Stately homes are, arguably, at their most handsome at Christmas – capacious halls are filled with gigantic Christmas trees, palatial staterooms host immersive fairy-tale attractions, and ...

Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a staple leisure activity: what could be more British than a weekend drive ...

The present incumbent is Charles James Spencer-Churchill, the 12th Duke of Marlborough. Like many large stately homes, Blenheim Palace funds its upkeep in a surprising variety of ways.

Step inside this historic English kitchen that feels as though it’s leapt from the pages of a storybook. With all the lovely details on display (and the modern appliances carefully concealed ...

Culture Still Standing, the Stately Homes of England Old Homes, New Life: The Resurgence of the British Country House, by Clive Aslet and Dylan Thomas (Triglyph Books: 2020), 304 pages.

All that leads me to Amazing Interiors and The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes, two titles so surface-level interchangeable that they both pop up first when you search Netflix for one of them.