Each week we delve into the world of country houses, looking at individual houses - their architecture, history, interiors, collections and gardens - as well as exploring broader themes relating to the role of the country house.

New episode out every Tuesday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other audio platforms.

Ep. 48 | A unique 1980’s country house project: Henbury Hall

Geoffrey Heath-Taylor 15/10/2024 Geoffrey Heath-Taylor 15/10/2024

Ep. 48 | A unique 1980’s country house project: Henbury Hall

Renowned architectural historian Jeremy Musson joins us to chat about Henbury Hall, a Palladian vision in the Cheshire countryside

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Ep. 47 | One of the UK's finest new-build country houses: Shilstone

Geoffrey Heath-Taylor 08/10/2024 Geoffrey Heath-Taylor 08/10/2024

Ep. 47 | One of the UK's finest new-build country houses: Shilstone

Continuing our series on new-build country houses, we are joined by Sebastian Fenwick of Shilstone House in Devon.

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Ep. 46 | The Joy of Designing New Country Houses

Geoffrey Heath-Taylor 01/10/2024 Geoffrey Heath-Taylor 01/10/2024

Ep. 46 | The Joy of Designing New Country Houses

We are joined by Francis Terry who provides fascinating insights into designing new country houses today.

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PODCAST EP. 76 | POWDERHAM WITH THE EARL OF DEVON
It was a real treat for us to visit Powderham Castle to record our latest podcast episode with special guest Charlie Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon.

Charlie is a direct descendant in an unbroken male

NEW PODCAST EPISODE | POWDERHAM CASTLE
In light of the upcoming sale at @dreweatts1759 entitled ‘The Attic Sale: Powderham Castle & Brocklesby Park’ (taking place on 3rd June 2025), we are delighted to be joined this week by Charlie D

CASTLE HOWARD, YORKSHIRE
Heaven on earth: “This was my conversion to the Baroque. Here under that high and insolent dome, under those coffered ceilings; here, as I passed…and sat, hour by hour, before the fountain…I felt a whole n

EASTER PODCAST EPISODE | AUCKLAND CASTLE
Over the Easter weekend, Christians around the world celebrated the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For this episode we decided to choose a country house that has also been somewhat ‘resurrected&

NEW PODCAST EPISODE | HOUSES AT WAR
Please join us for our latest podcast episode - out now - for which we’re joined by renowned historian Tim Bouverie to coincide with the release of his new book, ‘Allies at War.’

On the podcast w

LISMORE CASTLE, COUNTY WATERFORD
After yesterday’s posts on Debo Devonshire and Chatsworth, we simply had to do a post on the Irish seat of the Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire.

Lismore Castle is a hauntingly beautiful country house in Co

CASTLE HOWARD, YORKSHIRE
“This was my conversion to the baroque. Here under that high and insolent dome, under those tricky ceilings; here, as I passed through those arches and broken pediments to the pillared shade beyond and sat, hour by hour

DEBO DEVONSHIRE - THE YOUNGEST MITFORD
Following this morning’s post on Chatsworth being the last in our mini-series on the houses of the Mitford Sisters, we felt that Chatsworth and her chatelaine, the late Debo Devonshire (youngest of the Mit

MITFORD HOUSES (PT. VI) | CHATSWORTH
In the last of our mini-series on houses of the Mitford sisters (following last week’s podcast episode on them), we turn to the home of the youngest Mitford - Deborah ‘Debo’ Mitford - who became

MITFORD HOUSES (PT. V) | TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE
‘The Temple of Glory’ is a pretty Palladian folly that was once an eye-catcher on the estate of the Château d’Orsay, built in the 19th century for the French military hero Jean Vict

NEW PODCAST EPISODE | ST GILES HOUSE
This week’s podcast episode is the first in a two parter on the rise and fall (and rebirth) of St Giles House in Dorset…

The ancestral home of the Ashley-Cooper family, Earls of Shaftesbury - one of

MITFORD HOUSES (PT. IV) | TULLAMAINE CASTLE
The poet John Betjeman (who is said to have been in love with her) once described Pamela Mitford as ‘the most rural of them all’ in his poem ‘The Mitford Girls.’

Certainly she neith

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