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Houses as hospitals: the country houses in medical service
Our country houses have always been adaptable as changing fashions or functions required they accommodate new ways of living or roles. One role which quite a few houses have taken on is that of...
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A restoration or a recreation: Knightshayes Court, Devon
For all the wonderful work the National Trust has done over the last hundred years saving numerous country houses from demolition, one criticism that has been levelled at it is the almost artificial...
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How tourism split a house from the estate: Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
A small advert tucked away in a recent Country Life marks the final split of a house from it’s estate. With the sale of the parkland associated with Warwick Castle in Warwickshire, another house loses...
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‘The National Trust can have it': why the NT can’t accept all offers
In an ideal world no country house would ever be at risk but poor finances, often caused by pernicious death duties, and insufficient income from the estate or investments leaves families facing the...
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What goes around; the use of rotunda in UK country houses
The UK aristocracy brought back many souvenirs from their grand tours to Italy – pictures, sculpture, drawings etc – but also a delight in the architecture inspired by the ancient ruins. This...
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Going to the country: the country houses of UK Prime Ministers – Part 1
Those in important political roles have often sought to escape the pressures of office by escaping to the calm and tranquillity of the countryside. This has been particularly true of the holder of the...
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The future of the country house? Alderbrook Park, Surrey
Within any established pattern there is always the shock of the new. Most people when asked to imagine an English country house will usually think of red-brick Jacobean or light-stone Georgian but the...
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Guest blogger: Jeremy Musson –‘English Ruins: an odyssey in English history’
Having written all nearly 200 posts since I started writing this blog I now thought it would be interesting to try and broaden the voices involved. So as the first post in this new...
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‘Take a Chance on Me’– Buildings at Risk Register 2011
Despite the obvious deep and passionate interest society has with historic buildings every year the SAVE Britain’s Heritage Buildings at Risk Register highlights just how many properties are still...
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‘An agreeable surprise’– the country house and garden sculpture
The country house has long been at a nexus of art, display and tourism with the treasures, mainly statues, collected by the owner shown in a grand gallery which often formed one of the main staterooms....
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