London: Berkshire & Surrey

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Britain has more historic houses, great and small, that are open to the public than anywhere else in the world. Stately homes, ruined castles and abbeys, merchants' mansions, peasant cottages - the stories of such buildings and their occupants, past and present, add up to an extraordinary record of our history.Author Simon Jenkins is a leading writer on this rich heritage. Here we present his vision of the 86 most impressive, interesting or unusual dwellings to be seen in Berkshire, London and Surrey - from palatial Windsor Castle and Syon House in the west to aristocratic Apsley, the medieval Tower and the Art Deco palace at Eltham - all enhanced with photographs selected by the editors of Reader's Digest.