Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a staple leisure activity: what could be more British than a weekend drive to ...

Imagine if your home had turrets, a ballroom, or a maze in the garden. Some people's homes have all those things. But while life in a palace -- or a castle -- might sound like a fairytale existence, ...

This English Manor-style home is a combination of solid structure and luxury details. The stately brick home features a classic front entrance with pillars and brick steps. Photo courtesy of Coldwell ...

An unbuilt megamansion in the U.K. being sold not only as a lavish brick-and-mortar home but also an NFT, or nonfungible token, has hit the market for £29 million (US$39.2 million). The 70-room ...

correction An earlier headline of this article stated that three historic English estates, Highclere, Chatsworth and Knole, are a quick train ride from London. In fact, only two of the three are ...

An army of tiny, parasitic wasps will be unleashed inside the English stately home where Anne Boleyn was born, in order to hunt out and eradicate moths that threaten the mansion's furniture and ...

In 1974 the Victoria and Albert Museum held an exhibition called “The Destruction of the Country House.” The director, Roy Strong, noticed that visitors were in tears as they came to terms with all ...