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March 2024 Archive

147 articles

31 March
Nels Crosthwaite Eyre
Eight magnificent country homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
Help for our four-legged heroes: the charity that looks after retired service animals
Newnham Paddox: The ancient country seat that's also brand new
The expert guide to growing violets, by the fifth-generation nursery owner who's devoted a lifetime to them
30 March
What is Whitby jet? The once-prized northern native gemstone that is darker than the night
Riding to the rescue – how the gardens at Dowdeswell Court have been brought to life
29 March
A five-bedroom home in Somerset ham stone with poetic connections
Curious Questions: Why does Easter move dates every year?
14 magnificent homes for sale across the world, from $800,000 to $45,000,000
The very nature of Middle Earth — how Tolkien's passion for the countryside inspired the Lord of the Rings
28 March
Wentworth: 100 years and still going strong as Surrey's most famous millionaire's playground
John Lewis-Stempel: Never look after other people's animals
Counting butterflies to calm the anxious mind
A former lifeboat station in an incredible spot, with four bedrooms, six acres and red squirrels dancing on the decking
Curious Questions: Why do we eat hot cross buns at Easter?
27 March
From smashed glass to smashing teas: The restoration of a 300-year-old glass-roofed teahouse full of historic camellias
A Nordic-style home with solar panels that sits on the edge of one of Somerset's best villages
26 March
A dairy farmer's view of Jaipur, the city where traffic stops for sacred cows
The RHS: 220 years of horticultural genius
Country Life 27 March 2024
Where three became one — an intriguing conversion that created an oasis in Land's End
'Milk, butter, eggs and honey provide a healthy variety with which industrially processed, plant-based food can’t compete'
25 March
Who was the original Jack Russell who gave his name to one of Britain's favourite dog breeds?
The architect whose grand designs bring inspiration and beauty to the British countryside
Soaking it up: Five brilliant bathubs
Period charm, vast gardens and huge games room as one of the grandest houses in Cambridge comes up for sale
Paper houses: The Somerset artists turning books into model country homes
24 March
22 homes for sale, from a £350k converted chapel to an £11.4m masterpiece, as seen in Country Life
Alan Titchmarsh: The boy who left school early with one O-level 60 years ago... and found the perfect career
How to stop your dog marking his territory and cocking his leg in other people's houses
The tale of Knebworth: How does your garden village grow?
23 March
A 16th century hall set in its own private valley in Cornwall that teems with local wildlife
The kiwi fruit is from China — so how did it get its New Zealand-inspired name?
The Carlyle hotel review: The New York hotel that's covered in stardust
Leading museums and attractions slowly returning to pre-Pandemic levels, with London leading the way
22 March
The property hotspots where house sales have more than doubled since this time last year
10 truly special garden planters and pots from £329 to £15,000
The inaugural topiary awards are open now
A ancient clifftop lodge that's spectacular within, just down the coast from the castle of King Arthur
Some of the silliest animals on the planet, captured by you
21 March
A bona fide country house in London, complete with a coach house, gardens, and an Aga in the kitchen
A walk across the Cheshire Plain, the 200-million-year-old landscape where yesterday’s old industrial sites are today’s nature reserves
The art dealer who bet £500,000 on a hunch, and ended up with a long-lost Old Master worth millions
A converted reservoir in Devon that might be the UK's most interesting holiday home
Tom Parker Bowles on the classic English food that's 'never dull, comforting, and impossible to resist'
20 March
Elmley Nature Reserve – an island of nature in Kent that vibrates with birdsong
The RNLI's 200-year journey from being set up in a pub to saving tens of thousands of lives
How much? A baby born today may have to pay more than £500,000 for its first home
The art of the bath
ADAM Architecture
19 March
Playing the name game: Why what you call a house really matters
How Country Life launched the career of Alistair Mackenzie, the architect who created Augusta National's iconic golf course
John Le Carré's jukebox, furniture and effects head to auction
Country Life 20 March 2024
The Legacy: Miriam Rothschild, the pioneer of organic and wildflower gardening
An idyllic Norfolk property that comes with a business which brings in over £200,000 a year
Jonathan Self: The peasants are anything but revolting
18 March
Millie Pilkington: Photographing dogs, movie stars and the Royal Family
A 40ft-high former water tower in Hampshire that could be the next great Grand Design for £45,000
A West Sussex farmhouse with its own vineyard where you could make 40,000 bottles a year
Six of the best sculpture parks to visit around Britain
My favourite painting: Andrew Graham-Dixon
17 March
Five breathtaking country houses for sale, from a Georgian wonder to the oldest continually inhabited house in England
Chicory and endive: The bittersweet plants as versatile as they are punchy
St Patrick’s Chapel ruins, Heysham: The mythical Lancashire ruins with a heavenly view
Boston Manor House: Renewal and recovery
16 March
A Queen Anne house set in exquisite Suffolk countryside where even the stables are thatched and charming
Curious Questions: Why was a lifeboat hauled 13 miles overland in the midst of one of the worst storms of the 19th century?
The Fall foliage of New England and Canada, as witnessed from the deck of a cruise ship
Stancombe Park: The garden full of hidden tunnels that inspired Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead
15 March
The Oxford & London Building Co Ltd
An Elizabethan manor house where gnarled, ancient beams meet 21st century walls of glass
The art and life of Pattie Boyd, the woman in the centre of the love triangle between Eric Clapton and a Beatle, has come up for auction
14 March
A 'dramatically delicious' leek, saffron and seafood pie
13 March
The woodlark: the British songbird that is the ultimate masked singer
An eight-bedroom Queen Anne home in Hertfordshire with perfect gardens and a party barn
The buzz is back, says British Beekeepers Association, which celebrates its 150th anniversary
Home-making made simple with an oak frame
12 March
What to expect when you're expecting (to move to the countryside)
Country Life 13 March 2024
A Grade II-listed house in the Surrey Hills that was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and comes with its own secret tunnel
What (not) to wear at the Cheltenham Festival
'From the first page until the last, I was in another country, another world... It was like falling in love'
11 March
Estelle Manor review: The Oxfordshire hotel and private member's club that will appeal to honeymooners and families alike
What I grow in my garden, by Country Life's gardens editor Tiffany Daneff
How planting trees can fight flooding and improve your soil
A penthouse in a former vinegar factory in Vauxhall returns to the market for the first time since it was converted
The Isle of Skye and the world’s last manual turntable ferry
My favourite painting: Sir Alistair Spalding
10 March
The transformation of a nautical-themed character home in one of the most sought-after spots in Cornwall
18 country homes for sale, from £350k to £19 million, as seen in Country Life
The house plant I've kept alive for 50 years
How to give your dog his confidence back when he's been upset or disturbed by another dog, by expert trainer Ben Randall
A former National Trust stately home for sale, within a mile of two of Cornwall's most beautiful beaches
'Halfway between a restoration and an environmental research project' — A transformed Georgian country house
9 March
Curious Questions: Why don't we all agree on how to pronounce 'lieutenant'?
Deplar Farm hotel review: A turf-roofed farmhouse in Iceland that offer some of the world's best adventures
The changing face of Britain's favourite dogs, decade by decade
8 March
Hotel La Palma review: The dazzling new place to stay on the island of Capri
Spring Budget 2024: A ‘missed opportunity’ in the housing market
The Country Life Top 100 architects, interior designers, craftsmen, builders and garden designers in Britain
The best country house builders, craftspeople and specialists in Britain
The best garden designers and landscapers in Britain
The best interior designers in Britain
The best country house architects in Britain
John Lewis-Stempel: The beauty of the beach in winter
A breathtaking Gothic fantasy of a home, with wall-to-wall colour, four-poster beds and a topiary gardener
Trafalgar Square celebrates 25 years of Fourth Plinth art — but is it time for a permanent piece?
7 March
Jo Thompson Landscape & Garden Design
Modern elegance in this 6,500sq ft home cut into a hillside in the Kentish Weald
Handbags, Ferraris and priceless paintings — these are a few of our favourite things (to invest in)
A Scottish country home near St Andrews that once bred championship winning sheep
Millway
How to make braised beef short rib with celeriac-and-Parmesan mash
6 March
Jane Brown Associates garden design
Donald Insall Associates
One of Britain's most beautiful waterfalls is for sale — and naturally it comes with a B&B and a tea room
Country Life's Top 100: The magic of timelessness
5 March
Country Life 6 March 2024
A Grade II*-listed hall house in North Yorkshire with Capability Brown gardens
Joe Gibbs: Even the patron saint of salmon can't save these fish from the seals
4 March
Porta Romana distinctive lighting and furniture archive sale
Podcast: Britain's best architects, interior designers, craftspeople and garden designers
Isabella Worsley LTD
One of Suffolk's great country house estates — 12 bedrooms, 1,763 acres and 36,000sq ft — comes up for sale at £19 million
3 March
A glorious Cotswold kitchen lifted to new heights with pitch-perfect colour choices
Six superb country houses in some of England's most beautiful spots, as seen in Country Life
When it comes to designing and making a garden, it's always worth seeking advice
The three dog breeds that make the ultimate family pet, according to expert trainer Ben Randall
The exotic and irresistible beauty of Leighton House
2 March
A historic mill conversion in Warwickshire that wouldn't look out of place on Grand Designs
Curious Questions: When — and why — did we stop wearing hats?
Giles Quarme Architects
Coromandel Crewel
The world's most beautiful opera house foyer? A tour of the glorious gardens of Glyndebourne
1 March
Housing market back on the up, and buyers 'resorting to bribery' to secure their dream homes
Eadie & Crole
Thorp Design
London's most exotic place to stay, the heartbreakingly beatiful suite in Alec Guinness's favourite old haunt
'The equation is inescapable. Our rich societies will simply have to pay the proper price for food'
Tom Turner Architects
Inside the extraordinary hotel that put a remote Indonesian island on the map
The best country houses for sale in Wales, from a Gothic manor to a former Coastguard station
The art heist with a happy ending, 15 years later
VSP Interiors
Knowles