Not only the country-house ideal as we know it, but the whole of Edwardian domestic architecture was shaped by Country Life. Some of the reasons why this came about are straightforward: the magazine ...

In mid-nineteenth century architecture there was a ‘Battle of the Styles’ – the main proponents of which were Augustus Pugin ...

The extensive refurbishment of a dilapadated German country house is approached as an ‘optimistic and joyful continuation’ of the structure’s long and complex history.