England's Lost Country Houses | Lost Heritage (original) (raw)

As many as 2,000 notable English country houses have been lost since 1800.

This website, which was short-listed for the SAHGB Colvin Prize in 2019, is a tribute to their beauty and history.

A name alone is rarely enough. Having a reason why a house was lost is crucial but so is knowing who designed and created a house, the changing ownership and designs, and the reasons for the decline, which paints a much richer memory of a place which no longer exists as it did.

About Lost Heritage

To know our country houses is to know our nation's history. This project helps provide the keys to unlock our undertanding of how architecture and landscape evolved. Find out about the origins and goals for this project.

Sadly, houses were being lost across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Whilst Lost Heritage focuses on England, other projects help record these losses in other nations

Scotland's Lost Country Houses

Created and updated by Dr Alastair Disley to record the losses in Scotland

The Welsh Country House / Lost Houses

A comprehensive website by Dr Mark Baker covering historic houses in Wales, including those lost

Lost Northern Irish Country Houses

Created and updated by Andrew Triggs

Also created and updated by Andrew Triggs