‘a well-resorted tavern’

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

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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

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

For centuries, British lovers of art and architecture have travelled to Europe and beyond, to explore cultural wonders and bring home beautiful objects as mementos of marvellous discoveries. Stepping

Arundel Castle, West Sussex