Manor house entrance hall

November 13, 2017It sometimes seems like you can’t swing a brass curtain rod around the English countryside without hitting a family estate turned hotel. But rare are properties with true aristocratic provenance and rarer still ones with all-new decor by a top designer. The recently opened House at Beaverbrook, in Surrey, is one such rara […]

Mompesson House served as the filming location for Mrs Jennings' townhouse in the 1995 film, and it is STRAIGHT UP BEAUTIFUL. Plus, new for 2015, the National Trust has opened a Sense and Sensibility exhibition inside the house, featuring costumes and photographs from the film.

While I usually can be found adding more colors and patterns to my clients room, one of my all time favorites is classic black and white harlequin floor. It’s classic, bold, high-contrast, and goes with just about anything – what more could you ask for of a color combo? Every time I see a harlequin floor I […]

Mawley Hall is nothing less than one of Britain's finest privately-owned stately homes – a truly unique opportunity for whoever takes on this amazing place.

Following the path of the River Skell, past mature woods and a lake, Grantley Hall will leave you in awe. This stately manor house, with its honey-hued stone, immediately exudes an aura of serenity. From the rooms, a feeling of majesty will take hold as you gaze out over the surroundings. The view from the bath in the Royal Suite gives onto vast parkland and the estate’s beautiful gardens.

Georgian Limestone floors: To Replace or to Emulate? Artorius Faber/Etons of Bath floor – Georgian Rectory hallway When it comes to Georgian stone flooring in houses we renovate for clients,…

Designer: Robert Dame Designs Interior Designer: Linda Nevin Photographer: Steve Chenn

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Victoria, here, inviting you to come along on a visit to Belton House, sometimes chosen as the penultimate example of the perfect English Co...

Country houses such as Kirkby Hall are often shorn of the vast estates of which they were once the beating heart, but as Penny Churchill reports, they often retain the original garden settings surrounded by glorious unspoilt countryside.