3 lesser-known British Royal residences with remarkable architecture and interior design

The monarch’s favoured architect, A.J Humbert–whose previous projects included the Osborne House and Frogmore House, did the initial redesigning of Sandringham from 1865 to 1870, transforming the white manor house to a red-brick facelift with limestone dressing that remains prominent to this day. 

Described as “frenetic Jacobean” by the Pevsner Architectural Guides, Sandringham was entered through a porte-cochère (an ornate front entrance doorway) into the saloon, leading to the drawing room, the dining room, the ballroom, three-storeys’ worth of sleeping accommodations, a billiard room, attics and a basement–all of which featured furniture and fittings by Holland and Sons, one of the most successful furniture manufacturers in the 19th century.

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