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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 17th century Devon home that inspired a smoking ban and lives on only inside the Country Life Archive  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Once upon a time, no one batted an eyelid at smoking in public places — including inside listed buildings. Melanie Bryan investigates why that began to change in the 1960s. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pZkZw4FfqFhCbp4BpdVKPY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The south facade of Dunsford House. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dunsland House]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It was always his fever dream... his manifesto': London’s strangest house blends art, modernity and science, and it's just thrown open its doors to visitors ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/londons-coolest-and-strangest-house-is-a-manifesto-to-postmodernism-and-one-you-can-now-visit</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Cosmic House is a paean to American architect Charles Jencks’s belief that the universe can be made cosy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:54:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tbz6RvpUafYr5JHZ9J5eAj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ampleforth Abbey: How an iconic architect somehow blended Gothic Revival, Arts-and-Crafts and Modernism with clarity, simplicity and spatial coherence ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On the centenary of Ampleforth Abbey's first consecration, John Goodall looks at the evolution of this North Yorkshire church by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, which illustrates the architect’s journey from antiquarianism to abstraction. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qdiQKkMBZ353fi2GR6o4aA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The exterior of Ampleforth Abbey with its central belfry tower rising above the choir and south transept. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire, seen from the terrace]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Theft, damage, violence and crumbling fabric: The plight of Britain's churches  is only getting worse ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Places of worship across the country are facing challenges on all fronts. Is the help that's on its way going to make any difference? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:02:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Athena ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jqEPnUhvLW4V9qfbxsiw6g-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Churches across Britain — even in rural areas — have witnessed increasing levels of crime.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Church of St Michael and St Martin at Eastleach Martin, The Cotswolds]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A house lost, a landscape reborn: The story of Worsley New Hall ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The property now known as RHS Bridgewater conceals a fascinating history. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ijHudwMm4Fv33Gk98d5NpT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Worsley Hall from the South. The seat of the Earl of Ellesmere and now the location for a fifth RHS garden, RHS Garden Bridgewater ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Worsley Hall from the South. The seat of the Earl of Ellesmere and now the location for a fifth RHS garden, RHS Garden Bridgewater ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Victoria and Albert at Burghley House: The royal visit that set the mould, and helped stave off revolution ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In November 1844, Queen Victoria visited Burghley House in Lincolnshire as part of a programme of travel aimed to introduce her subjects to Prince Albert. John Martin Robinson describes the event. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Martin Robinson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5HQr7qzoq4nzmVWzEuKYfj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The inner courtyard of Burghley, with its enclosed corridors by J. G. Deering.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Paintings from Burghley House  ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Le Logis and Floréal: The houses were intended to be ‘humble and enriched by vegetation’. They are just that ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/le-logis-and-floreal-the-houses-were-intended-to-be-humble-and-enriched-by-vegetation-they-are-just-that</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The UK's rich 'Garden City' tradition, born off the back of Arts-and-Crafts, found plenty of fans in Belgium. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:30:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tim Abrahams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mAAAihSf33eqQVJEhgYJ2g-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jean-Paul Remy/Visit Brussels]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The owners of this Palladian masterpiece amassed an enviable collection of exotic plants before it all burned to the ground ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan digs into the Country Life Archive to find out how it all went so wrong at Carclew, in Cornwall. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tGDvZVmPsdYfctM7xuje5E-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Carclew was photographed by Country Life in 1916.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Black and white photographs or a palladian-style house]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Inside the glorious studio-houses of 19th century London ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Talgarth Road's terrace of purpose-built studio houses has artists at work within it once again. Jeremy Musson explores the history of these buildings and  a modern connection with Florence. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:34:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ayTKkwgnBqnFCmvpaFNQuS-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Will Pryce for Country Life / Future]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: A place for art: the main studio space of No 143, part workshop, part art gallery, with walls of a muted green.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[St Paul&#039;s Studios photographed by Will Pryce for Country Life  ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The risk of taxing our built heritage out of existence is all too real ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Is a fragile inheritance in trouble? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Athena ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gLYMMfybLQoTCz7cW3kCnh-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alamy/Peter Cavanagh]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A large derelict tudor house, with no roof and covered in ivy, in a field]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A large derelict tudor house, with no roof and covered in ivy, in a field]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How did a staircase from this Reformation-era country house end up on the other side of the world? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan takes a look at the intriguing history and sad ending of Beaudesert Hall. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2EAZqCNwJnYE4eTyKfNYsP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Long Gallery, the oak from which ended up in the possession of Birmingham City Council.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Beaudesert Hall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Breamore House: The Tudor masterpiece with a past tainted by tragedy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The grand Elizabethan building that is Breamore House in Hampshire became, in the 18th century, the seat of a family that made its fortune in medicine. Steven Brindle looks at the fascinating history of the building and its rich collections. Photography by Paul Highnam for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Steven Brindle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/34FVgkdqw7raT4DaTsDMJT-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Paul Highnam for Country Life / Future]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Tudor masterpiece that is Breamore House in Hampshire, the seat of Sir Michael Hulse, Bt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[South elevation]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where was Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock series filmed? In a historic Welsh home that first appeared in Country Life a century ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Llanvihangel Court has a Spanish Armada-era avenue of trees and may have been visited by Charles I. To celebrate its star turn in Guy Ritchie's new Amazon Prime television series, 'Young Sherlock', we're revisiting our feature and photographs on the house that first appeared in the magazine in 1916. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XwZGWNuRQBkf2vGDtpxhvk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Crestwood Hills: American suburbia need not have been the isolating experience it sometimes was ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tim Abrahams explores a bohemian community created in Los Angeles by a group of  musicians. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tim Abrahams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tZMDMEyRn9pEmE6tbNNWXb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sir John Vanbrugh, Castle Howard and great houses on fire, with Dr John Goodall ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Architectural Editor joins the Country Life Podcast to discuss the legacy of Sir John Vanbrugh and the glorious restoration of Castle Howard ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:52:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[The Country Life Podcast]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Fisher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MbXLMghXZtAsuYbx7gLAFV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Castle Howard is back to its best — but it&#039;s taken six decades of restoration work.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Castle Howard viewed from across the lake]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why does the discovery of ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’ matter? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/why-does-the-discovery-of-port-talbots-pompeii-matter</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The discovery of a Roman villa at Margam, outside Port Talbot in Wales, generated huge amounts of publicity, but the press failed to get to the heart of why it matters. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Athena ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ej9hRvY4oircDA3WiwsbTM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare (1759-1798), a British neo-Classical sculptor.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Castle Howard was devastated by fire. Against all the odds, its decades-long restoration has made it even greater today than it once was ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An award-winning restoration at Castle Howard in North Yorkshire has transformed the interior of this fire-damaged great house. What's more, the work has been finished in time for the celebrations surrounding the tercentenary of the death of its designer, Sir John Vanbrugh. John Goodall reports; photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fuDXCfyT3pwBvk2DmfQ85F-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The spreading garden front of Castle Howard,, home of Nicholas and Victoria Howard, with its restored dome. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Castle Howard photographed by Paul Highnam for the Country Life Picture Library — as published March 2026 ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 'Welsh Pompeii' is is a staggering reminder of how ancient history still shapes the modern landscape ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Country Life's cultural columnist Athena takes a look at the Roman villa discovery in South Wales which plugs a centuries-wide gap in the chronology of the area. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Athena ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3cbE8KXWrvTu8PQ9Ln5vMd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Capel Mair and Margam Abbey below it were thought to be the most intriguing and ancient buildings in Port Talbot; a new discovery has changed that. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Capel Mair Chapel on Margam Mountain overlooking Margam Abbey]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ One of the first substantial buildings constructed from cast iron lives on only in the Country Life Archive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The London Coal Exchange enabled City merchants to buy and sell coal across the world. Despite this magazine's best efforts, it was destroyed in the 1960s. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PE593qxYfxyqu5w7KVGp4n-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The main galleried trading floor. Sadly, the 4,000 piece marquetry wood floor was a victim of the Second World War.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[London Coal Exchange]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The National Trust's untold story: How generations of bachelors poured their souls into their houses, and then gave them to the nation  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The acquisition of houses by the National Trust from the 1930s had less to do with the impoverishment of aristocratic families than the industrial wealth of bachelor donors, as Michael Hall reveals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Hall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BMVt2Q42GNLcn2vxmeWRXJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The main living space of The Homewood, Surrey, completed in 1939 and one of the first and most complete Modernist houses in Britain. It was designed by the architect Patrick Gwynne for his parents, who had previously lived in a Victorian house nearby. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Modern living space in glass-walled room]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This is an international institution, a great Regency building and a public face of London. It deserves something better' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/this-is-an-international-institution-a-great-regency-building-and-a-public-face-of-london-it-deserves-something-better</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The British Museum's proposal for a new temporary pavilion has every chance of casting a permanent shadow. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Athena ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mRariscGt4kppLHZ4LzRhH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From baroque masterpiece to the UKs most picturesque motor circuit: The tragic tale of Oulton Park and its inhabitants  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ One hundred years ago, Oulton Park — whose family had already been torn apart by the First World War — was consumed by fire. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fhhXExCHXg4oG82e8fKGRX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The entrance to the red brick Oulton Park — photographed for a 1908 article in &lt;em&gt;Country Life&lt;/em&gt;. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Oulton Park]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ At war in a foreign country, jailed by your own son and traded as a teenager as part of a business proposition: The ladies of Leeds Castle saw it all ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Laura Kay charts the remarkable history of ‘The Ladies' Castle’ near Maidstone, Kent. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:12:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Kay ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JBeXJGeRwyCVfr8brLZL2W-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Leeds Castle has been owned by no less than six queens since the 9th century, and today hosts plenty of events for visitors to the Kent landmark.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Leeds Castle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A celebration of connoisseurship and the sheer enjoyment of art and history': The extraordinary treasures of Ampthill Park House ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In the second of two articles on Ampthill Park House, Bedfordshire —the home of Sir Timothy and Lady Clifford — Jeremy Musson looks at an exceptional modern collection that speaks to the history and character of the house it dignifies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3E6tgAdCCs9mUR7mKoxrE4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The drawing room displays a dense array of nearly 70 paintings, including two full-length portraits by Van Loo and Mercier. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ Ampthill Park House in Bedfordshire as pictured in Country Life in February 2026]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ There's a town in the Netherlands where you can build whatever you want. The outcome is quite extraordinary ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tim Abrahams on the bewildering and intoxicating architectural collage that is Oosterwold. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tim Abrahams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DiFrMr8aRNHy5XZcJYQ9B9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Dome shaped UFO eco friendly building in eco-village Oosterwold Almere in the Netherlands]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dome shaped UFO eco friendly building in eco-village Oosterwold Almere in the Netherlands]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gibside: The curious roofless castle where The King's ancestor was kidnapped ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gibside flourished under coal baron George Bowes but his heiress daughter, Mary Eleanor, nearly lost it all to her deceitful second husband. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Y36na3H3eLhCytrLFRwtFS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.futurecontenthub.com/search/?searchQuery=gibside&amp;amp;assetType=default&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gibside Hall photographed by &#039;Country Life&#039; in 1955. By this time, the building had been without a roof for more than 25 years. &lt;/a&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Gibside Hall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A blue-blood background and a drive to disrupt': Lady Violet Manners on the importance of preserving Britain's privately-owned country homes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Viscountess talks about a childhood at Belvoir Castle, primogeniture and why Americans love a British country home. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Holmes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5yUMFEfe5wJiB3ge7BaqWe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Suffolk home where glass, steel, timber and thatch come together in perfect harmony ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This new house of four discrete elements adopts vernacular forms and materials to striking effect. Clive Aslet pays a visit to Housestead, Suffolk —home of Abigail Hopkins and Amir Sanei —to discover more. Photography by Paul Highnam for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Clive Aslet ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SbiyyTPNQ8WNMgDfMEWGnC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Housestead has many wonderful elements, but the study  — a glass cube atop a tower inspired by local architecture — is the &lt;em&gt;pièce de résistance.&lt;/em&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Housestead in Suffolk as pictured in Country Life]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why has everyone fallen under the spell of Wrotham Park — one of the largest private houses inside the M25  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Wrotham Park, the seat of the Earls of Strafford, is not open to the public and hardly any interior photographs are available to view online. So why do film directors, photographers and luxury brands continue to flock to it? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Kay ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ivcmdi7PFHyht3dFxBnHbN-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pictures of the interiors at Wrotham Park are hard to come by, but the house was photographed for Country Life in 1918 and again in 2002. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Wrotham Park collage]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Refurbishing the Palace of Westminster will be extremely expensive, but so too will be doing nothing  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We must confront the neglect of Parliament. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Athena ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D4utiFPU6bgZPZbGfdSJMJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The House of Commons, as photographed by Will Pryce for Country Life &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.countrylife.co.uk/directory/interior-designers/we-wanna-build-like-common-people-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-house-of-commons-reopening&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;for a feature in 2025&lt;/a&gt;.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view through the doorway into the House of Commons]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What binds the Queen Mother and Chicago's first department store? A lost castle that was blown to smithereens by the Territorial Army  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Streatlam Castle was one of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne three principal seats. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2GHRs4pK9muRpRjtBYToa4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Streatlam Castle with it’s three impressive stone cupola’s gracing the balustraded roof.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Streatlam Castle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The only thing better than a stately home is a stately home in wooden miniature  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Meet George Barham — the gifted woodcarver who can turn your family pile into a wooden masterpiece. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Xc5RA8rmH2yLGMF7fVYoKi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'I have never ceased talking of the beauty of Ampthill': The tale of one of Britain's best-loved country houses ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson describes the complex evolution of Ampthill Park House, Bedfordshire — home of Sir Timothy and Lady Clifford —at the hands of Sir Christopher Wren’s master mason Robert Grumbold, mason-surveyor John Lumley and Sir William Chambers. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VrR5ZVBcnCPLSKfacb28r4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The lofty entrance hall of Ampthill displays a rich collection of sculpture.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ampthill Park House]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Les Espaces d'Abraxas: 'Building a Versailles for the people in Noisy-le-Grand' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill's development in the suburbs of Paris is an intriguing solution to how you expand a city using unwieldy machinery. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tim Abrahams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m6uJvs8kjPr57PSRMS8bXo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Les Espaces d&#039;Abraxas.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[View of the Theatre at Abraxas, a neo-Classical curved building ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A fantastic creation, with the magic of a strange, dreamed, longed-for world': Inside Schloss Charlottenhof, the Prussian royal family's exquisite sanctuary ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The desire for a retreat from the cares of the Prussian court and the formality of palace protocol created Schloss Charlottenhof, Brandenburg, a neo-Classical masterpiece. Aoife Caitríona Lau explains more; photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aoife Caitríona Lau ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pnXDQZaXDKvppLXmEg9k4M-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The entrance portico of Schloss Charlottenhof, Brandenburg, with its remarkable series of portraits in cameo, within a neo-Pompeiian decorative scheme. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Schloss Charlottenhof, Brandenburg]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The magnificent London mansion that Country Life mourned when it was demolished to make room for the Dorchester Hotel  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dorchester House was once the epicentre of late-Victorian society. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Vrg94rSNVp6sFBuLDbT5tP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dorchester House&#039;s saloon room with its Alfred Stevens chimneypiece and Landseer-approved archways.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dorchester House]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Repton: The 500-year-old school with a medieval priory whose story leads back to the kings of Mercia ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The medieval Augustinian priory within the curtilage of Repton School in Derbyshire links together the history of this great public school with the Anglo-Saxon era and the Kings of Mercia. David Robinson tells its story, with photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ David Robinson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5bUYNLRqbjZMcnvfdCs9fK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The west range of Repton Priory — later the ‘Scoole howse’ — seen across the medieval cloister. It is an astonishing survival.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The priory at Repton School ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The striking Arts & Crafts country home with interiors by William Morris that disappeared without a trace ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rounton Grange was built using profits from the Industrial Revolution, but couldn't quite survive the economic difficulties unleashed by the Second World War ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DySDNbA4DswnJAN6nMn7qb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Philip Webb’s lost five-storey Rounton Grange was inspired by Scottish peel towers, with interiors featuring work by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rounton Grange]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The Shakespeare of architects... he has yet had no equal in this country': Sir John Vanbrugh and the legacy of Blenheim Palace ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ To mark the tercentenary of Sir John Vanbrugh’s death, Charles Saumarez Smith considers the changing reactions to one of his greatest creations, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. Photographs by Will Pryce for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Saumarez Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Kvv4L4SXSGyoKtdWpfSoma-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can you tell the difference between a trefoil and an embrasure? A pictorial guide to medieval architecture ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Medieval architecture is easy to admire, but its terminology can be impenetrable. Matthew Rice's illustration unlocks it. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Toby Keel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mGfEk3xFHwEAYPqVo5gkQC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Architectural terms explained in Matthew Rice&#039;s illustration.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Matthew Rice illustration of medieval architecture terms]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lord Byron, Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott once dined at this Jacobean mansion in London. Destroyed by The Blitz it lives on now only in the Country Life Archive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lord Byron jockeyed for position at the table alongside Lord Melbourne and Benjamin Disraeli. Charles Dickens and Sir Walter ScottThe Holland House estate was once London's best example of early domestic Jacobean architecture in the country. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VQA5N9Lyxm8DdhWmMJZw6A-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.futurecontenthub.com/search/?searchQuery=FCH000406588&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The west wing of Holland House, photographed for &#039;Country Life&#039; in 1905.&lt;/a&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Holland House]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Climbing is to ascend not only through space, but through centuries of lineage': The great staircases of Britain's finest country houses ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The grand, sweeping staircases of old country houses are loaded with centuries of architectural, romantic and ghostly allure. Melanie Cable-Alexander takes a look at how they've become entwined with our ideas of what a country house should be. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Cable-Alexander ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ESTvFjkQvRuyd3EWCno8yZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Grand Staircase at Petworth House in West Sussex.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[2JJB8JK Undated film still handout from Downton Abbey: A New Era. Pictured: Hugh Bonneville as Robert Grantham and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary. PA Feature SHOWBIZ Download Reviews. Picture credit should read: PA Photo/Focus Features, LLC/Ben Blackall. All Rights Reserved. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Download Reviews.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Picturesque Scottish castle built on land admired by Robert Burns and erased by war  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dunglass Castle, in Scotland, was once a vision of 18th century Picturesque beauty. Now it lives on only in the Country Life Archive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y6wti52BKQd5pNaQaTNjEm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dunglass Castle was surrounded by ancient trees and looked out over the Firth of Forth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dunglass Hall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Portmeirion: A century of peculiar genius at Clough Williams-Ellis's great village experiment ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 2026 marks the centenary of Portmeirion, one of the most celebrated holiday villages in the British Isles. Kathryn Ferry tells the remarkable story of this Picturesque creation; photographs by John Goodall. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathryn Ferry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6LnkapNmgDeo3uc4JBuTNP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: Citadel Hill. Portmeirion was made famous by &lt;em&gt;The Prisoner&lt;/em&gt; (1967) television series. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Portmeirion in Country Life in January 2026]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Find out what remains of the colossal country house whose 'corpulent buffoon' of an owner had it blown up with vast quantities of gunpowder  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan revisits Eastbury Park in Dorset — which was photographed for Country Life 99 years ago, decades after large parts of it were demolished. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hcCcbPozWawiDkxeWX4e3R-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The light, heavenly mills that 'rival the splendour of the great palaces of Venice', built beside a canal in West Yorkshire  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Over the past 40 years, a remarkable experiment has brought about the revival of an imposing and vast Victorian factory building. John Martin Robinson visits Salts Mill in Saltaire, West Yorkshire —the property of the Silver family — to find out more. Photography by Paul Highnam for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Martin Robinson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nqw6D2pZQghB5XGPsoVxXm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: Salts Mill in Saltaire stands between the Leeds to Liverpool canal and what is now the Leeds to Skipton railway; a site that was once the ideal place both to receive materials and distribute goods, as well as being noted for the ‘beauty of its situation and the salubrity of its air’. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Salts Mill in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, as pictured in Country Life]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 400-year-old floors perfectly preserved in the house that inspired Charles Dickens to create Miss Havisham's mansion ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Most country houses demand you look up and around at what you see. At Restoration House in Rochester, you'll miss out if you don't also look down. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Dyahipn7KLjsG9DuzZZEpf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A floor&#039;s fabulous flaws: Robert Tucker (left) and Jonathan Wilmot tread the ancient boards at Restoration House in Rochester.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Flooring at Restoration House in Rochester, Kent]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Our cathedrals are 'by far the most important works of architecture in Britain', and Exeter is a perfect 21st century update to a medieval masterpiece ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ John Goodall looks at an ambitious restoration project to the choir and cloister of Exeter Cathedral, which was completed in 2025. Photographs by Paul Highnam and Andy Marshall. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zJPzzUfDunppSmBzzgry6a-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: Thomas of Witney&#039;s screen at Exeter Cathedral in Devon, erected 1318-25 and pierced through to the sides by George Gilbert Scott in the 1870s]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Exeter Cathedral in Devon  as pictured in Country Life]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The real-life Manderley, and the other country houses that inspired Daphne du Maurier ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The writer Daphne du Maurier was fascinated by the English country house. Jeremy Musson explores her evocation of these buildings with the help of photographs from the Country Life Image Archive and a series of specially commissioned drawings by Matthew Rice. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s2Lgd7xNQHdZyzXby3ovsA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Slyfield Manor in Surrey is one of the country houses Daphne Du Maurier cites in her memoirs as inspiration.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Slyfield Manor in Surrey pictured in the Country Life Picture Archive]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Country Life's top 10 architecture stories of 2025, from the South Wales terrace with an exquisite Georgian interior, to Ireland's remarkable country houses ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We look back at the most-read architecture stories on the Country Life website in 2025. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Toby Keel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bmn43EAVQK3oU7XRUd8rGD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Kylemore Abbey in Ireland was one of the magnificent creations featured in Country Life in 2025.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Kylemore Abbey in Ireland ]]></media:text>
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