Country Houses

One of the best-loved privately owned gardens in England, East Lambrook Manor was created by the late Margery Fish, celebrated plantswoman and gardening writer. Her natural gift for combining old-fashioned and contemporary plants in a relaxed and informal manner has created a garden of immense beauty and charm. She described the process of making the … Continue reading »

FREETIME: Local Leisure in Wycombe, Bourne End & Wooburns, Marlow, Beaconsfield, Gerrards Cross, Amersham, Chesham, Risborough & Cookham. Summer at Waddesdon Manor 3:42pm Friday 5th August 2011 Print Email Comments(0) THERE are a host of activities for children this summer at Waddesdon Manor to keep families entertained. The National Trust property ha… (View original article)

Gardens Illustrated editor Juliet Roberts told me the visiting trend was definitely home-based. They are offering a trip with Boxwood Tours to the Welsh Borders in September, hosted by lecturer and planting designer Dr Noel Kingsbury, which will take in the Arts and Crafts-style High Glanau Manor, Sir Roy Strong’s The Laskett and Kingsbury’s own … Continue reading »

This English Manor home is located at 855 Rosemary Road in Lake Forest, IL. Built in 1909, this noteworthy residence was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and is situated on 1.92 landscaped acres. It boasts 6 bedrooms, 6 full and 2 half bathrooms, circular driveway and courtyard, rich hardwood floors throughout, entry foyer with … Continue reading »

VIRGINIA BEACH Crystal Lake is not really a lake, nor is it crystal. From the vantage of a kayak, Crystal Lake is like a great big bathtub, a dead-end branch of the Lynnhaven River, hemmed in by wooden bulkheads and seawalls protecting grand old homes and manicured yards that give the water nowhere to go. … Continue reading »

Downing Street aides were yesterday keen to stress that Mr Cameron was paying the market rate for his villa. He is expected to travel to Italy via a budget airline in the coming days. The Daily Telegraph can disclose that the Camerons are staying on the “Petrolo estate” in a villa which comes with a … Continue reading »

About this blog This daily photo blog offers you Riga – a city in Northern Europe, the capital of Latvia. There are people who call Riga one of the most beautiful cities they have seen, and there are others who think completely opposite. And both of them is right – Riga is The Beauty and … Continue reading »

Tuesday, July 26, 2011, by Ian Ratner Now that Ballyshear, the Gold Coast-era mansion rumored to be Mayor Bloomberg’s latest conquest, is off the table, a new Georgian-style manor has come to take its place. The property in question just hit the market for $26.5 million, and offers a couple features that would undoubtedly catch … Continue reading »

Staying at Great Chalfield Manor Checklist Historic Moated Manor House Completed in 1480 – check Lovely setting in remote Wiltshire countryside –check National Trust Property – check Beautiful restored gardens (7 acres) – check Wooden Carved Four Poster Bed (comfy) – check Fresh cut flowers from the garden in every room (smelled wonderful) – check … Continue reading »

KING GEORGE, Va., July 25 (UPI) — A Virginia manor house where John Wilkes Booth sought medical help after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln is heading for auction, officials say. Preservationists hope to save the King George, Va., house, where Booth turned up April 23, 1865 — nine days after shooting Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre — … Continue reading »