In private ownership

Connected Sites: 16

Definition
WHS which are owned in their entirety by a private individual or company. Excluding those in Customary Ownership, which have their own connection.

Map

Connected Sites

  • Stoclet House
    Inscribed: 2009
    1.84
    243
    13
    AB "The House and its garden are the property of the real estate company 'Suzanne and Adolphe Stoclet' (SAS), formed by the descendants and heirs of the founders, of whom there are seven. The furniture and art objects are their personal property."
  • Engelsberg Ironworks
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.45
    92
    11
    owned by Nordstjernan Forvaltnings AB (AB ev)
  • Crespi d'Adda
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.40
    154
    7
    Bought by the company of Antonio Percassi in October 2013
    See www.casa24.ilsole24ore.com
  • Tombs of Buganda Kings
    Inscribed: 2001
    1.94
    43
    6
    The King of Buganda is the private legal owner as trustee for the kingdom (AB ev)
  • Vredefort Dome
    Vredefort Dome
    South Africa
    Inscribed: 2005
    1.97
    36
    4
    The demarcated area is nearly exclusively privately owned with state land only comprising approximately 600 hectares out of a total of more than 30 000 hectares. (nom file)
  • Blenheim Palace
    Blenheim Palace
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.06
    232
    12
    Owned by John Spencer-Churchill 11th Duke of Marlborough (b1926)
  • Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.16
    278
    15
    Most of the houses are sold to private owners or cooperatively owned
  • Chief Roi Mata's Domain
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.16
    20
    5
    The land on which Chief Roi Mata's Domain, Vanuatu is situated is privately owned by two families or the villages on Lelepa Island and Mangaliliu.
  • Cueva de las Manos
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.49
    30
    9
    AB -"Both the site and the buffer zone are within the property of a private individual, who has signed an agreement consenting to the declaration of her land as a World Heritage site"
  • Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.54
    86
    7
    UPM-Kymmene Corporation
  • Van Nellefabriek
    Van Nellefabriek
    Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.48
    197
    9
    The land and real estate are owned by the private company Design Factory Monument. (AB ev)
  • Stevns Klint
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.40
    154
    7
    The cliff is primarily private property with the local estate Gjorslev Gods as the largest owner (95 % of the cliff is owned by this private landowner). (AB ev)
  • Sammallahdenmäki
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.11
    102
    6
    "Owner. Several private landowners." (Nom file)
  • Fagus Factory
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.51
    170
    10
    Fagus-Grecon Greten GmbH & Co.KG
  • Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.36
    69
    6
    6 out of 7 are privately owned, the owners still live there (AB)
  • Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.02
    144
    7
    Bought by Édouard Aynard in 1906 and still owned by his family
    See fr.wikipedia.org