New Series: The Country House Revealed – South Wraxall Manor, Wiltshire
In contrast to the weekly dramas of Country House Rescue, a new series starting on the BBC, presented by the excitable Dan Cruickshank, looks at some of the finest homes in ‘The Country House Revealed...
View ArticleThe Country House Revealed – Easton Neston, Northamptonshire
The stated objective of Dan Cruickshank’s series ‘The Country House Revealed‘ is to “…explore Britain’s finest country houses” and after the relatively low-key start with South Wraxall Manor, it upped...
View ArticleThe Country House Revealed – Marsh Court, Hampshire
As with artists, some architects start well and then just get better, culminating in masterpieces which are rightly praised. With buildings, and particularly the usually distant country house, it can...
View ArticlePossibly for sale – a landmark for landowners: Crichel House, Dorset
When to believe the rumours? Occasionally one of the old families will decide that they no longer wish to hold onto the estate which has been the family seat for many years – sometimes centuries. When...
View ArticleWant to lease a Vanbrugh? Kings Weston House, Bristol for sale
For some, the height of connoisseurship is to own a Picasso or a Rembrandt, and, in the same way, one can also aspire to live in a house designed by one of the great architects. Yet, although some...
View ArticleA Salvin for sale: Mamhead House, Devon
One of the pleasures of running your own blog about country houses is that you get to play favourites. I’m often asked which is my favourite but this is a difficult one to answer; is it the one I want...
View ArticleCountry House Rescue – Season 4: Great Fulford, Devon
If there were a league table of how often a house and family appear on TV or in the papers, an unexpectedly high entry would probably be the Fulfords of Great Fulford in Devon. Having featured in...
View ArticleHouses of gods: country houses converted to religion and the sale of...
The 1920s and 30s may be remembered for many things, but it probably wouldn’t be for having any great public affection for the grand houses which had so dominated the landscape agriculturally,...
View ArticleWelcome to the market: Lutyens’ The Salutation, Kent
The analogy between language and architecture is one that has often been made, particularly as fluency is the key measure of success in both fields. An immature architect can make elementary mistakes...
View ArticleSoane’s happy commission: Tyringham Hall for sale
‘Six of the most happy years of my life‘ is how Sir John Soane described his commission to build what is regarded as one of his finest works: Tyringham Hall, Buckinghamshire. Although altered, the...
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