correction An earlier headline of this article stated that three historic English estates, Highclere, Chatsworth and Knole, are a quick train ride from London. In fact, only two of the three are ...

A collection of new homes in and around a converted stately home in the historic town of Bath, England, are set to be completed later this autumn, with prices extending up to £2.4 million (US$3 ...

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 to ...

It was early on a summer morning in the walled garden at Wiveton Hall, a Jacobean estate on a marshy stretch of the north Norfolk coast, and Desmond MacCarthy was worrying about his salad leaves.

Some people's homes have all those things. But while life in a palace -- or a castle -- might sound like a fairytale existence, it costs a princely sum of money to run a stately home. Heating, keeping ...

Few interior styles have enjoyed such longevity as the classic English country interior. It's such a coveted look across the globe, and one that many of us want to replicate, no matter where we live.

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This four-bedroom home brings a bit of English countryside charm to Pacific Palisades. It's not quite as rustic as the Cotswold homes the listing proclaims it to be based on, but it probably offers ...