Hardy and the country house

West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire, part I The seat of Sir Edward Dashwood, Bt, and a property of the National Trust

The owners of a Cotswolds manor house have rekindled its centuries-old spirit and transformed it into a welcoming family home full of style and warmth

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...

Local stone, acres of glass and Japanese blackened timber have transformed a traditional 19th-century home on the Isle of Purbeck into a smart and stylish family home

YOU shouldn’t be here, I’m afraid. It’s private property,” Rosamund said distractedly, hearing footsteps behind her and barely glancing at the man approaching the house. She’d only arrived at Riverdal

The imagined gardens within the pages of our favourite books can seem as real as the flower beds outside our door. Here, author Sandra Lawrence explores three evocative literary landscapes