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An English country home that dreamt it was a ch'teau has come up for sale
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (380+ words) It might be in the heart of rural Leicestershire, but there's more than a touch of Gallic flair about Leesthorpe Hall. Penny Churchill takes a look. It's always a little thrill to come across an English country house built in…...
A house with 'privacy, elegance and unparalleled beauty' " and a medieval castle in the garden
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (228+ words) This Arts-and-Crafts-inspired home has a truly magnificent setting on the Pembrokeshire coast. 'The pleasant feeling of remoteness is better found in the recess of Pembrokeshire than perhaps anywajere in England or Wales,' wrote Country Life's legendary architectural editor, Christopher Hussey,…...
The first detailed and accurate bird's-eye view of the capital ever seen shows London in a whole new light
3+ week, 6+ day ago (260+ words) A new book lets readers travel back in time to a period when myriad timber yards were on the south side of the Thames opposite the Strand and Bermondsey was open countryside. In 1746, tall ships sailed up the Thames, only…...
A country home in Suffolk with 6, 000sq ft, 55 acres and a wonderfully serene swimming pool
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (382+ words) Darmsden Hall is a joy of a place " and sold through the pages of Country Life in 1941. In the heart of mid-Suffolk, Mark Rimell of Strutt & Parker is handling the "2. 95 million sale of the handsome, Grade II-listed Darmsden Hall. That…...
The 2026 Country Life Easter Quiz: Chocolate eggs, country music and Handel versus Lloyd-Webber versus Monty Python
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (156+ words) Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and…...
'One of the most dramatic coastal estates in the South West' has come up for sale at "10 million, with cliffsides, woodland and its own private beach
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (490+ words) Penny Churchill takes a look at Redlap House, a simply magnificent property on the cliffs of South Devon. Down in the West Country, vendors are taking advantage of the longer, brighter days to launch some fine country properties onto the…...
An idyllic Cornish farmhouse with 700 years of history
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (333+ words) Penny Churchill takes a look at Nantellan House, set amid serene woodland in the heart of rural Cornwall. First mentioned in 1337 as part of the manor of Tybesta, handsome, Grade II-listed Nantellan House sits in five and a half acres…...
A Somerset house designed by the architect of one of Oxford's most famous landmarks, complete with helipad and clocktower
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (355+ words) Thorne House, the work of the architect T. G. Jackson, is a beautiful country home in idyllic grounds. Julie Harding takes a look. A Somerset house designed by the architect of Oxford's Bridge of Sighs has come to the market. Grade II-listed…...
Now pay attention, 007: Q's country house in Sussex is up for sale
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (412+ words) You'd think " hope, really " that the home of the world's most celebrated gadget inventor would be stuffed full of clever gizmos: smart lights, automated curtains, walls of screens, and perhaps a few gun turrets hidden in the hedges. But not…...
Do you own Britain's naughtiest dog?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (291+ words) Country Life is once again searching for irrepressibly cheeky and mischievous mutts to crown as the nation's naughtiest dog. We revel in stories of cringe-making disobedience and destruction " from counter-surfers and coffee-table chewers to knicker shredders and puddle makers " and…...