We look at some of Englands most beautiful stately homes and the stories they can tell of pride, romance, scandals and tragedy. And then theres the ghost stories! You decide. Why does Anne Boleyns ghost keep visiting a house built years after her death? Was the body found at Longleat the missing footman, lover to the lady of the house? Britains rich history is reflected in her sumptuous houses. Admire the grand elegance of neoclassical Kedleston Hall, the Jacobean Blickling Hall, the Baroque Castle Howard, the Italianate Kingston Lacey and many others.