The proper (British) pronunciation of over 115 country house names
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House Name |
Phonetic Pronunciation |
County or District |
| Aigas House | A-gas ("A" rhymes with hay) | Highlands |
| Alnwick Castle | ANN-ick | Northumberland |
| Althorp House | ALL-trup | Northamptonshire |
| Anglesey Abbey | ANG-uhl-see | Cambridgeshire |
| Ardkinglas | ard-KIN-glis | Argyll & Bute |
| Arundel Castle | ARR-n-dul | West Sussex |
| Athelhampton House (Athelhampton Hall) | ATTLE-HAMPTON | Dorset |
| Auchinleck House (Affleck) | AWK-in-leck or af-FLECK | Ayrshire |
| Balmoral Castle | bal-MORR-ul | Aberdeenshire |
| Bamburgh Castle | BAM-bur-uh | Northumberland |
| Barlaston Hall | bar-lus-tun | Staffordshire |
| Beaulieu (Palace House), Hampshire | BYOO-lee | Hampshire |
| Belvoir Castle | BEE-vur | Lincolnshire |
| Benacre Hall, Suffolk | BEN-uh-kur | Suffolk |
| Berkeley Castle | BARK-LEE | Gloucestershire |
| Blenheim Palace | BLEN-um | Oxfordshire |
| Boughton House, Northamptonshire | BOW-tun (as in "take a bow") | Northamptonshire |
| Bowood House (Bowood Park) | BOW-WOOD (bow as in bow and arrow) | Wiltshire |
| Brougham Hall (Brougham Castle) | BROOM | Cumbria |
| Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire | BROT-un | Oxfordshire |
| Browsholme Hall | BROOS-um | Lancashire |
| Brympton d'Evercy (Brympton House) | BRIMP-tun DEV-er-see | Somerset |
| Bryngwyn Hall (Bryngwyn House) | BRIN-GWIN | Powys |
| Burghley House | BUR-lee | Lincolnshire |
| Bylaugh Hall (Bylaugh Park) | BEE-la | Norfolk |
| Bylaugh Old Hall | BEE-la | Norfolk |
| Carew Castle | KEER-oo | Pembrokeshire |
| Charlecote Park | CHARL-cut | Warwickshire |
| Chequers (Chequers Court) | CHECK-urs | Buckinghamshire |
| Chiswick House | CHIZ-ick | London |
| Cholmondeley Castle (Cholmondeley Hall) | CHUM-lee | Cheshire |
| Cirencester Abbey House | SY-ren-SES-tur or SIS-es-tur | Gloucestershire |
| Cirencester Park (Oakley Grove) | SY-ren-SES-tur or SIS-es-tur | Gloucestershire |
| Corsham Court | COR-shum | Wiltshire |
| Cotehele House | ca-TEAL | Cornwall |
| Cothay Manor | COT-HAY | Somerset |
| Cottesbrooke Hall | COT-iss-brook | Northamptonshire |
| Craigievar Castle | CRAIG-ee-VAR | Aberdeenshire |
| Crathes Castle | CRATH-iss | Aberdeenshire |
| Culross Palace | CUR-us | Fife |
| Culzean Castle | ca-LANE | South Ayrshire |
| Dalmeny House | dall-MEN-ee | Edinburgh |
| Deepdene (The Deepdene) | DEEP-DEEN | Surrey |
| Drumlanrig Castle | drum-LAN-rig | Dumfries & Galloway |
| Dumfries House | dum-FREESE | East Ayrshire |
| Dunvegan Castle | dun-VAY-gun | Highlands |
| Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire | DEER-um | South Gloucestershire |
| Eilean Donan Castle | EE-lun DUN-un | Highlands |
| Eltham Palace | L-tum | London |
| Endsleigh House (Endsleigh Cottage) | INZ-lee | Devon |
| Erddig Park (Erthig) | AIR-thig ("th" as in the) | Wrexham |
| Floors Castle (Fleurs Castle) | FLURS | Scottish Borders |
| Folkington Manor | FOW-ing-tun | East Sussex |
| Fort Brecqhou | bre-KOO | Guernsey |
| Fyvie Castle | FIE-vee | Aberdeenshire |
| Glamis Castle | GLAHMZ | Angus |
| Glandyfi Castle | GLAN-DOVEY | Powys |
| Goodnestone Park | GUNS-tun | Kent |
| Grandtully Castle (Grantully Castle) | GRANT-LEE | Perth & Kinross |
| Harewood House (Gawthorpe Hall) (Harewood Castle), Yorkshire | HARR-wood | West Yorkshire |
| Harlaxton Manor | HAR-lux-tun | Lincolnshire |
| Herstmonceux Castle (Hurstmonceux Castle) | HURSS-mun-soo | East Sussex |
| Heveningham Hall (Heavingham Hall) | HEN-ing-um | Suffolk |
| Hever Castle | HEE-vur | Kent |
| Hidcote Manor | HID-kt | Gloucestershire |
| Highclere Castle (Highclere House) | HIGH-clear | West Berkshire |
| Holker Hall | HOOK-ur | Cumbria |
| Holkham Hall (Hill Hall) | HOKE-um | Norfolk |
| Houghton Hall, Norfolk | HOW-tun | Norfolk |
| Houghton Lodge, Hampshire | HOE-tun | Hampshire |
| Ightham Mote (Ightham Court) | I-tum moat | Kent |
| Ince Blundell Hall | INSE blun-DULL | Merseyside |
| Inveraray Castle (Inverary Castle) | IN-ver-AIR-ee | Argyll & Bute |
| Kailzie House | KAY-LEE | Scottish Borders |
| Kew Palace (The Dutch House) (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) | KYOO | London |
| Kingston Bagpuize House | KINGS-tun BAG-pyooz | Oxfordshire |
| Knebworth House | NEB-wirth | Hertfordshire |
| Knole (Knole House), Kent | NOLE | Kent |
| Lanhydrock House | lan-HY-drock | Cornwall |
| Launceston Castle | LAN-turn | Cornwall |
| Leighton Hall, Lancashire | LAY-tun | Lancashire |
| Leighton House, London | LAY-tun | London |
| Leixlip Castle | LEESS-lip | Co. Kildare |
| Lewes Castle | LEW-iss | East Sussex |
| Lewes House | LEW-iss | East Sussex |
| Luton Hoo | LOO-tun hoo | Bedfordshire |
| Lyme Park (Lyme Hall) | LIME | Cheshire |
| Madresfield Court | MADERS-FIELD | Worcestershire |
| Malvern Hall | MALL-vern (American pronunciation of mall) | West Midlands |
| Melchet Court | MEL-chet | Hampshire |
| Mereworth Castle | MERR-ee-worth | Kent |
| Monzie Castle | mu-NEE | Perth & Kinross |
| Newhailes (Whitehill) (Broughton House) | new-HALES | East Lothian |
| Nostell Priory | NOSS-tul | West Yorkshire |
| Parham House (Parham Park), Sussex | PAYR-um (like pear) | West Sussex |
| Penicuik House (Newbiggin) | PEN-ee-cook | Midlothian |
| Pentillie Castle | PEN-till-EE | Cornwall |
| Peover Hall | PEE-ver | Cheshire |
| Plas Newydd, Isle of Anglesey | PLASS NEU-id or PLASS NEU-ith | Isle of Anglesey |
| Port Lympne (Belcaire) | port LIM | Kent |
| Powderham Castle | POWDER-um | Devon |
| Powis Castle (Pool, Poole, Pole Castle) (Castell Coch) (Red Castle) | POW-iss (like power) | Powys |
| Prideaux Place (Place House) | prid-OH | Cornwall |
| Raby Castle | RAY-bee | County Durham |
| Rokeby Hall (Rokeby Park), County Durham | ROOK-bee | County Durham |
| Rousham House (Rousham Park) | ROW-shum ("row" as in a shouting match or bickering) | Oxfordshire |
| Samares Manor | SAM-a-RAY | Jersey |
| Scone Palace | SKOON | Perth & Kinross |
| Sezincote House (Sesincot) | SEE-zin-kt | Gloucestershire |
| Shardeloes | SHAR-dee-lows | Buckinghamshire |
| Sizergh Castle | SIZE-ur | Cumbria |
| Somerleyton Hall | SUMMER-LAY-tun | Suffolk |
| Southill Park, Bedfordshire | SUTH-UL | Bedfordshire |
| Squerryes Court (Squerries Court) | SQUARE-ease | Kent |
| Sudeley Castle | SOOD-lee (like "Sue") | Gloucestershire |
| Thame Park | TAME | Oxfordshire |
| Theobalds (Theobalds Palace) | TIBBALDS | Hertfordshire |
| Theobalds Park | TIBBALDS | Hertfordshire |
| Thirlestane Castle, Scottish Borders | THURL-STANE | Scottish Borders |
| Traquair House | tra-KWAIR | Scottish Borders |
| Tredegar House (Tredergar Park) | truh-DEE-gur | Newport |
| Tyninghame House (Tyninghame Castle) | TIN-ing-um | East Lothian |
| Tyntesfield (Tyntes Place) | TENTS-field | North Somerset |
| Tyringham Hall | TEER-ing-um | Milton Keynes |
| Waddesdon Manor | WADS-dun | Buckinghamshire |
| Warwick Castle, Warwickshire | WORR-ick | Warwickshire |
| Warwick House, London | WORR-ick | London |
| Wemyss Castle | WEEMS | Fife |
| West Wycombe Park | west WICK-um | Buckinghamshire |
| Wightwick Manor | WIT-ick | West Midlands |
| Willey Park (Willey Hall) | WILLIE | Shropshire |
| Witham Hall, Lincolnshire | WIT-um | Lincolnshire |
| Woburn Abbey | WOE-burn | Bedfordshire |
| Wollaton Hall | WOOL-a-tun | Nottinghamshire |
| Woodcote Park, Surrey | WOOD-kt | Surrey |
| Worcester Park | WUS-tur | Surrey |
| Wrotham Park | ROOT-um | London |
| Wynyard Park (Wynyard Hall) | WIN-yard | Stockton-on-Tees |
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Please note: The Marquess of Worcestercleucch, the St. Merion family, Cherryton Park, Merion Manor, Dussex, Lorset, and all associated titles, histories, and houses are completely fictional creations. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or to actual places, is purely coincidental. These fictional creations, the W cipher, the drawing of |
