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SLIM AARONS AT EASTON NESTON
A Triptych | Part I | Lord Of All I Survey’ (1957)

Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Lord Hesketh, succeeded in his family’s barony (and inherited the family seat of Easton Neston in Northamptonshire) when he was

WEST HORSLEY PLACE | JAGUAR E-TYPE

In keeping with yesterday’s car themed post, we couldn’t resist this lovely picture of a classic Jaguar E-Type parked in front of West Horsley Place.

West Horsley Place is a Grade I listed house in Sur

PRESTWOLD HALL | LEICESTERSHIRE

The seat of the Packe (now Packe-Drury-Lowe) family for 400 years, Prestwold was remodelled in the mid-19th century by architect William Burn. Unusually for Burn - who pioneered the revival of Scottish Baronial archit

ST JOHNS’ ALMSHOUSE & TRIPTYCH | SHERBORNE

This is a sad day for our national and ecclesiastical heritage. Later today, Sotheby’s will be auctioning a 15th century Flemish triptych (image II) which has been housed at ‘The Almsh

VEN HOUSE | SOMERSET

We popped in to Ven House on Saturday, a year after we recorded our ‘Christmas at Ven’ podcast episode with the house’s owner (and supporter of The Country House Podcast) Mike Fisher of architecture and interio

AUTUMN EVENING | ROUSHAM

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

- By Rob

FORDE ABBEY | DORSET

Forde Abbey sits comfortably in its Dorset landscape on the banks of the River Axe. A former Cistercian monastery whose medieval austerity has gradually softened over time (especially after its post-Dissolution conversion into a

BOUGHTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE | THROUGH THE SEASONS

Boughton House navigates the seasons like an enchanting testament to British history - simultaneously adapting to each period yet remaining resolutely the same.

From the burnished avenues of autumn -

NEW PODCAST EPISODE | HEISTS & HEAVENLY FRESCOES

‘The scene of the crime’ for the latest Louvre heist - the Galerie d’Apollon!

In this timely episode, Rory steps into the shoes of Inspector Clouseau to give Geoff - and you - a

THE HOMES OF THE WYNN FAMILY, LORDS NEWBOROUGH (PAST & PRESENT)

Like many landed families, the Wynns - Lords Newborough - have had their ‘seat’ at various houses over the centuries.

The current Lord Newborough @robert_newborough liv

THE OLD RECTORY | LAMPORT

Built in 1727-30 by Francis Smith of Warwick, this Grade II* listed former rectory is in the heavenly Northamptonshire village of Lamport.

The celebrated writer and illustrator, Denys Watkins-Pitchford (who wrote under the

BATHEASTON HOUSE | SOMERSET

Simultaneously grand and manageable, Batheaston House near Bath was built in 1712 when classical proportions, perfect symmetry and long sash windows were the height of fashion. Very much a gentleman’s residence.

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