title: Manor Houses of England
author: Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
description: Hugh Montgomery Massingberd has been writing about country houses and their owners since the 1960's. His many include Great Houses of England and Wales, Great Houses of Scotland, and Great Houses of Ireland (Rizzzoli). <P> Christopher Simon Sykes specializes in the photography of architecture and interiors, and was co-author with Hugh Montgomery Massingberd of his great houses books.
zlib_text: CONTENTS
  Cover
  INTRODUCTION
  HELLHOUNDS
  1. Deepdene House, Surrey
  2. Cromer Hall, Norfolk
  3. Highclere Castle, Hampshire
  DREADFUL DARK AGES
  4. Layer Marney Tower, Essex
  WOE FOR WOMEN
  5. Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
  6. Cliveden, Buckinghamshire
  7. Howth Castle, County Dublin
  8. Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh
  9. Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire
  MISERABLE MIDDLE AGES
  10. Lumley Castle, County Durham
  11. Treasurer’s House, North Yorkshire
  12. Dolbadarn Castle, Gwynedd
  
  13. Tretower Court, Powys
  14. Cotehele House, Cornwall
  CURSED AND GONE
  15. Witley Park, Surrey
  16. Milner Field, West Yorkshire
  17. Peterwell, Ceredigion
  18. Clumber House, Nottinghamshire
  TERRIFYING TUDORS
  19. Blickling Hall, Norfolk
  20. Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
  21. Glamis Castle, Angus
  22. Ledston Hall, West Yorkshire
  23. Plas Mawr, Conwy County
  24. Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
  25. Buckland Abbey, Devon
  SLIMY STUARTS
  26. Coughton Court, Warwickshire
  27. Holbeche House, West Midlands
  28. Marple Hall, Greater Manchester
  29. Claydon 