Palaces, Chateaux, Country Houses

Harewood House is one of the greatest country houses in Britain. Situated in the heart of Yorkshire, the house was commissioned in the 18th century...

A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circ...

This is the house by Cromer town Built in 1884 as the grand summer home for the well-connected Locker-Lampson family, the red -brick, turreted mans...

An artists record of the homes of 89 leading creatives from interior designers to ceramicists, antiques dealers, florists and chefs. SJ A...

Our contemporary condition, governed by the abstract apparatus of the capitalist market, demands a critical reading of the distribution, ownership,...

Britain has a wealth of royal palaces, some owned by the Crown as part of the countrys assets, while others have been bought by members of the Roya...

This fine Palladian house known as New Park was built between 1777 and 1783 and became part of the golden age of the Georgian country house. Its ow...

Considering its territorial and social influence and the superlative nature of its furnishings and collections, Weston Park is not as well known as...

Set against the sapphire backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean, Castle Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich, Massachusetts, is today a National Historic ...

One of the finest remaining American Country Place era estates in the nation, Cheekwood is a 55-acre historic estate, comprised of a botanical ga...

The remains of Kaniakapp--King Kamehameha III's summer residence--bear no traces of the feast that once served ten thousand of his subjects gath...

Norfolk is a county sadly rich in lost country houses; this account and gazetteer offer a comprehensive account of them. Winner of the general non...

The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotla...

Beyond the Gatehouse is a lighthearted, witty but factual biographical account of the eccentric lifestyles of the builders and residents of some of...

The story of the estate at Boconnoc, situated near Lostwithiel in south-east Cornwall, is an extraordinary one. As this history demonstrates, membe...

Built in 1610 during the reign of James I and remodeled in 1637-39 by the future first Earl of Dysart, Ham House and its gardens have endured throu...

Since opening its doors in 1930, the British Ambassador's Residence has been considered the premier diplomatic address in Washington, D.C. A cross ...

Castletown House, Ireland's largest and earliest Palladian-style house, was built between 1722 and 1729 for William Conolly, Speaker of the Irish H...

Charleston Saved 1979-1989 tells the remarkable story of how the home of key members of the Bloomsbury set was brought back from ruin and lovingly ...

During the Renaissance, the contest to decide the order of rank among the fine arts, architecture, painting, and sculpture was an issue that also o...

For 200 years the Thurn und Taxis family have called the palace of St. Emmeram home. Regarded as one of Germany's finest examples of historicist ar...