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Ashdown House contents sale

Ashdown House contents sale

Friday, 27 August 2010

The contents of one of England's most beautiful Queen Anne houses are to go under the hammer at Sotheby's

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Steel windows and architecture

Steel windows and architecture

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

John Keleher relates the history of steel windows in British architecture

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Great British Architects: Samuel Wyatt (1737-1807)

Thursday, 11 February 2010 - Working in the neo-classical manner, Samuel Wyatt was a consistently good architect as well as an accomplished businessman | Read Full Story


Great British Architects: Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson 1817–75

Saturday, 16 January 2010 - Glasgow born Thompson was given to re-interpreting Ancient Greek architecture when Victorian Gothic was the dominant style | Read Full Story


Website lists skilled craftsmen and companies who work on period and listed buildings

Thursday, 14 January 2010 - A new website features trade organisations, businesses, products and craftsmen qualified specifically to work on period and listed buildings | Read Full Story


Great British Architects: Sir Robert Lorimer (1846–1929)

Saturday, 09 January 2010 - Lorimer was at the forefront of a renaissance of Scottish architecture at the turn of the 19th century | Read Full Story


Great British Architects: Robert Adam

Tuesday, 29 December 2009 - Comfort combined with elegance was the trademark of Robert Adam, one of the most influential architects ever to work in Britain | Read Full Story


Great British Architects: William Kent

Saturday, 10 October 2009 - William Kent was an extraordinarily versatile architect who worked in many different styles as well as exploring garden design | Read Full Story


Great British Architects: Sir Christopher Wren

Monday, 27 July 2009 - One of the finest and best-loved architects ever to work in Britain, Sir Christopher Wren’s legacy will live on indefinitely | Read Full Story


Ten outstanding places in the UK to visit this year

Wednesday, 22 July 2009 - Country Life's architectural editor John Goodall picks his top 10 places in the UK to visit in 2009 | Read Full Story


Historic Houses president

Thursday, 19 March 2009 - The new president of the HHA is the owner of an estate that has passed by descent since Domesday and is also a country-house day-tripper | Read Full Story


Great British Architects: Richard Norman Shaw

Thursday, 19 February 2009 - Shaw made a great contribution to the domestic architeture of both Victorian and Edwardian England | Read Full Story


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