In 1974 the Victoria and Albert Museum held an exhibition called “The Destruction of the Country House.” The director, Roy Strong, noticed that visitors were in tears as they came to terms with all ...

Gifted to Antony Armstrong-Jones by his uncle Oliver Messel, the 15th-century Old House in West Sussex later inspired an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Built in the late 1600s for a homesick Italian aristocrat, Newington House brought a taste of Italy to the Oxfordshire countryside ...

An almost 300-year-old English country house in Buckinghamshire made from brick and flint and boasting equestrian facilities galore is on the market for £4.6 million (US$6 million). Set at the end of ...

With its chimneys thrusting into the sky, its half-timbered brick façade and vast expanses of leaded glass, the stately structure exemplifies the moment when the English country-house tradition met ...

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From the street, Anne Spratling and John Ayris’s home looks like a classic English country house. But its backyard holds a secret. Ms. Spratling, 56, and Mr. Ayris, 55, have doubled the size of their ...

English writer and historian Tinniswood (The Rainborowes) elegantly explores the glamorous interwar age of English rural getaways, revealing the not-so-secret affairs of the inhabitants and the ...