Features Archive | April 2021

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April 30th
- An idyllic country house with a touch of Alice in Wonderland in the superb gardens
- 11 of the best accessories for dogs and their owners
- A spectacular Grade I-listed house where everyone from Catherine of Aragon to Thomas Jefferson once came to stay
- In Focus: How David Hockney chronicled the first spring of Covid-19 with iPad art
April 29th
- A delightful waterside home for sale that almost dips its toes into Chichester Harbour
- Five of the best paints to refresh your home inside and out
- Discover the British cities with the friendliest neighbours
- How to make Ed Brown's Elderflower 'Champagne'
April 28th
- A magnificent Edwardian house with superb views over Dartmoor
- Cassandra Goad's latest jewellery collection is inspired by the shapes, textures and sounds of Marrakech
- Country Life 28 April 2021
April 27th
- A spectacular clifftop home with magnificent views of the English Channel... and a huge amount of work to be done
- Why we're all suckers for the the irresistible allure of a crumbling country house
April 26th
- DIY interior design made easy: How Britain's best designers have been sharing their knowledge online
- A Regency house with magnificent views across Yorkshire bought thanks to a chance encounter in Country Life
- A grand Queen-Anne house overlooking the Green in Richmond-upon-Thames
- My Favourite Painting: Lola Young
April 25th
- Five truly beautiful homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Why you should plant a woodland garden
- How to ease your dog out of lockdown
- Harewell Hall, Wherwell, Hampshire: 'It is extremely unusual to be able to enjoy a contemporary building of such variety'
April 24th
- Evelyn Waugh's magnificent former home in Somerset, overlooking the Quantock Hills
- Curious Questions: Is the chocolate side really the top of a Jaffa Cake?
- The secret life of chickens: It turns out the humble pecker is something of an egghead
April 23rd
- A beautiful Victorian school house completely reimagined within, set in a pretty Bedfordshire village
- Best houses for sale in Devon today, from country houses and cottages to a place within a Grade I-listed castle
April 22nd
- A Georgian country house full of period features, set in grounds that are a true haven for wildlife
- How to revamp an unloved garden room, from furniture and textiles to lighting and plants
- A pair of magnificent old buildings, re-purposed, re-imagined, and saved for posterity
- Tom Parker-Bowles on the king of potatoes, the Jersey Royal
April 21st
- An unusual round house enjoying fabulous sea views in Devon
- Why we love swallows, the heralds of spring
- What you need to know about building a small country house
- Weirs Barn: A Hampshire garden where Robert Weir Schultz's Arts-and-Crafts vision came back to life
- Country Life 21 April 2021
April 20th
- A spectacular Elizabethan manor house with long views of the Devon countryside
- Is the tide turning for UK income investing?
- Joe Gibbs: An African Grey can place an order with Alexa — but Glaswegians aren't quite so lucky
April 19th
- A postcard-pretty, Grade II-listed cottage in the Suffolk countryside
- The humble kitchen cabinet, as reinvented by an award-winning architect
- House prices hit all time-high, but beach huts for sale lead the market in price inflation
- My Favourite Painting: Quentin Blake
April 18th
- A majestic country estate set in 300 acres of historic parkland in Kent
- Japanese Quince: The spectacular red flowers that should be on every gardener's to-grow list
- The £11,000 dog sofa, the £640 water bowl and other extraordinary things for pampered pets
- Margam Park and Castle: A landscape and buildings with an incredible tale spanning millennia
April 17th
- An exquisitely symmetrical, elegant and flamboyant Georgian house in a quaint Oxfordshire village
- Curious Questions: Why are four-leaf clovers lucky?
- Five of the best wild flowers you'll see in Britain, as chosen by the authors of The Little Book of Wild Flowers
April 16th
- Artichoke's Bruce Hodgson: 'The mind and the eye have an emotional connection that can never be achieved in the digital world'
- How Maida Vale turned from boudoir village to one of London's most vibrant neighbourhoods
- Boris Johnson's country house in Oxfordshire comes up for rental
- In Focus: the fungi sculptures that bend stone into soft, flowing forms
April 15th
- 9 fascinating facts about hares
- A postcard-perfect mill with glorious grounds for sale in Wiltshire
- Fiona Reynolds: 'In bright sunshine and strong wind, it’s exhilarating to look down on the roofs of Great Malvern''
- A vast, late 19th-century house brought back to full glory in a delightful Kent village
- How to make lemon and mascarpone tart with a naughty touch of Drambuie
April 14th
- A spectacularly renovated baronial home set in lush grounds in Scotland
- A new summer fashion collection that draws on our desire for fun and freedom after a year of lockdowns
- Country Life 14 April 2021
April 13th
- A charming former manse house in a vibrant Aberdeenshire village
- Savile Row's tailors opening their doors to offer behind-the-scenes glimpse of bespoke tailoring
- A collection of luxury apartments in the north-east London mansion that hosted Churchill and The Queen
April 12th
- A gorgeous B-listed house with sea views and direct beach access in Dumfries & Galloway
- 12 of the best new kitchen looks and ideas
April 11th
- A dinky mini-castle at the price of a pleasant detached house
- Charles-Quest Ritson: 'Gardens are like people — most of them don’t age well'
- The best posh sheds, garden rooms and shepherd's huts for your garden
- Nevill Holt, Leicestershire: 'After 700 years of ups and downs, finally entering its prime'
April 9th
- The rise of the intimate wedding
- Enchanting country house in Oxfordshire adorned with intriguing witch marks
- In Focus: The art of Ford Madox Brown
April 8th
- An impressive 18th century converted barn in a quaint Suffolk village
- Making a bathroom that's cosy as well as beautiful: 'Furnish a bathroom as you would any other room, to create a relaxing and inviting feel'
- A magnificent Grade II-listed townhouse in the heart of Bath
- The British dishes that conquered the menus of the world
April 7th
- The sprawling Dartmoor estate that inspired Conan-Doyle to write The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Umbellifers: The plants with 'bold structure' with soft, frothy flowers that have an ethereal quality
- Best houses for sale in Suffolk, from thatched cottages to fine manor houses
- Agromenes: 'Why does a Conservative Government think it’s wrong for the market to drive change? '
April 6th
- A former medieval hall in Somerset complete with 19th-century bread oven
- Jonathan Self: 'Our early potatoes aren’t going to be that early'
- Reuniting investors with lost investments and inheritances
- How to find the perfect 'mini-moon' and honeymoon combination
- A beachfront villa once owned by a star of the international jet set, where the Kennedys and Hepburns once partied
April 5th
- An exquisite townhouse that once belonged to Pitt the Younger, with probably the grandest home office in Bath
- Why you shouldn't neglect your ancillary rooms: 'We now live in our kitchens... we want them to be beautiful spaces'
- My Favourite Painting: Simon Mayall
April 4th
- Eight of the best castles for sale around the world
- Alan Titchmarsh: 'Their goal is quantity rather than quality; of boastfulness rather than the innate delight in seeing a plant that is loved'
- Japanese Acers: The ultimate guide to what to grow, how to grow it and the best acer varieties for your garden
- The Royal Albert Hall: A 19th-century marvel that 'has lost none of its power to amaze'
April 3rd
- Chasing the dream of owning a home in a pretty village in Cumbria
- The best gardening books for summer
- How Nature made a comeback in London's parks during the year of Covid-19
April 2nd
- A 'truly magical place' that's 'one of the jewels in the South Hams crown' has come to the market near Dartmouth
- Bathing in bliss: Luxurious fittings to enhance your bathroom
- In Focus: How 21st century artists are reviving the art of the fresco
April 1st
- A postcard-perfect, Grade II-listed cottage in the heart of Devon's Tarka the Otter country
- The 10 most expensive streets in London — and how much you'd need to spend to live on them
- Three perfect picnic recipes from Emily Roux: Arancini, home-made bagels and chocolate cookies