To be able to devote time to the academic study of country houses is a real pleasure so, if you have the opportunity, below is a list of known courses offered by UK institutions.

Page last updated: May 2022

If you know of, or teach, any others please do let me know and I’ll add them to the list. 

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PHD

University of Buckingham
– ‘Country House Studies‘

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MA

University of Buckingham
– ‘Country House Studies by Research‘ (assessed / non-assessed) – evening classes, based in London
– ‘Decorative Arts and Historic Interiors‘

University of York
– ‘English Building History (online)‘ (3 years, part-time)

MA – module (available as part of non-country house specific course)

University of Cambridge – Department of Architecture
– ‘Building History‘ with optional module ‘The country house and its landscape‘

University of East Anglia
– ‘Landscape History‘ (or part-time)

University of Edinburgh / Edinburgh College of Art
– ‘The Scottish Country House in the Long Eighteenth Century‘ (ARHI11002)

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Undergraduate degree

University of Buckingham
– ‘History of Art and Heritage Management (2-year degree)‘

BA – module (available as part of non-country house specific course)

Bangor University
– ‘Country House Life, 1750-1914‘ (HSH-3041 / compulsory course as part of a wide range of degrees)

Manchester Metropolitan University
– ‘History‘ with optional modules on ‘Building the country house, 1600-1900’ and ‘The country house in context’

University of Derby
– ‘British Country Houses and their Families‘ (offered as part History degree)

University of Edinburgh / Edinburgh College of Art
– ‘The Scottish Country House: Class, Gender and Politics‘ (ARHI10044 / offered as an option for a number of courses)

University of Leeds
– ‘The English Country House: A Social History‘ (LISS1002 /

University of Leicester
– ‘The English Country House and its Landscapes‘
– ‘The Country House in Literature‘

University of Warwick
– ‘The English Country House: fictions and histories (EN396 / final year students only) (offered as part of English and Comparative Literary Studies)

University of the West of England
– ‘The Country House in British Fiction 1910-1960‘ (offered as part of English)

University of York
– ‘The English Country House, 1550-1900 (HOA00057I)‘ (offered within History of Art degree)

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Diploma

University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education
– ‘Undergraduate Diploma in History of Art: British Visual Culture‘ (1-year, online)

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Certificate

No known courses

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Other qualifications/non-accredited/short courses

Attingham Trust for the Study of Historic Houses and Collections
– Summer School
– ‘From College Library to Country House‘ (5-day course)

Sheffield University
– ‘Literature of the English Country House‘ (multiple start dates)

University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education
– ‘Country Houses‘ (one-week residential)
– The Culture of the English Country House (Online) (3-month duration, multiple start dates)

Learn for Pleasure
– ‘The English Country House: History, Architecture and Landscape (HIST011)‘ (12 weeks duration, multiple start dates)

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Archive of courses no longer offered

Birkbeck, University of London
– ‘History of Art’ with optional module ‘The Country House Experience’ (ARVC252S7)

Manchester Metropolitan University
– ‘Rethinking the country house garden, 1750-1850: Creation and consumption’

Nottingham Trent University
– ‘English Country House: History, Heritage and Symbolism’ (two-week summer school)

University of Aberdeen
– ‘The Country House in England and Scotland’ (HA3536 / offered as part of History of Art)

University of Cambridge
– ‘Historic Environment’ – MSt

University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education
– ‘Undergraduate Diploma in Historic Building Conservation’ (1-year, online)

University of East Anglia – Sainsbury Institute for Art
– ‘At Close Quarters: The English Country House and its Collections’
‘History with Landscape Archaeology’
– Year 3 – ‘Landscape Special Study’

University of Exeter
– ‘The English Country House: History, Architecture and Landscape’ (Summer 2017)

University of Hull
– ‘Certificate in Country House Studies’

University of Leeds
‘History of Art with Museum Studies’
– ‘Museum and Country House Studies 1: The English Country House’
– ‘Museum and Country House Studies 2: Introduction to Museum Studies’

University of Leicester – Centre for the Study of the Country House
– ‘The Country House in Art, History and Literature’ – campus-based
– ‘The Country House’ – distance learning

University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education
– ‘Upstairs, Downstairs in the English Country House’ (July 2017)

University of Warwick
– ‘From Fortress to Country House’ (offered as part of History of Art degree)

University of York
– ‘British Country House’

Leicester Vaughan College
– ‘Resonances and Representations: Aspects of The English Country House’ (starts 30th November 2020 –  10-week online evening course | future dates TBC)