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Please someone buy the beautiful Pell Well Hall
Sir John Soane was one of the most important Regency architects, responsible for some of the most interesting buildings in the country. However, many of his commissions were urban or were additions to...
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Pell Well Hall finally sold – but will buyer finish the job?
After abandonment, institutional use, and a serious fire, there is finally some good news for Pell Well Hall. It’s reported that an offer has been accepted and finally the house can move to what will...
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For sale for the first time in 1000 years: Shakenhurst Hall, Shropshire
It has been estimated that there are approximately 2,000 large country houses in the UK with decent size estates (over 100 acres) – but very few are still in the hands of the family which originally...
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How to get depressed quickly: the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register...
This blog has highlighted several country houses which are at risk but the true scale of the issue is unfortunately much larger, as the publication of the 2010 English Heritage Buildings at Risk...
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Back from the brink: country houses rescued from dereliction
One often forgotten aspect of local newspapers is their ability to draw on their archives and provide reminders of local history. The local paper frequently played an important part in publicising the...
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Make a date: the strange world of the calendar house
One of the main satisfactions of having a house built is that, as it’s your money, you get to decide the style, design, scale and detail according to your whims. With many of the stranger flights of...
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A bad omen: the spring country house relaunch
One rather unscientific barometer of the health of the country house market is the thickness of Country Life magazine as it comes through the letterbox each week. After the thinning of the issue in...
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Houses of gods: country houses converted to religion and the sale of...
The 1920s and 30s may be remembered for many things, but it probably wouldn’t be for having any great public affection for the grand houses which had so dominated the landscape agriculturally,...
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