

@@speciesspeciate6429 your right - spelt the way I did it means it is a natural formation.

Yep Chatsworth is one of my favourites too, with perhaps one of the best farm shops anywhere. Lots of very yummy food !

Another fantastic video ladies 🙂 there are so many more houses to see

Chatsworth is my favourite, the grounds are amazing, close second would be Blenheim palace, great video, thank you 💕

I think it's great how well your channel and confidence has grown. I won't say happy mothers day ...I'm older than you 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Wow Wentworth at No1 , that’s my home town . It’s impressive outside but not so much inside , hence the renovation . My personal favourite is Chatsworth .

Longleat does have a safari park with lions, elephants, monkeys you can drive through the park.

@TheNatashaDebbieShow

2 жыл бұрын

We need a video link to check out

@markdelong5113

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaZ7x8WLZL2tcrw.html

Blenheim is almost in the Cotswolds, very close to Cotswold Wildlife Park, which also has a stately home. I have an amazing photo on a rhino grazing in front of the building 🦏

Definitely look into Longleat house, the present Marquis is a very interesting person and the Safari park has lions roaming free. Also love you and your show. ❤️🙏

Chatsworth is far the finest on this video. But the most interesting not on here is undoubtedly Hampton Court. Great review Girls X.

Hi hope you're well, I live in Sheffield UK, just 10 minutes away from Wentworth. 50 minutes drive from Hardwick hall, and Chatsworth. 15 minutes drive from me is coisbrough castal that has the oldest Norman keep in the UK. The list of house's is too long to mention, we are lucky to have so many. Every year I go to castle Howard for a open air music concert, it ends with a magnificent fireworks display done to music. Love to you both.

Thanks for the shout out to Mother's Day, and for the special mention for those of us who don't have our mums here with us any more to celebrate with. I lost my own beautiful mum just two weeks ago, so today is especially hard. But it's comforting to know that I'm not alone in feeling this way. To those of you who still have your mums, cherish them every day, but make an extra special fuss of them today. 💖 Natasha and Debbie, your videos make me smile. Thank you. 😊

I live about 3 miles from Wentworth Woodhouse. There's usually a classic car show there in the summer, really cool

Chatsworth House is the nearest to me & has a special place in my heart. Visited it on a few occasions & find ‘new’ things each time. The interior & gardens are simply magnificent & the great hall will leave you open mouthed. Longleat & Blenheim Palace are other favourites. The Stately Homes in general are normally so well taken care of. For example, a local Tudor mansion has a neat circular hole through one of the ground floor interior joists where a cannonball from Oliver Cromwell’s army hit home. A bit of living history. Great reaction as always 👍

My mother-in-law’s Grandparents met whilst they were working in service at Highclere House her Grandad was a Footman and her Granny was a maid.

This video is just 1 persons to 10. England has many buildings similar to these. The National Trust, a charity, takes care of many of them and people can either pay at the door or become a member of the trust for a yearly payment which will give you free access to as many properties as you like. Last year my daughter and I visited 30 properties in 6 weeks, over the length and breath of England. The National Trust also hold many thousands of acres of moorland, coast, woodlands and historic industrial sites.. As you have become aware though your KZread channel, this country has a long and varied history and much of it has been preserved and maintained for the benefit of all.

The Cecils (Burghly House) founded Maryland, the Howards (Castle Howard) were involved too. There's a lot of stone here girls! They all seem to be c. 1550-1750 too. There are some spectacular brick and timber-framed ones out there but they aren't the biggest. Palladian, Neo-Classical and Georgian are basically called Colonial in America, these country houses were a big influence on upwardly mobile colonial Americans.

Im so lucky to have visited both Chatsworth many many times, Hardwick and I used to live 5 minutes away from Wentworth Woodhouse. So proud of our beautiful stately homes 🇬🇧

I used to live in Derbyshire and in the northern reaches of my home county stand THREE stately homes/castles/palaces. These are CHATSWORTH (which so many have discussed), HARDWICK HALL near Chesterfield (included in this video) and HADDON HALL, one of England's oldest mediaeval manor houses and, in season, surrounded by beautiful rose gardens. My favourite of the three is HADDON because of its wonderful riverside setting but CHATSWORTH comes a very close second. Enjoy our stately piles!

I live just 5 minutes drive from Wentworth and it has a garden centre and farm attached. It's a pleasant area aswel. There are deer roaming the grounds.

Fantastic video & yeah some of the UK's Stately Homes are truly magnificent, Longleat (with the Safari Park) is a sight to behold... Passport ready for Travel Wednsday

Great channel girls. You make me quite ashamed I have not seen more of my own country and inspire me to do so. We have some fantastic cathedrals and churches in the UK, the one in my town (Tamworth) is magnificent and the Cathedral in the next town (Lichfield) is breathtaking. Maybe you could find a video on this. I have been up the spire of the gothic church and it is interesting to see all the graffiti and names left up there and forever by the builders of these great edifices. Keep up the good work 😊

Watch Downtown Abbey for a quintessentially English posh family drama set in the early 1900s. Your both great fun and should visit the UK soon.

Hi Ladies, and happy Mother’s Day to all the mums out there. Another great video, with amazing places. Beautiful homes. Thank you. Keep the awesome content coming please!!!…. X

If you're coming over for a while Gets National Trust membership for the time here It'll get you in free to a lot of places

I used to work for the National Trust and I remember items involving hand rolled sheet glass were among the most expensive to restore - I think a mirror in the property I worked in was probably the most expensive thing if it ever required any work

Have been to Chatsworth and Castle Howard many times. They are so beautiful.

Wentworth is my favourite as i once worked there as a gardener and other members of my family also worked in the house it's 20 minutes walk from my house

Great video! All the stately homes over here are stunning and the grounds they are set in are great for walks and photos. Looking forward to Wednesday 🙂

Brilliant as always. Looking forward to travelling with you. And Debbie's Cornish pasty. Travel broadens the appetite. 😘

You did it again ladies. Another interesting and informative video of someone I’ve always admired greatly.

There are many Country house programmes on British TV. Mary Berry did a looking and cooking style shows that are here on YT.

Excellent job, loved the video, been to a few of these. Need to save up to visit the rest.

Chatsworth is fab, never pick it as an Indoors place to go on a rainy day though ,as everyone has the same idea ! you are just shuffling around it packed in like sardines lol. Christmas is lovely to go. Harewood is nice too . I'd like to visit the others too x

I’m going to Chatsworth in May! Burghley House is just up the road from where I live, so I’ve been there a few times. The gardens are beautiful. You guys need to check our the Marquis of Bath. He’s bonkers! He has wifelets who live in the tower and look after each other’s many children.

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Great video as always ladies. This houses are amazing.

I live not too far from Chatsworth House . It was a favourite destination on Sunday trips as a child . The journey to the house is absolutely beautiful through the Peak District , stopping off at the town of Bakewell ( birthplace of the Balewell tart / pudding ) being a lovely diversion .

Great reaction to a great video ladies!👍🏼 I’m fortunate to live within a short distance of many of these houses and have visited Hardwick Hall, Lyme Park, Harewood House, Castle Howard, Chatsworth House and the closest, just 20 minutes drive away, Wentworth Woodhouse! (I may be volunteering here during the summer as it’s being refurbished to its former glory). I would pretty much agree with this guy’s list although I would put Chatsworth at number one, WW second and Castle Howard third. Chatsworth is about a 40 minute drive from where I live and to wander around it’s 105 acre garden, have a picnic, watching families play in the ornamental water cascades with the backdrop of the house is one of the great experiences of an English summer for me! Both Chatsworth and Hardwick Hall were both owned by the Cavendish family but, after WW2, there were huge death taxes put on the aristocracy which were so crippling, a lot of them lost their homes. The Cavendish’s chose to hand over Hardwick Hall in lieu of these taxes as well as having to sell a lot of art work and furniture from Chatsworth. Hardwick Hall is now owned by The National Trust and Chatsworth is a charity in its own right but is still the home of the family who live down stars in what was the servants quarters. In fact, as you drive towards the house you an see the opulent gold leaf (£25 million worth) around all the windows except for the bottom floor where the present Duke and Duchess live. When Hardwick Hall was built it was unique at the time because it had so much glass. Glass in the 1500s was incredibly difficult to make and therefore very expensive so to have so much in your property compared to the stone structure was seen as remarkable and a breakthrough at the time. It created a saying which you still hear today;”Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall!” Ok, enough of the history lesson. So much to learn and to see and experience that I suggest you come over for no less than a year!😳😊👍🏼

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@@malcolmwhitehead3966spot on! We are indeed fortunate around here. I've also visited Brodsworth Hall numerous times as I'm an English Heritage member. In fact, if you wish to take a look at my very amateurish KZread channel, you'll see I've made videos of both WW Gardens and Brodsworth Hall Gardens.

Warwick castle is worth looking at and also nearbye Lemington Spa. its the most beautiful setting.

P.S I also live twenty minuets from the historic village of Dunster Somerset, It has a castle, Look them both up, xx

Longleat Safari park has many animals including big cats. The cats are lazy, like all cats, but the monkeys are lethal. As you drive through they jump on you car and start taking it apart, they'll have it away with your wipers, mirrors and antenna. I once saw the car in front tormenting them with his electric antenna raising and lowering it. He thought it was funny until in frustration the monkeys tore the rear spoiler of the back of his car.