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The Country Life Top 100 architects, interior designers, garden designers, landscape designers and country house specialists in Britain
It's now six years since the original Country Life Top 100 was published, but the aim hasn't changed: we name the very best architects, interior designers, craftsmen, builders and garden designers in Britain.
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The best country house specialists in Britain, from stonemasons and joiners to builders and paint specialists
Whether you're embarking on a new-build or painstakingly restoring a listed building, finding the right craftspeople is critical. Here are the ones who have made it in to the Country Life Top 100.
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A crenellated folly, seven bedrooms and 20 acres in the glorious Welsh landscape
Penybont Hall in Powys is a generous family home with plenty of good sense and foolishness.
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The best garden and landscape designers in Britain
A great country house is as much about its surroundings as its architecture and interiors, something that the best landscape designers and garden designers in Britain understand. We've revised and updated our list of the finest of them all, with four new entries for 2025.
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Michaelangelo: The good, the bad and the disturbingly ugly of one of art's greatest geniuses
With a passion for arguing and a sharp tongue to match his extraordinary genius, Michelangelo was both the enfant prodige and the enfant ‘terribile’ of the Renaissance, as Michael Hall reveals.
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Villa Crusoe: A glorious Devon house, with a private beach, for sale for the first time
With links to Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, the property will 'meet the requirements of even the most demanding of castaways.'
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The best interior designers in Britain
The classic English Country House style is as relevant today as it's ever been — with the best in the business mastering the art of blending a timeless look with the needs of modern life. Here's our pick of the best interior designers in Britain.
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How to make an ethereal-sounding seafood, spinach and asparagus puff-pastry cloud
Our Kitchen Garden Cook's recipe for a stuffed puff-pastry cloud is easier to make than it is to say.
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The best country house architects in Britain
Country Life's list of the finest country house architects in Britain — an indispensable guide if you're considering serious work on your home.
