Secret splendour

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

Home to a marquess and an RAF air crew – and believed to be the birthplace of a Queen – this red-brick Jacobean mansion contains stories spanning centuries

Discover how the UK’s country houses defied the odds to survive as historic monuments and cultural centres

Taking on and reviving a special Victorian home she had long admired gave Jess Shah space to honour the antique and vintage pieces passed down through her family

The garden at Salthrop Manor, Wiltshire The home of Sophie Conran

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