British mansion interior

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That's how much this stately home in Alpine New Jersey is currently listed for by Sotheby's International.

A refined and historic mansion in the pastoral English countryside that is tied to British—and Hollywood—royalty has just hit the market for £13.5 million (US$17.7 million). The more than 300-year-old home is in Hampshire—an area also known as Jane Austen’s County for being the author’s beloved home for much of her life—is known as Shawford Park and the manor is thought to date to 1685.

Created as a secure residence for Henry VIII’s heir, St James’s Palace has become the modern home of the Court. Simon Thurley, editor of a new history of the palace, explains the remarkable history of this little-known building. Photographs by Will Pryce.

More than a decade after inheriting their Perthshire estate, James and Caroline Inchyra have realised its full potential, turning this bustling family home into the setting for three thriving business ventures

Some homes pull off the trick of offering the best of both worlds. Take as an example Champions Farm, an ancient home that’s been carefully brought up to modern spec while retaining its charm. Then there’s the location: it sits in splendid isolation in the middle of its 111 acres of rolling fields, with magnificent …

Lynnewood Hall, located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, is a Gilded Age mansion built between 1897 and 1900 for industrialist Peter A.B. Widener. Designed by renowned architect Horace Trumbauer, this 110-room Neoclassical Revival estate is one of the largest surviving Gilded Age mansions in the United States. Widener, a prominent figure in American business and an investor in the Titanic, used Lynnewood Hall to house his extensive art collection. Despite changing ownership and periods of…

Charles Benjamin on Instagram: “The grand staircase at the Château d’Anet! An amazing piece of renaissance architecture in the heart of france. The property belonged to…”

May 25, 2016 - When it comes to pedigree and location, it’s difficult to trump the new Hagia Sophia Mansions in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet quarter. The British interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard has parlayed his penchant for Middle-Eastern exoticism, geometric patterns and lush fabrics into a 21st-century pasha’s pleasure…