The subtle remodelling and extension of an older cottage in the Cotswolds style by architect Robert Franklin is an exemplary essay in the Arts-and-Crafts spirit. Jeremy Musson reports, with photographs by Paul Highnam.
One of our great Victorian poets had an impact far beyond the words she committed to paper. Jeremy Musson takes a look at a new exhibition looking at Christina Rossetti's influence on the world of art.
A compact 1620s house in a rural setting near the Rollrights is a work of art in itself, as befits its art dealer owners, says Jeremy Musson.
A Yorkshire mill-owner and merchant created a flamboyant and cosmopolitan home, as Jeremy Musson explains.
Between 1863 and 1865, Sir George Gilbert Scott created a new lodge for the Master of St John’s College, Cambridge. Following its recent restoration, Jeremy Musson tells the story of this remarkable project.
Upton House, just outside Tetbury, is a beautiful Georgian house that has been brilliantly extended in a manner which is so sympathetic as to be scarcely noticeable. Jeremy Musson paid a visit, while Will Pryce took the photographs.
An award-winning country house was completed in 2014 by Dorset-based architect Stuart Martin. Jeremy Musson explores the themes of this clever and compact design in the Classical tradition.
Brilliant for bookworms: Jeremy Musson considers some of the finest school libraries in the country.
The country houses of PG Wodehouse were central to many of his books – which was your favourite?
Country Life pays a visit to Dumfries House to witness the renaissance of one of the finest mid-18th century country houses in Scotland
Marcus Binney admires a new book on the recent work of ADAM Architecture.
Jeremy Musson delights in plasterwork, historic and modern.
