England's country houses have never been more popular with visitors. Most are packed with masterpieces of art and antiques, and they have vast landscaped garden

Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.

The English country house reached its apotheosis in the nineteenth century. Designed by the most eminent architects of the age, the houses were bigger, more ela

'A masterpiece of social history' Daily Mail There is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite

The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present The Story of the Country House is an authoritat