All views expressed here are my own. Saturday, 2 March 2013. In at the deep end. Well here we are, two months into the new job at HP M.

Reflections on the loss of Clandon Park, Surrey. Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat. The loss was not just the building and its beautiful interiors and contents, but also what it represented to UK architectural history.

Now the site appears divided into two sections, a lower to the north and closer to the river, this being the priory proper. It was rightly dominated by a church opening off the central cloister although today the most powerful presence is that of the 15. Visitors to Kells today often comment on how they find themselves alone, despite the proximity of Kilkenny city and the scale of the ruins. Intermittently efforts are made to enco.

Landed families of Britain and Ireland. In this blog I am presenting the results of my research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. Each post concerns the history and properties of a particular family, making it possible to trace both the links from families to houses and from houses to their owners over time. Comments, especially in the form of corrections or additional information, are very welcome.

Commonly known as Burwalls House but referred to here under its original name of Burwalls. However, the construction of the bridge had not been without its critics.