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The story of the 20th-century creation of a Palladian villa is beautifully presented in this coffee-table book
Written by an architectural historian, the book describes the building of Henbury and the making of its interiors
ArchiveNational Trust
National Trust wrongly accused of asset-stripping while government fails to keep its word
The Trust is negotiating endowments with the Treasury for five major country houses in its care
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Books: Portraits of a diverse selection of Scottish country houses
Perthshire’s answer to the Ritz revealed
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National Trust's total cost of saving Tyntesfield may be £50 million
The Trust is applying for a further £20 million grant to set up an endowment
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Serious threats to England’s historic environment, says official report
English Heritage’s first “State of the Nation” report appeals for tax changes to help save country houses
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Fiona Reynolds is the new director general of Britain’s leading heritage charity
'I love the passion here'
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Bruegel-Rubens masterpiece goes on the block to save historic English houses
"Mars and Venus" will pay for essential repairs
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The history of collecting: Not something to frighten the horses
An exhibition on the art in British country houses aims to show the public that these collections play a modern, vital role in the nation’s culture
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The National Trust, the greatest “museum” in the UK celebrates its centenary with an exhibition of paintings from country houses at the National Gallery
A gentle heritage
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Chastleton goes into National Trust ownership
Jacobean Oxfordshire house purchased for £2 million
CommentDiary of an art historian
National Trust restructuring plans are ‘one of the most damaging assaults on art historical expertise ever seen in the UK’
Job cuts and planned repurposing of country houses will lead to a corporatisation of the nation's heritage sites
Bendor Grosvenor