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 February 2021

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
– ‘English Country House by Research‘

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MA

University of Buckingham
– ‘English Country House 1485-1945‘ (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)

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

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)

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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)

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

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

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

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Diploma

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

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

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

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)

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Archive of courses no longer offered

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

University of Cambridge
– ‘Historic Environment’ – MSt

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 York
– ‘British Country House’