From home to thrones

Cultural Crusader

Part of the charm of the Georgian House in Charlotte Square is that you could very easily walk straight past without noticing it. There’s a National Trust for Scotland sign outside the door, but the b

The history of Hampton Court Palace in Surrey is peppered with the intriguing stories of its grace-and-favour residents. They lived with their families and staff in self-contained apartments within th

The acquisition of houses by the National Trust from the 1930s had less to do with the impoverishment of aristocratic families than the industrial wealth of bachelor donors, as Michael Hall reveals

Constructed in the age of the Industrial Revolution and Jane Austen (give or take a few decades in some cases), each of these Georgian gems has withstood the passage of some 300 years and is now ready for its next chapter

If it wasn’t already clear that the Palace ...