Historic Houses Association
- Historic Houses Association
The Historic Houses Association is a British non profit organisation concerned with the preservation of privately owned country houses.
Anyone who owns a qualifying house may subscribe as a full member of the Historic Houses Association. In return they receive advisory services on such matters as public opening and other commercial exploitation of their property, legal issues, and maintenance. The Historic Houses Association also acts as a lobby group in respect of issues which are important to its members, such as inheritance tax and public rights of access to the countryside.
Members of the public who do not own a historic house may join the "Friends of the Historic Houses Association Scheme" which offers free entry to all the full members' houses which are open to the public, private group tours of houses which are not normally open, and three issues a year of a magazine called "Historic House".
ome well known houses which belong to HHA members
There are more than two hundred houses to which members of "The Friends of the Historic Houses Association" are entitled to free entry including:
*Alnwick Castle
*Belvoir Castle
*Berkeley Castle
*Blenheim Palace
*Boughton House
*Burghley House
*Castle Howard
*Doddington Hall, Cheshire
*Drumlanrig Castle
*Hever Castle
*Holkham Hall
*Longleat
*Syon Park
*Wilton House
*Woburn Abbey
External links
* [http://www.hha.org.uk HHA official site]
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