Stately home

Catriona Gray reveals the 20 most beautiful historic interiors in London, from Tudor dwellings to Modernist masterpieces

Discover the The Crown filming locations in season six, from Scottish estates to Grade II listed, gilded interiors in London

The luxury country hotel scene in the UK has never had more to offer but that doesn't mean it's what everyone wants all of the time. If you're someone who'd prefer to stay somewhere a little more private and a little less manicured, there’s a new wave of ancestral homes that have undergone modern makeovers while adhering to their original architecture, style and charm. Some you can book for just one night, for others you'll have to take a wing, but they're well worth a look if you're keen to…

On the market for those seeking the most authentic of English country house experiences is Manston House, the eight-bedroom manor first built in the 17th century and today of the Grade II listing.

The best period drama filming locations to visit from Pride and Prejudice’s Lyme Park in Cheshire to Atonement’s Stokesay Court in Shropshire. Now is the moment to visit these stately homes – not least because international travel is still precarious.

Some photos from last week at Asthall Manor. A dreamy Jacobean Cotswolds manor house that was the childhood home of the Mitford sisters. Everything about Asthall Manor is romantic – the gables, the roses, the lake, the ballroom, and the swans on the willow-bordered River Windrush. The house, which dates from 1620, was immortalised as Alconleigh in Nancy Mitford’s ‘The Pursuit of Love’. Fans of the 1945 novel will be thrilled to learn that the ‘Hons’ cupboard’ remains intact at the top of the…

Strutt & Parker - National Country House Department present this 10 bedroom detached house in St. Marys Road, Dinton, Salisbury, Wiltshire