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Some of the city’s finest restaurants are found inside museums. COUNTRY LIFE writers round up the very best

Marble Hill, Richmond-upon-Thames, Greater London In the care of English Heritage

Experience and attention to detail really paid off when a couple of serial renovators bought a neglected period home in London, bringing it back to its best with luxe finishes, harmonious colour schemes – and one or two brilliant bargains

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

Every room in this mock-Tudor-style home in Singapore is a riot of pattern and colour, thanks to the expertise of designer Elizabeth Hay

Timeless elegance combines with sophisticated minimalism in this period townhouse, skilfully revamped for modern living