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Concluding The Country House Revealed

countryhousereader wrote 11 months ago:           Dan Cruickshank’s The Country House Revealed finally came to a conclusion this Tuesd … more →

Tags: Building the Country House, Nineteenth Century, Architecture, Dan Cruickshank, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, Marshcourt, Clandeboye

The Baronial Country House; Castle Drogo and Sir Edwin Lutyens

countryhousereader wrote 11 months ago:           I read about Castle Drogo, Devon a few times as a student of art history, but that was a l … more →

Tags: Building the Country House, House of the Month, Men and the Country House, house of the month, castle-drogo, Devon, baronial, Julius Drewe, Sir Edwin Lutyens

The Country House Revealed – Marsh Court, Hampshire14 comments

Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat wrote 11 months ago: Marsh Court, Hampshire (Image: Country Life Picture Library) As with artists, some architects start … more →

Tags: News, English, houses, Architecture, Heritage, Conservation, country house, Restoration, Grade I

The Country House Revealed – Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire13 comments

Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat wrote 1 year ago: Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire – east front (Image: dykwia / flickr) If asked to name the larg … more →

Tags: News, Yorkshire, Country Life magazine, wentworth woodhouse, john carr of york, wentworth castle, Baroque, Wanstead House, Lord Burlington

Wentworth Woodhouse Revisited: 2011 (part 2)1 comment

countryhousereader wrote 1 year ago:           Charles Watson-Wentworth as the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1766-8 … more →

Tags: Building the Country House, Yorkshire, wentworth woodhouse, Rockinghams, Watson-Wentworth, Dan Cruickshank, Earl Fitzwilliam, Black Diamonds, clifford newbold

Wentworth Woodhouse Revisited: 2011 (part 1)4 comments

countryhousereader wrote 1 year ago:           I realise that I have already written a post on some aspect of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorksh … more →

Tags: Building the Country House, country house, eighteenth century, Nineteenth Century, Yorkshire, palladianism, wentworth woodhouse, Rockinghams, Watson-Wentworth

The Country House Revealed – Easton Neston, Northamptonshire5 comments

Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat wrote 1 year ago: Easton Neston, Northamptonshire (Image: Trish York) The stated objective of Dan Cruickshank’s … more →

Tags: News, English, houses, Architecture, Heritage, Conservation, country house, Restoration, Grade I

The Country House Revealed – Kinross House, Kinross-shire10 comments

Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat wrote 1 year ago: Kinross House, Kinross-shire (Image: The Daily Telegragh) - click for larger, but different, image f … more →

Tags: News, houses, Architecture, Heritage, country house, listed, Scotland, Estate, Coleshill

New Series: The Country House Revealed - South Wraxall Manor, Wiltshire14 comments

Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat wrote 1 year ago: South Wraxall Manor, Wiltshire (Image: Traumahawk / flickr) In contrast to the weekly dramas of Coun … more →

Tags: News, houses, Architecture, Heritage, Conservation, country house, Restoration, Grade I, listed


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