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Violet Manners Shares Her Favorite Historic Houses In The U.K.

Historic houses in the U.K. are amongst the finest in the world, rich in ancestry with storied pasts, and here to tell their unique stories—the digital way—is Violet Manners. Founder and CEO of the ...
House & Garden

My father was one of the Barbican architects – now I restore old houses in my spare time

Polly Powell is publisher and owner of Batsford Books, which specialises in art and craft. In her spare time, she has always ...
The New York Times

Buying an Old House in London? Expect a Long List of Repairs.

A couple could replace heating and electrical systems, and add roof supports to their 350-year-old house, but the walls would never stand up straight again (if they ever did). The London house owned ...
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In England, this medieval house built in 1148 is the oldest private residence in the country

Situated in the village of Saltford in Somerset, Saltford Manor House is recognised as the oldest continuously inhabited private house in England. According to architectural studies and historical ...
The Washington Post

Centuries-old ‘witches marks’ found carved into walls of English manor house

There was something different about this carving. For the past two years, Rick Berry has mapped and researched wall carvings found throughout Gainsborough Old Hall, a more-than-500-year-old manor ...