If you are planning a day trip in Oxfordshire as the weather warms there are lots of historic manor houses to visit in the county.
You can visit houses that date back hundreds of years and have been homed to some of country's most famous faces.
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Blenheim Palace
Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1UL
Probably the most famous house on the list, Blenheim Palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The palace is the birth place of Sir Winston Churchill and home to the 12th Duke of Marlborough and his family.
Broughton Castle
Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 5EB
Situated near Banbury, Broughton Castle is a moated and fortified manor house.
The house dates back to the 1300s and ownership has remained in the same family since 1447.
Cogges Manor Farm
Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 3LA
Cogges Manor Farm is a historic farm which also made an appearance in Downton Abbey.
The manor house dates back to the 13th century while the farm buildings are from the 18th.
Stonor Park
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 6HF
Stonor Park has belonged to the Stonor family for more than 800 years, with the house itself dating back to the 12th century.
Stonor Park is one of the oldest family homes still lived in today.
Buscot Park
Lechlade Rd, Faringdon SN7 8BU
A stately home that looks out onto parkland and landscaped gardens, Buscot is an 18th century home built in the neo-classical style.
It is the family home of Lord Faringdon, who continues to care for the property as well as the family art collection, the Faringdon Collection, which is displayed in the house.
Chastleton House
Chastleton, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0SU
A Jacobean country house which has remained unchanged for 400 years, Chastleton House was built between 1607 and 1612.
Kingston Bagpuize House
Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, OX13 5AX
Build in the 1600s, Kingston Bagpuize House has gardens and parkland.
The National Trust states that Nuffield Place reveals the surprisingly down-to-earth lives of Lord Nuffield, founder of the Morris Motor Company, and his wife.
Sulgrave Manor
Manor Road, Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX17 2SD
The Tudor house was built in the mid-1500s by Lawrence Washington, a Northampton wool-trader and great-great-great-great-great grandfather of George Washington, first President of the United States.
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