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Interesting houses for sale – Shurland Hall / Clifton Hall
There are always options for those who have the sensitivity to own an interesting house rather than a simply expensive one. Shurland Hall, Eastchurch – Kent Shurland Hall was the gatehouse to a once...
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Views of seats; the mixed relationship between houses and motorways
Our best motorways draw us through beautiful landscapes, by turns revealing hills, valleys, broad vistas and narrow glimpses, sometimes punctuated with a country house. Yet, country house owners have...
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Developer shows sense; Ruperra Castle for sale
Run-down or derelict country houses are often an enticing prospect for a developer, especially where the house still retains some land, on which they can propose ‘enabling development’. In theory this...
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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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Monumental follies: current large country houses in the UK
In previous centuries the country house was primarily a home, but also included other functions such as storehouse, dormitory, dairy, bakery, laundry. This inevitably led to their size increasing to...
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An ambition frustrated: country houses never completed
The delight of a country house is the beautiful meeting of house, setting and contents to create a complete picture. Yet, for some houses, they never make that stage – finances or death of 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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Going to the country: more country houses of UK Prime Ministers – Part 2
The first part of this series, highlighted the aristocratic background of our early Prime Ministers – Earls and Dukes abound. This meant that a country house was just where they had been brought up...
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The front line: the campaigners for country houses
Despite the image of wealth and power a country house might create, in reality their existence is far more precarious – as can be seen with nearly 1,800 houses lost over the last two centuries. A...
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