A seafarer’s choice?

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

Arundel Castle, West Sussex

Lively patterns and colours have ensured that Victoria and Mark’s historic rectory has joyful interiors that truly lift the spirits

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

Velvets, satins and velours in luxe rusts and deep emeralds epitomise this season’s spirit of sumptuousness

A beautifully dressed bed is just as important as the other decor elements in a bedroom – and these ones are the fairest of them all