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“Country houses were requisitioned by the military during the second world war, ... Great Fulford, in the west of England, has been home to the Fulford family for over 800 years.
Much like The Great British Baking Show plays like a kinder, gentler take on the cooking competition reality show, Escape to the Country feels like a soothing response to our House Hunters.
The new book The Country House: Past, Present, Future: Great Houses of The British Isles by country house expert Jeremy Musson and historian David Cannadine ($85, Rizzoli) ...
The saving of this great house is a triumph that has been matched Wasfi Kani and Michael Moody. Somehow, I hadn't been to The Grange before, but on a magical summer's evening, we were serenaded by the ...
As a historic building, Wentworth Woodhouse is as important as any other great British country house of its era—Blenheim Palace, Stowe House or Chatsworth House—but its celebrated collections ...
John Cornforth, then Architectural Editor of Country Life, was commissioned to prepare a report on the state of the nation’s great houses, published in October 1974.He was downbeat about their ...
By Giles Worsley. Aurum Press, 2002. £35. Since its launch in 1897, Country Life has recorded some 2,500 country houses, of which 117 have been demolished or severely damaged, writes Deborah ...
“Country houses were requisitioned by the military during the second world war, ... Great Fulford, in the west of England, has been home to the Fulford family for over 800 years.