Stately homes are, arguably, at their most handsome at Christmas – capacious halls are filled with gigantic Christmas trees, palatial staterooms host immersive fairy-tale attractions, and majestic ...

For those of us whose ancestors failed to hover close enough to Charles II’s court as he doled out titles, visiting a stately ...

Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a ...

If you find yourself drooling over the spectacular (but often far-flung) settings that feature in the TV shows and movies you’re binge-watching this Christmas, we’ve got good news: numerous stunning ...

Introduction: The stately homes and England -- Prelude: Houses of taste (to 1815) -- 1. The Victorian idea of heritage -- 2. Hosts and guests: the opening of the country house -- 3. Philistines, ...