The book is a rich love letter to the English country house. It was written in 1945, at a time when these grand homes were often decaying and ravaged by a tough post-war economic climate.

We turned an unloved ruin into a romantic English country house Wallpaper and textile designer Richard Smith put his decorative skills to work to transform the tired ...

Country house which caught fire in 2015 is to remain a ruin with only its external walls and windows restored in a move branded a 'blatant ... but shocks fans with quintessentially English decor; ...

Designed by British architect John Soane, Piercefield House, near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, was commissioned in 1785 by Durham banker George Smith, and was heralded as a neoclassical masterpiece.

Ruins of 2,000-year-old Roman villa unearthed in English countryside by university students. ... It was “a really quite substantial country house,” Jeremy Taylor, ...

Ruins of 2,000-year-old Roman villa unearthed in English countryside by university students. ... It was “a really quite substantial country house,” Jeremy Taylor, ...

These pictures show the ruins of a 16th century stately home after it was destroyed by an inferno. Daylight photos show the scale of the devastation at Parnham House, Dorset, as police refuse to ...

A beautiful grade II listed country house abandoned and left to the mercy of vandals now lies in ruins. Beeston Towers, most recently known as The Wild Boar Hotel, has been empty since it closed ...

The 6,125-square-foot main house has five to six bedrooms and six bathrooms. There is an additional 1,023-square-foot guest apartment above the coach house, providing an additional two bedrooms.