Mrs Hinch, Victorian-style! Forget bleach… workers use milk and bread to clean 19th century stately home England Heritage used bread and milk to prep interior of Brodsworth Hall The charity are prepping the Victorian home for its reopening to the public Bread was used to clean wallpaper and skimmed milk helped to wash the floors … Read more
Mrs Hinch, Victorian-style! Forget bleach… workers use milk and bread to clean 19th century stately home England Heritage used bread and milk to prep interior of Brodsworth Hall The charity are prepping the Victorian home for its reopening to the public Bread was used to clean wallpaper and skimmed milk helped to wash the floors … Read more
Yours for £28,000-a-week – the ultimate staycation in 18th Century Oxfordshire stately home so desirable Liz Taylor tried to buy it on the spot For the first time in its history, Grade I listed Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire, can be rented out for £28k a week Allowing up to 16 guests, it boasts eight bedrooms, landscaped … Read more
Sally Lindsay’s Posh Sleepover is offering a rare glimpse inside the 900-year-old Ugbrooke House in Devon, complete with 80 rooms, a private lake and an ancient chapel hidden behind a bookshelf. The Channel 5 programme, which airs tonight at 7pm, follows the presenter as she visits some of the UK’s wealthiest families to learn about … Read more
Sally Lindsay’s Posh Sleepover is offering a rare glimpse inside the 900-year-old Ugbrooke House in Devon, complete with 80 rooms, a private lake and an ancient chapel hidden behind a bookshelf. The Channel 5 programme, which airs tonight at 7pm, follows the presenter as she visits some of the UK’s wealthiest families to learn about … Read more
A couple who found themselves living alone in a stately manor during the pandemic have used the time to revitalise its historic interior. Neil Watt, 36, moved into the top floor of the Castle Ward mansion in County Down with his partner Kris Reid, 29, in March after being appointed collections and house manager of … Read more
Noel Coward may have sung ‘The stately homes of England, how beautiful they stand, to prove the upper classes have still the upper hand’ – but that was in 1938, and today they are yet another casualty of coronavirus. While the landed owners of such magnificent historic piles might not receive – nor expect – … Read more
Noel Coward may have sung ‘The stately homes of England, how beautiful they stand, to prove the upper classes have still the upper hand’ – but that was in 1938, and today they are yet another casualty of coronavirus. While the landed owners of such magnificent historic piles might not receive – nor expect – … Read more
A property believed to be the smallest detached house in Britain which measures just 10ft by 8ft has gone on sale for £250,000. The gatehouse, that stands at the entrance to a grand stately home near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, has a tiny lounge, kitchen area and bathroom in the sunken basement below the surface that … Read more
The National Trust has been criticised for its country houses in recent days, but there are hundreds of others still in private ownership whose families are eager to welcome visitors in the wake of the pandemic. Photographer Dylan Thomas and I have visited a fine selection for our book Old Homes, New Life: The Resurgence … Read more