historic holiday home

Fancy a stay in holiday homeout of the ordinary? Check the Landmark trusts properties in the Uk and Ireland.
http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk
and
http://www.irishlandmark.com
Stay in poet laureate John Betjeman's former abode in Cloth Fair in the heart of the City. Or how about living in the service quarters of Hampton court, home of King Henry the eighth?
So many amazing places to stay, not always bargain basement prices but if you can afford it and are lucky enought to find available dates it must be well worth it.
A taste of Betjeman -
Guilt
The clock is frozen in the tower,
The thickening fog with sooty smell
Has blanketed the motor power
Which turns the London streets to hell;
And footsteps with their lonely sound
Intensify the silence round.