Country Houses

Report an error OTTAWAÂ -Â The mansion Canada’s first prime minister called home sustained extensive fire damage Tuesday night. Firefighters managed to contain the flames largely to the attic of the manor known as Earnscliffe, but there was much damage to the roof and interior. British High Commissioner Andrew Pocock and his wife Julie, who … Continue reading »

Ottawa firefighters successfully doused a four-alarm blaze at historic Earnscliffe Manor, home of the British high commissioner to Canada and onetime residence of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. The fire has mostly been contained to the attic of the Victorian home at 140 Sussex Dr., according to firefighters who attended the scene, … Continue reading »

Bogstad is a beautiful manor house fully furnished from the period 1750-1850. The manor is located in a romantic Norwegian landscape reminiscent of an English planned garden. Guided tours Guided tours of the museum are available between mid-May and mid-September. Group tours are available upon request all year. Free entry to the area – the … Continue reading »

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, by Sarah Firshein Built in 2000 and sited on 11 acres, the largest house in Fayette County, Ky., has been on the market since April 2010 with an ask of $6.5M. Owners Alan and Irene Bloomfield, who live six months a year in Florida, built it to resemble some of the … Continue reading »

Question: What do you call a house with more than 6,000 square feet of space, a maze of distinctive rooms – some with vaulted ceilings, some with low, cedar-plank ceilings – plus a ballroom, a tiki bar, three fireplaces and, for an extra splash of the unusual, a “Captain Sparrow’s bedroom” inside the stern of … Continue reading »

TRAVEL back in time and learn about life in the 17th century with two special events being held this weekend. The ruins of Longstone Manor at Burrator Reservoir will be brought to life as visitors are given the chance to view artifacts from the era and take part in an art workshop to create an … Continue reading »

I share that strong distaste for a kind of interest in author’s houses that shades into property pornography: the Bloomsbury properties of Charleston and Sissinghurst are good examples. They are staggeringly lovely houses, but no writing of any real interest emerged from them, to be honest. When a writer “makes it”, and splashes his dosh … Continue reading »

This newly listed English stone manor home is located in the Conyers Farm section of Greenwich, CT. It situated on 10 acres with 800 feet of lake frontage overlooking the Converse Lake. It was designed by Austin Patterson Disston and built in 2006. The 24-room mansion boasts 11,145 square feet of living space with 8 … Continue reading »

Impressive Castlewood Manor in Telluride by Simona Strachinaru, posted in Real Estate, on September 4th, 2011 If you go to a museum of history you will discover that you can travel to some other eras and automatically you enter a different world. Here the vintage objects, the historical figures of different periods prove to you … Continue reading »

When William Morris embarked on his Arts and Crafts crusade against mechanisation in the 19th century, it was to the Cotswolds that he came for inspiration. Look out from the heights of Belas Knap, one of the best-preserved Neolithic burial chambers in Britain, on a ridge above Winchcombe and the Cotswold Way, and you will … Continue reading »