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NEW PODCAST EPISODE | CHAWTON HOUSE
If these walls could talk…

Many country houses claim to be the inspiration for Pemberley, Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park, but few houses have such tangible links to Jane Austen as Chawton House in Hamp

CAME HOUSE | DORSET
Symmetry and dignity - the finest house in Dorset

“The perfect English country house, Came is a mid-18th Century masterpiece hardly altered in more than two centuries. Came House is not a product of different periods, it is

ROUSHAM | OXFORDSHIRE | PT II
A conversation between architecture and Arcadia.

The garden façade of Rousham House seems less like an ending than an opening. William Kent’s vision unfolds here in harmony - crisp Palladian geometry yieldi

ROUSHAM | OXFORDSHIRE | PT I
Where architecture and history whisper in stone.

An autumn excursion to one of the most fabled country houses and gardens in England. Rousham House in Oxfordshire is famed for its gardens - the birthplace of the English

NEW PODCAST EPISODE | FAIRFAX HOUSE
What happens when the last in a line of viscounts has only one child - a daughter - but the family’s ancestral seat is entailed to the male line (meaning it’ll go to a distant cousin)? This was the dile

LATEST PODCAST EPISODE | RORY’S ARCHITECTURAL PORTRAITS
This watercolour by ‘The Country House Podcast’ co-host Rory Fraser depicts St George’s Church, Hanover Square.

Although not a country house, St George’s probably

RORY’S WATERCOLOURS
Have you listened to our latest podcast episode yet?! If you haven’t, please do; it’s available on all the usual platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube (link in bio).

Rory discusses his side-jo

NEW PODCAST EPISODE | RORY’S WATERCOLOURS
This week, Geoff interviews Rory about one of his main vocations - painting buildings (from ancestral homes and castles to cottages, colleges, churches and holiday villas).

They discuss what inspires R

NEW PODCAST EPISODE | SOMERLEYTON HALL WITH LORD & LADY SOMERLEYTON | THE DIVERSIFICATION OF A SUFFOLK ESTATE
This week Geoff ‘goes it alone’ (Rory’s on holiday) and visits Somerleyton Hall in Suffolk, where he’s joined on

BRAZIERS PARK | IPSDEN, OXFORDSHIRE
In our recent podcast episode on the life and country houses of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, we focus primarily on his Jamaican retreat, ‘Goldeneye.’

But several English country houses also played a

TULCHAN LODGE | PERTHSHIRE
In our latest podcast episode we discuss the history and architecture of ‘Highland Retreats’ with architectural historian Mary Miers.

One such retreat is Tulchan Lodge, a Victorian shooting lodge set in 23,000

NEW PODCAST EPISODE | HIGHLAND RETREATS WITH MARY MIERS
The shooting lodges of the Scottish Highlands have beguiled and entranced people from all walks of life for generations. But beyond the romantic facade - the magnificent architecture and breatht

THE VACHE | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Have you listened to our podcast episode on The Vache in Buckinghamshire yet? Each September this storied Elizabethan home - a stone’s throw from Chequers and with links to the regicide of King Charles I - plays host

WILTON HOUSE | WILTSHIRE
Spotted on the Instagram page of our friends @mouldingthebuilder - Wilton House is a fabled country house near Salisbury, with an architectural pedigree second to none.

Built on the site of a Benedictine Abbey, after the Dis

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