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 ...

As the final part of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" trilogy hits our TV screens, "I predict a sudden revival of the Tudor aesthetic", said historian Suzannah Lipscomb in The Telegraph. The impressive ...

With new episodes of Bridgerton landing on Netflix, England's stately homes are once again in the spotlight. Filming has become a lifeline for many of these historical estates, providing vital income, ...

The latest film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic novel, Frankenstein, has now landed on Netflix, and some eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted familiar stately homes among its spooky locations.

Can any stately home beat Blenheim? The only non-royal country house in England deemed a “palace” and a designated Unesco World Heritage Site, Blenheim is a behemoth of the Baroque, sitting within ...