Museum · England · Still standing
Althorp
Althorp is a Grade I listed stately home and private estate in West Northamptonshire, England, long held by the Spencer family. The house is a long, classically proportioned mansion set in extensive landscaped parkland that includes a Round Oval lake, a Doric temple, and a collection of ancillary listed buildings such as a historic falconry and a Palladian-influenced stable block.
First raised
1508
Its prime
1880
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1880
The shape it held in its prime.
Long, low two- and three-storey mansion faced with mathematical tiles over brick, pale buff in tone, with rows of tall multi‑pane sash windows and regular dormer windows set into lead/slate roofs. Dozens of tall brick chimneys punctuate the roofline. A low stone balustraded terrace and gatepiers run along the front, giving onto a broad clipped lawn that falls away to parkland and specimen trees. West and east wings form a stepped, symmetrical plan with ancillary outbuildings set nearby.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1880.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Althorp — including 4 interiors: wootton hall (main entrance hall), picture gallery (first-floor west wing), drawing room and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1880 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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Families who held Althorp.
The families tied to Althorp across its history — follow a name to its page.
Held by the Spencer family for more than 500 years since John Spencer purchased the estate in 1508; owned by Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer since 1992.
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