The acquisition of houses by the National Trust from the 1930s had less to do with the impoverishment of aristocratic families than the industrial wealth of bachelor donors, as Michael Hall reveals

The current custodians of a Cotswolds manor have rekindled its centuries-old spirit, making a stylish and welcoming home

Originally built in 1703, as the London home of the Duke of Buckingham, Buckingham House was acquired by the newly married King George III in 1761, as an escape from the nearby St James’s Palace, the

Knapp’s sweet spot WHEN the former BBC and ...

For antiques dealer Val Foster and her husband Philip, part of the attraction of moving south from Nottinghamshire some five years ago was the prospect of making a new home. ‘We’d found a property whi

This Georgian Grade II-listed London townhouse has the uncanny ability to feel grand one moment and thoroughly laid-back another