Fodor's Expert Review Fairfax House

This elegant, beautifully decorated Georgian townhouse, with its crystal chandeliers, silk damask wallpaper, and one of the country's finest collections of 18th-century furniture, provides a glimpse of how polite 18th-century society lived. It particularly highlights their tastes in architecture, interior decoration, food, and furnishings. Entrance on Fridays is restricted to guided tours at 11 and 2.