Name that Leicestershire/Rutland Country House!

Baroque in composition, Palladian in detail. Built c.1700 by Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, the pavilions and stables are connected to the main house with colonnades. Inside the house much was gutted by fire in 1908.  The house was converted into six homes in the 1990s.  (HER Ref. No. MLE18273)

Red brick mansion in Jacobean style, built 1842-53 by William Railton for W Perry Herrick.  The hall played a signficant part in codebreaking in World War II, along with Bletchley Park.  By 1941 the hall was the headquarters of War Office Y Group; a number of cleverly disguised wireless set rooms were erected in the grounds.  (HER Ref. No. MLE13934)

Described as "the most important house in the Elizabethan-Jacobean style in the county" by Pevsner.  Built for George Ashby c.1615-30, from red and blue brick.  The remains of a 'deserted medieval village' lie to the south of the house.  The hall was owned by the de Lisle family from 1972 to 2013, when it was put up for sale for £11.6 million.  (HER Ref. No. MLE13563)

After coming to the house in 1799, Elizabeth the 5th Duchess of Rutland chose James Wyatt (famous for his improvements at Windsor Castle) to create her dream home.  The house was rebuilt in the shape of a medieval castle and includes risque details such as a ceiling depicting the respectable Duke and Duchess as semi-clad deities! The house is open for visitors.  (HER Ref. No. MLE12423)

Ruinous house, one of the earliest unfortified brick houses in England (begun 1490).  The mansion was built by Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset, and was famously the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey.  The house was abandoned in 1719 on the death of the first Earl of Stamford.  The house can be visited by members of the public; it lies within a country park.  (HER Ref. No. MLE745)

This was a C17th house with a grand frontage added in the mid C18th.  Training camps were held here in World War I.  It was requisitioned by the army in World War II and used as an ammunition depot.  The depot closed c.1951 and the house was demolished in 1964 - it was set on fire as part of the demolition process.  The C18th landscaped parkland created by Ambrose Phillipps survives, still bearing the name of the hall, along with various garden buildings including a 'Temple of Venus'.  (HER Ref. No. MLE623)

This hall was home to the Shirleys, who became Earls Ferrers - the earlier hall was largely rebuilt in 1763 for the 5th Earl Ferrers.  The house is brick with stone dressings, built round a quadrangle.  It was sold for demolition in 1954, but was rescued to become a Cheshire Home, then a Sue Ryder Hospice, before being turned back into a family home in 2003.  The Estate is open to the public throughout the year and there is a craft centre.  The C17th church is also open to the public, looked after by the National Trust.  If you visit you can' t help but notice the stunning gate piers topped with a rampant hound and stag.  (HER Ref. No. MLE12278)

There has been a manor house here since the late C13th.  Extensions and alterations over the years have created a unique building, complex and rambling.  These include an oriel and porch added in the late C15th, King John's Tower in the mid C16th and the Cloisters in the early C17th.  A stable block was built in the later C17th, which has been converted into an award winning opera venue.  (HER Ref. No. MLE14442)

Originally a C17th house, enlarged and completely remodelled by Lady Laetitia Wigley in 1723.  James Wigley (MP for Leicester) laid out the parkland, which included a mound with a shell-lined grotto, topped with a Chinese-style pavilion.  In 1954 the hall and land was bought by Leicester Corporation as the site for the new Leicester College of Education.  In the late 1990s DeMonfort University left the hall and it fell derelict.  The hall has now been converted into eight apartments and the grounds have been developed for housing.  (HER Ref. No. MLE13516)

Begun 1697 by William Smith for Sir Roger Cave.  By 1730 William's brother Francis had taken over the work, making the east front more Palladian, and also constructing the stable block east of the hall. Wiliam Smith the younger remodelled in 1745.  Described by Pevsner as "the finest and most fully documented house of its date in the county".  The aviation pioneer Percy Pilcher built some of his early gliders here in the 1890s, and was killed nearby in an accident in 1899.  Today the hall is open to the public on limited days in the year, and the grounds are used for concerts and classic car shows.  (HER Ref. No. MLE12073)