Does any-one know the name of the site where you can look up your house history

Question:Interestingly, English Heritage announced today its huge photographic database of listed buildings. If your house is listed, there is a very good chance it will be on there. Included is an estimate of its age and, sometimes, a potted history.

http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Interestingly, English Heritage announced today its huge photographic database of listed buildings. If your house is listed, there is a very good chance it will be on there. Included is an estimate of its age and, sometimes, a potted history.

http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/

If you are in England you can find out some things about your house on the Land Registry site.

or in the US, many counties provide that information through the Building Department and the Assessors Office.

there may be an assessors or county recorders website you can go to. check the internet.

Most Towns around the UK have Local History Groups - they may well have information about your house, if there is something interesting about it.
Our house was only built in 1975, so nothing to excite anyone there, but it could be that the land on which it was built has a history.
If you can't find the Local History Group for your Town/City on the web, try asking at your main library. Most libraries have a local history section in their reference area.

For your city, you would have to go to the Abstract and Title company to obtain the abstract for your home. Here it would probably cost $200. Check it out. They might have one on file for you to look at. They are very interesting once you learn how to read them.

Many county tax assessors have property info online, but nothing requires that they do so.
You can do a search at the county recorders office (may be different name depending on state or country). This can involve going through the grantor/grantee indexes, looking for bought and sold. It also depends if you mean the house itself or the property.
Another place you might check with is the building department, who may help find permits for building or additions.
I personally love finding out about land history. In Dallas county, if you know how to tweak their database, you can see a map outline of the original grantee.