Historic-Buildings

The Roman Baths is below the modern street level and has four main features, the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman bath house and finds from Roman Bath. The Georgian Pump Room is on the ground level.

Sir Francis established the famous Hell-fire Club which subsequently held chapter meetings in the Caves and whose members included Lord Sandwich, John Wilkes and other senior aristocrats and statesmen. Sir Francis later became Chancellor of the Exchequer. Benjamin Franklin was a close friend and visited West Wycombe often.

15th-century chapel, restored by Gilbert Scott in 1875, The oldest surviving building in Buckingham. Peruse the second hand books in atmospheric chapel restored by Gilbert Scott in 1875. A selection of hot drinks and snacks are available for you to enjoy in the bookshop.

Rousham House is a Jacobean country house at Rousham in West Oxfordshire on the River Cherwell.

The remains of a large, well-built Roman courtyard villa. The most important feature is a nearly complete mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and browns.

The House

Longleat House is widely regarded as one of the best examples of high Elizabethan architecture in Britain and one of the most beautiful stately homes open to the public.

The Abbey, located at the heart of the village within its own woodland grounds, is a country house of various architectural styles, built upon the foundations of a former nunnery. Visitors can experience the atmosphere of the medieval rooms and cloister court, giving a sense of the Abbey's monastic past.

The Fleece Inn was originally built in about 1400 as a longhouse by a prosperous yeoman farmer called Byrd. A longhouse is an early type of farmhouse which incorporated accommodation for livestock on the ground floor, alongside the family's living quarters.

One of the largest and finest 13th-century tithe barns in the country, lying in the Worcestershire countryside.

If you're visiting Middle Littleton tithe barn make the most of your day by visiting nearby Croome Park, Lance 'Capability' Brown's first complete landscape garden or Hidcote Manor Garden, a celebrated 20th-century garden in the north Cotswolds.

Ashleworth Tithe Barn Adjacent to the court and church is a huge medieval tithe barn, now in the care of the National Trust. The barn was built in the period 1481 - 1515 by Abbot Newland of Bristol Abbey, and consists of ten bays. The interior roofing is a wonderful example of medieval timber framing.

The existing medieval Bredon Barn structure was almost destroyed by fire in 1980 when a cigarette accidentally ignited a hay bale. But it has since been restored with the aid of the National Trust (which owns the building).

The barn is 14th-century and made from local Cotswold stone. Dramatic aisled interior and unusual stone chimney cowling are notable.

Note: no WC.

Former monastic buildings, now converted into two houses. Properties were gifted by the famous Ferguson's Gang.

The King's Head Inn is notable as being one of the oldest public houses with a coaching yard in the south of England. It is located in the Market Square in Aylesbury. The oldest part of the current structure of the building is of 15th century design, however the cellars are much older, dating back to the 13th century, and may have been part of the local friary.

Long Crendon Courthouse is a 15th-century two-storeyed timber frame building located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property.

It is believed that the building was used as a wool store before serving to house manorial courts, which were held here from the reign of Henry V until the reign of Victoria.

A rare survival of a 17th-century duck decoy in working order. One of only a few left in the country.

Boarstall Tower is a 14th-century moated gatehouse, built by John de Haudlo and once part of a fortified manor house, set in gardens. Note: property is tenanted

Claydon House is in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, close to the village of Middle Claydon. It is owned by the National Trust. There has been a manor house on the site of the present house since before the Norman Conquest of England.

Hughenden Manor is a red brick Victorian mansion, located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. In the 19th century, it was the country house of the Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli.

West Wycombe, the whole village is owned by National Trust who acquired it in 1929. The main A40, runs through it.

The Church of St Lawrence stands all alone on a 600 foot hill, on the site of a village no longer there. The village is famous for the Hell Fire Club.

West Wycombe Park, which is a Grade I listed building was given to the National Trust in 1943 by Sir John Dashwood, 10th Baronet (1896–1966), an action strongly resented by his heir. Dashwood retained ownership of the contents of the house, much of which he sold; after his death, the house was restored at the expense of his son, Sir Francis Dashwood.

Early 18th-century house with small walled garden, situated on the banks of the River Thames.

Admission by written appointment with the tenant. Please mark envelope 'National Trust booking'. Last admission 30 minutes before closing.

Note: no WC

Woburn Abbey, comprising Woburn Park and its buildings, was originally founded as a Cistercian abbey in 1145. Taken from its monastic residents by Henry VIII and given to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford in 1547, it became the seat of the Russell Family and the Dukes of Bedford.

Winchester Cathedral is one of the largest Cathedrals in Britain and was originally founded in 642 on an immediately adjoining site to the north. This building became known as the Old Minster. It became part of a monastic settlement in 971. Saint Swithun was buried near the Old Minster and then in it, before being moved to the new Norman cathedral. The Old Minster was demolished in 1093.

Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Hampshire. It was founded in in 1067. Only the Great Hall exists now; it houses a museum of the history of Winchester.

Warwick Castle is always in the top three most impressive British castles. Within easy driving distance from West Oxfordshire, Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwick. It sits on a bend on the River Avon.

Once a Cistercian abbey was founded in 1246 by Richard of Cornwall and dissolved Christmas Eve 1539 about the same time as its nearby rival, Winchcombe Abbey, of which nought survives. Hailes never housed large numbers of monks but had extensive and elaborate buildings.