London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1953. Hardcover. Reddish cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Illustrated blue paper dj with black lettering. Family tree end papers. 237 pp. with color frontis and 16 pp. photographs. With a foreword by Lord Braybrooke. A full-length history of the house and its families, written while people associated... More about Audley End
Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1971. Distributed by Humanities Press, New York. Hardcover. Bright turquoise cloth/boards. Gilt lettering and decoration. No dust jacket. xxviii, 533 pp. with no illustrations. Part of The Victorian Library. With an introduction by David Spring. Originally written by Bateman in 1882. Listed in alphabetical order by... More about The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
Manchester / New York: Manchester University Press, 1994. Softcover. Blue & color illus. wraps, 308 pp., 17 BW plates, 5 color plates. "Chronicles the Maxwell saga of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- the rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of the Grenvilles, who rose from the gentry to become dukes, making a fortune... More about The Rise and Fall of the Grenvilles: Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos, 1710 to 1921
London: Save Britain's Heritage, 1985. reprinted. Softcover. White & illus. wraps, 126 pp., BW illus. Looks at then-empty great houses of England and consideres plans for how they could be divided and/or reused. Examples are: House of Gray, Hazells Hall, Stocken Hall, Gunton Park, Compton Verney, Revesby Abbey, Dingley Hall... More about The Country House: To Be or Not To Be
London: Save Britain's Heritage, 1980. Softcover. Oblong cream wraps with sepia photograph. Unpaginated with over 125 pp. BW photos. Scotland lost more than 450 houses of "architectural pretension" between 1900 and 1980, when the demise of the country became a tragedy for history and architecture. This study is an attempt... More about Lost Houses of Scotland
London: Andre Deutsch with Country Life, 1988. Hardcover. Orange-red cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Glossy black dj with color image and reg-orange lettering. 263 pp. with 270 bw images. Traces the history of taste in relation to the style, furnishing and decoration of the English country house. Covers over 200 houses ranging... More about The Search for a Style: Country Life and Architecture 1897-1935
Glasgow: Collins, 1967. Hardcover. Blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering on spine and black embossed image of Craigievar Castle on front cover. 176 pp. with color frontis of Culzean Castle and bw illus. throughout. Based on articles originally published in Scottish Field, the main external and internal features of 50 Scottish houses... More about Scottish Country Houses & Castles
Tiverton: Cornwall Books, 1995. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, dark turquoise and color illus. dust jacket, 118 pp., BW & color illus. "Along with the Trelawnys, each of the principal Cornish families has its own fascinating story which forms part of the rich heritage of Cornwall and sets... More about The Great Cornish Families: A History of the People and their Houses
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, black & color illus. dust jacket, 353 pp., BW illus. A collection of 20 essays, "as twenty-six of Britain's leading architectural historians join forces in an examination of the Scottish country house in all its many guises. From... More about Scottish Country Houses, 1600-1914
London: Mitchell Beazley, 1994. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards. Gilt lettering. Bronze dj with bw photo and white lettering. 192 pp. with bw archival photos throughout. A unique and vivid insight into what has become known as the 'golden age' of the English country house, just prior to the First World War... More about The English Country House from the Archives of Country Life 1897-1939
Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988. Softcover. Three glossy, white, color-photographic, softcover volumes in color-photographic board slipcase, all with black lettering. 256 pp. with 463 bw images; 255 pp. with 507 images; and 255 pp. with 471 images, respectively. First published by Country Life between 1955 and 1958, these... More about English Country Houses: Early Georgian 1715-1760; Mid Georgian 1760-1780; Late Georgian 1800-1840
Skipton, North Yorkshire, England: Dalesman Publishing, 2005. Hardcover. Blue cloth/boards; silver lettering. Color-photographic dj with gold/black lettering on spine. 144 pp. full of color photos. Architecture, furnishing, inhabitants: life in Yorkshire and its great houses. Bolton Hall, Castle Howard, Allerton Park, Harewood House, Ripley Castle, Newby Hall and more. Jane... More about Yorkshire's Great Houses: Behind the Scenes
London: Pavilion Books Limited, 1990. Hardcover. Black boards with silver lettering. White dj with color illus.; dark green lettering on spine. 160 pp. with color and bw illustrations. Portraits of 12 country houses and their different worlds, in which every element - the plan of the house, the architectural details... More about The Country House in Perspective
London: Save Britain's Heritage, 1982, 1983. reprinted. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps, 71 pp., many duotone illus. An illustrated and historic chronicle of large English country houses and estates that are either being sold or have been demolished. Uses a regional approach (Berkshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, etc.). Includes a "Houses saved and adapted" chapter. More about Vanishing Houses of England: A Pictorial Documentary of Lost Country Houses
Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989. Hardcover. Chocolate boards with gilt lettering. Color-photographic dj with white lettering on green spine. Illustrated end papers. 269 pp. with bw images throughout. From the 15th-19th century, Gloucestershire was one of the most gentrified areas in England, following sales and grants of Church and Crown... More about The Gloucestershire Gentry
Newport, Pembrokeshire: Brawdy Books, 1996. Hardcover. Crimson textured boards, gilt letters on spine, yellow & color illus. dust jacket, maps on flyleaves, 266 pp., BW illus. An in-depth study of the cultural landscape of the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales. "Some five hundred houses are described in fascinating detail, as well... More about Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and Their Families
Chichester, West Sussex, England: Phillimore, 2009. Hardcover. Navy cloth, gilt letters on spine, navy & color illus. dust jacket, maps on flyleaves, 396 pp., 289 BW and mild color illus. "From the late 15th century up until 1900, many of the prosperous upper and middle classes of London built much-loved... More about London's Country Houses (English Country Houses Series
Dunholme, Lincoln: Laece Books, 1990-1991. Softcover. 2 vols. Glossy white & illus. wraps, 208 total pp., many BW illus. The full two-volume set of this exploration of country houses and estates in Lincolnshire, England. More than 50 are treated in these two books. Includes BW illustrations of the places and... More about Lincolnshire Country Houses & their Families (Part One and Part Two
Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1986. Reprint. Hardcover. Spring green cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. 303 pp. with 465 bw illus. Lees-Milne explores the development of the Baroque movement no only in terms of architectural style but also in relation to political and social history, including some... More about English Country Houses: Baroque 1685-1715
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980, 2008. digitally printed version; paperback re-issue. Softcover. Crimson & illus. wraps, 289 pp., BW illus. "The aim of the book is to show life and work on the Holkham estate, not only from the landlord's point of view, but also from that of the tenant... More about A Great Estate at Work: The Holkham estate and its inhabitants in the nineteenth century
Padstow, Cornwall: Tabb House, 1988. Hardcover. Olive cloth, gilt letters on spine, white & color illus. dust jacket, 161 pp., BW illus. "This copiously illustrated survey of sixty of the most interesting dwellings in Cornwall describes their history, architectural characteristics and gardens. The author has chosen her subjects mostly from... More about Houses and Gardens of Cornwall: A Personal Choice
Phoenix Mill: Sutton Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, blue & color illus. dust jacket, 312 pp., many BW illus. "It has long been held that the Scottish chateaux, perhaps the best known of Scottish buildings, were castles, defensive strongholds built in a country where the Renaissance... More about The Scottish Chateau: The Country House of Renaissance Scotland
Phoenix Mill: Sutton Publishing, 2001. Softcover. Color-photographic wraps with white lettering on spine. 312 pp. with a few color plates and many bw illustrations. "It has long been held that the Scottish chateaux, perhaps the best known of Scottish buildings, were castles, defensive strongholds built in a country where the... More about The Scottish Chateau: The Country House of Renaissance Scotland
Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, 1988. Hardcover. Blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Color-photographic dj with red/black lettering on white spine. 176 pp. with color and bw images throughout. An authoritative commentary on the architectural history and social significance of Britain's hidden halls and manor houses (the "illustriously obscure"), some of the... More about The Field Book of Country Houses and their Owners: Family Seats of the British Isles
New York: The Vendome Press, 2001. Hardcover. Navy cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Color-photographic dj with white lettering on blue spine. Oversize and heavy. 256 pp. with 300 color illus. Covers 40 manor houses, each one beautifully photographed and accompanied by text describing the families that created these marvelous homes centuries ago... More about Manor Houses of England
