Cultural

Estates act as guardians of a wide spectrum of Britain's social, political and artistic past, collectively embodying living history sustained with little resource to state aid.

These assets centre on the combined entity of landscape, architecture, fine art, all supported by archives, unique in Europe and considered, as a whole, to be one of Britain's principal contributors to European culture. These entities centre on individual families who have owned and maintained these properties for generations and who have in the past and now continue to contribute to Britain's cultural backgrounds: we celebrate the achievements of all those who have created and to this day sustain these great estates.

All estates include a wide variety of listed buildings, gardens and parklands of outstanding quality and mansion houses of international renown and importance.

The fine art collections which form an integral part of these estates are amongst the finest in Europe, maintained by their original owners and yet made available for public access and scholarly research.