A Highland castle reflected in a still loch at sunset

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Castles & Estates

Country houses and castles in their own grounds, where the walk starts at the door.

A great country house is measured in acres. These are the ones that share them with the dog.

The country house hotel is a long tradition: the drive through the parkland, the library fire, the walled garden, the walk across the estate before breakfast. These are six of them, from the Hampshire downs and the Cotswolds to Perthshire and the oaks of Austin, Texas, each one chosen because your dog is welcomed in through the front door.

The Georgian house of Four Seasons Hampshire under a blue skyA vintage car on the drive at Four Seasons HampshireThe lake in the grounds of Four Seasons Hampshire

Hampshire, England

Four Seasons Hampshire

Dogmersfield Park, a Georgian manor in five hundred acres of Hampshire parkland, with its own lake and riding stables.

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Cromlix and its grounds from the airThe front of Cromlix across its lawnThe drawing room at Cromlix

Perthshire, Scotland

Cromlix

A Victorian mansion near Dunblane, owned by Sir Andy Murray, set in thirty-four acres of Perthshire woods and lawns.

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Ellenborough Park in the Cotswold hills at sunriseEllenborough Park and its gardensThe tower and pool at Ellenborough Park

Cheltenham, England

Ellenborough Park

A fifteenth-century manor house in the Cotswolds, beside Cheltenham Racecourse, with the hills rising behind.

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Commodore Perry Estate and its formal gardensThe drawing room at Commodore Perry EstateThe terrace at Commodore Perry Estate

Austin, Texas

Commodore Perry Estate

The Italianate mansion built in 1928 for Commodore Edwin Perry, its formal gardens laid out in ten acres of Austin.

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The courtyard at Whatley Manor lit at nightWhatley Manor and its gardensWhatley Manor through the garden arch

Malmesbury, England

Whatley Manor

A Cotswold stone manor near Malmesbury, with twelve acres of gardens laid out as rooms around the house.

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The east front of Lainston House above its lawnLainston House framed by rosesThe garden walk at Lainston House

Winchester, England

Lainston House

A William and Mary house outside Winchester, in sixty-three acres of parkland with a long avenue of limes.

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