-
The Country Seat on Twitter
- RT @Countrylifemag: Six magnificent apartments for sale in stately homes across Britain ift.tt/3arj6bs https://t.co/uRgRSLQpKh 10 hours ago
- RT @ConorLynchEsq: Sketching ideas for a new country house.. https://t.co/rzSnYQi1RW 17 hours ago
- RT @DABuildings: Honiton Barton, South Molton #Devon Substantial E-plan house with C17 moulded stone doorway to porch. Datestone 1676 to A… 1 day ago
Support The Country Seat
If you enjoy the articles, please support the blog by buying books - recommendations in The Library. Thanks!
Tag Archives: castle
If a moat floats your boat: for sale; Playford Hall and Giffords Hall, Suffolk
Moated houses are an architectural short cut to a more functional time when where a family lived had to be defensible and not simply a place of relaxation. Today, of course, we admire them for their ancient charm, the weathered … Continue reading →
Posted in News
|
Tagged a.w.n. pugin, anglo-catholic, architecture, arts & crafts, c.r. ashbee, castle, conservation, country house, country life magazine, earls beauchamp, earls of bristol, edward hudson, elizabethan, english, estate, for sale, giffords hall, grade-ii-star, groombridge place, h. avray tipping, heritage, houses, ightham mote, jacobean, jeremy musson, john evelyn, john leyland, john ruskin, kent, listed, lygon family, madresfield court, manor house, moat, philip hardwick, picturesque, playford hall, plumpton place, restoration, savills, sir edwin lutyens, sussex, swinford old manor, victorian, worcestershire
|
5 Comments
Developer shows sense; Ruperra Castle for sale
Run-down or derelict country houses are often an enticing prospect for a developer, especially where the house still retains some land, on which they can propose ‘enabling development’. In theory this is the correct use of this exemption but frequently … Continue reading →
Posted in At Risk, for sale, News
|
Tagged ashraf barakat, At Risk, beaurepaire house, buildings at risk, castle, compton bassett house, conservation, demolished, derbyshire, development, devon, dorset, earls of pembroke, edmund spenser, elizabethan, estate, fire, for sale, grade-ii-star, gwent, hardwick hall, heritage, herstmonceaux castle, houses, listed, lord howard of bindon, lulworth castle, michaelgrove house, mount edgcumbe, nottinghamshire, pageant castles, restoration, robert smythson, ruperra castle, savills, sussex, thomas morgan, tredegar, wales, weld family, wilton house, wiltshire, wollaton hall
|
5 Comments
