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A Salvin for sale: Mamhead House, Devon
Mamhead House, Devon (Image: Strutt & Parker) 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 bu… more →
The Country Seat
Lloyd's building achieves Grade I status
wrote 5 months ago: Lloyd's Building in Lime Street, London. Photo by ryanfb on flickr Richard Rogers‘s Lloyd … more →
Around London - Lloyd's gets Grade I; 700,000 historic items online in NT database; and, introducing the Silverdale Hoard...
wrote 5 months ago: • London’s iconic Lloyd’s Building (also known as the ‘inside out’ building … more →
(No) Way Out (for his car)...
wrote 5 months ago: My mate could not get up the hill from his village this morning so I was left to go out on my own. … more →
POLL: Should blue plaque buildings be protected?
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wrote 6 months ago: 1 Byron Villas, the house where D H Lawrence lived, has been given a Grade II listed status due to i … more →
What does listed actually mean?
wrote 6 months ago: A listed building in England is a building that has been registered on the Statutory List of Buildin … more →
A Salvin for sale: Mamhead House, Devon
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wrote 8 months ago: Mamhead House, Devon (Image: Strutt & Parker) One of the pleasures of running your own blog abou … more →
Want to lease a Vanbrugh? Kings Weston House, Bristol for sale
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wrote 10 months ago: Kings Weston House, Somerset (Image: Knight Frank) For some, the height of connoisseurship is to own … more →
Possibly for sale - a landmark for landowners: Crichel House, Dorset
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wrote 11 months ago: Crichel House, Dorset (Image: BNPS / Daily Mail) When to believe the rumours? Occasionally one of th … more →
The Country House Revealed – Marsh Court, Hampshire
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wrote 11 months ago: Marsh Court, Hampshire (Image: Country Life Picture Library) As with artists, some architects start … more →
The Country House Revealed – Easton Neston, Northamptonshire
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wrote 1 year ago: Easton Neston, Northamptonshire (Image: Trish York) The stated objective of Dan Cruickshank’s … more →
New Series: The Country House Revealed - South Wraxall Manor, Wiltshire
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wrote 1 year ago: South Wraxall Manor, Wiltshire (Image: Traumahawk / flickr) In contrast to the weekly dramas of Coun … more →
Chondroplasty-A Video
wrote 1 year ago: This is a video showing a Chondroplasty due to Chondromalacia. There are four grades of Chondromala … more →
An ambition frustrated: country houses never completed
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wrote 1 year ago: The delight of a country house is the beautiful meeting of house, setting and contents to create a c … more →
The state of the country house market: Autumn 2010
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wrote 1 year ago: Noseley Hall, Leicestershire (Image: Knight Frank) Throughout September, the increasing weight of ea … more →
The 'artocracy' expands: West Acre High House, Norfolk
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wrote 1 year ago: West Acre High House, Norfolk (Image: Strutt & Parker) In any age, once someone is successful th … more →
Conran collects another Georgian gem: Wardour Castle, Wiltshire
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wrote 1 year ago: Wardour Castle, Wiltshire (Image: Strutt & Parker) The recent financial crisis has forced many p … more →
After the fire, the difficult choices: Raasay House, Scotland
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wrote 1 year ago: Raasay House, Scotland (Image: BBC News) When Raasay House on the Isle of Skye Raasay was largely de … more →
Bargains from difficult circumstances: country house reposessions
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wrote 1 year ago: Sheriff Hutton Hall, Yorkshire (Image: Savills) An article in the Sunday Times Home section (11 June … more →
Conversion reversion? Wardour Castle, Wiltshire
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wrote 1 year ago: Wardour Castle, Wiltshire (Image: Strutt & Parker) With so many country houses lost in the twent … more →
