Tag Archives: Cumbria

‘Take a Chance on Me’ – Buildings at Risk Register 2011

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat

Despite the obvious deep and passionate interest society has with historic buildings every year the SAVE Britain’s Heritage Buildings at Risk Register highlights just how many properties are still under threat from neglect and those in power who believe the … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged architecture, At Risk, blackborough hall, buildings at risk, buildings at risk register, conservation, country house, Cumbria, derbyshire, development, devon, elvaston castle, for sale, heritage, houses, James Wyatt, listed, restoration, SAVE Britain's Heritage, stone cross mansion, victorian, winkworths | 5 Comments

Country House Rescue: spectacular spats – Hill Place, Hampshire

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat

The challenges of inheritance have been a recurring theme throughout Country House Rescue. The obvious challenges are perhaps more tangible; taking on the new house, contents, gardens and the related discoveries – for good or ill. Yet part of the … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged acton place, architecture, conservation, country house, country house rescue, country life magazine, Cumbria, estate, fursdon family, fursdon hall, gopsall hall, grade-ii, hampshire, heritage, hill place, holker hall, houses, isle of wight, kent, knighton gorges, leicestershire, listed, lysted park, parkland, primogeniture, ruth watson, sir john soane, suffolk | 6 Comments

Make a date: the strange world of the calendar house

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat

One of the main satisfactions of having a house built is that, as it’s your money, you get to decide the style, design, scale and detail according to your whims. With many of the stranger flights of fancy now curtailed … Continue reading →

Posted in At Risk, News | Tagged aberdeenshire, avon tyrrell, balfour castle, bedstone court, bradgate house, buildings at risk, cairness house, calendar house, Cumbria, david bryce, earl of stamford, elizabeth I, elizabethan, grade-ii-star, hampshire, holme eden hall, james playfair, john dobson, kent, knole, lancashire, leicestershire, mark girouard, neo-classical, pevsner, sackville, scotland, scout hall, shropshire, society for the protection of ancient buildings, SPAB, the towers, thomas harris, thomas worthington, w.r. lethaby, yorkshire | 8 Comments

Views of seats; the mixed relationship between houses and motorways

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat

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 →

Posted in At Risk, Comment, News | Tagged architecture, bolsover castle, buildings at risk, capability brown, chatsworth house, cheshire, chillington, clumber park, conservation, country house, Cumbria, david gentleman, derbyshire, devon, eaton hall, english heritage, estate, guardian newspaper, hardwick hall, hertfordshire, j.m.w. turner, Levens Hall, listed, motorway, nottinghamshire, nuthall temple, parkland, petworth house, restoration, saltram house, SAVE Britain's Heritage, staffordshire, sussex, sutton scarsdale, tong castle, tring park | 14 Comments

Lowther Castle to be partially restored

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat

Empty since 1942, Lowther Castle was used during WWII as a weapons research lab and the grounds as a practice ground for tanks who did their best to destroy the ornaments, fountains, paths and gardens. The house was not lived in … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged architecture, conservation, country house, Cumbria, english heritage, gardens, listed, lowther castle, restoration, robert smirke | 1 Comment

Thieves take Tompion clock from Levens Hall

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat

Police believe at least two people were involved in burglary at Levens Hall in Cumbria during which a rare Thomas Tompion clock was stolen. The cretins even managed to damage it so if you’re offered a particularly fine clock missing … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged country house, crime, Cumbria, Levens Hall, theft | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Cumbria

‘Take a Chance on Me’ – Buildings at Risk Register 2011

Country House Rescue: spectacular spats – Hill Place, Hampshire

Make a date: the strange world of the calendar house

Views of seats; the mixed relationship between houses and motorways

Lowther Castle to be partially restored

Thieves take Tompion clock from Levens Hall

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