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Tag Archives: capability brown
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 control over an important asset … Continue reading →
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Converting country houses from commercial to residential: a sound investment?
As the pressures of the twentieth century forced more country houses owners to face the reality that they could no longer live as they had and would have to move out of their homes they then had to decide what … Continue reading →
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Kiddington Hall sold – but as a home or an investment?
After many viewings and some speculation, the Sunday Times is reporting that Kiddington Hall has finally been sold for £15m to Jemima Goldsmith, the wealthy socialite. The grade-II listed house, originally built in 1673 but largely rebuilt to designs by … Continue reading →
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Proposal for Trentham Hall to be rebuilt as a hotel
One of the greatest losses in the many country houses demolished in the 20th-century was that of Trentham Hall, the Staffordshire seat of the Dukes of Sutherland. Originally a large Georgian house, it was rebuilt and greatly extended for the … Continue reading →
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Tagged architecture, capability brown, country house, demolition, development, duke of sutherland, gardens, heritage, houses, parkland, recreation, restoration, sir charles barry, staffordshire, trentham hall
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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 long fought many battles to keep the roads from carving up … Continue reading →