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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Country Life in Architecture ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'NIMBYs are heroes of our time': Simon Jenkins launches devastating attack on the state of housing in Britain ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Cotswolds are being ruined, house building targets are only helping the 'middling rich', and why NIMBYs should be celebrated, not vilified: Simon Jenkins lit up the Future Countryside conference with a scathing speech about house building and planning policy. Julie Harding was there to witness the fireworks. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:02:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Julie Harding ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XbVKQXzE8tSxAi6wYsfXJZ.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Rural spaces, such as Langdale in Cumbria, should be valued, not covered in houses.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Langdale in Cumbria]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ House of the Dragon: The Elizabethan mansion protected by a fire-breathing beast — until it wasn't ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan recounts the fascinating story of Drakelow Hall. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The ideal of what an English country house should be': Ven House's journey from Georgian corruption to modern glory ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This magnificent Ven House in Somerset —home of Mike Fisher and Lord Allen of Kensington — was the unexpected product of the fractious and corrupt politics of early 18th-century England. John Goodall explains more; photography by Will Pryce for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJnixhpF79oUeSRUmKfrN3.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The garden frontage of Ven House in Somerset, with the terrace obscuring the basement. The brick fabric is richly detailed with pilasters, cornices and windows in stone.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ven House in Somerset ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The financier, racing driver and prolific party animal who saved — and then lost — one of the 20th century's most notable country houses  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ardenrun Place was a short-lived yet architecturally notable English country house. Melanie Bryan tells its tale. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:32:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[British motor racing millionaire and director of Bentley Motors Ltd, Joel Woolf Barnato arrives in Britain on board The Empress of Britain, in 1931, with his new bride Jackie Claridge Quesly.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A well-dressed woman and man walking across the deck of a cruise ship in the 1930s]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A tale of two Deaneries: The unique medieval and 17th century homes attached to Gloucester Cathedral  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Deans of Gloucester have consecutively occupied two houses in the cathedral close —namely, The Old and the New Deanery. Both have a fascinating history, as John Goodall discovers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJnixhpF79oUeSRUmKfrN3.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's rather like a foghorn reverberating through the halls and corridors': The young custodians of a castle used to shelter Jacobite rebels and its wonderful Victorian organ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In our latest Country-House Treasures instalment, John Goodall meets the young custodians of Cluny Castle and its loud Victorian organ. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 15:02:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:05:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJnixhpF79oUeSRUmKfrN3.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cosmo Linzee Gordon took over running the house and estate in his early 20s. He married Bronya in 2019.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cluny Castle organ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A toy cut from cardboard': Glin Castle's renaissance at the hands of an elite garden designer and her A-list husband ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Against all the odds, the ancient Glin Castle has remained intact, thriving and continues its role as the seat of the FitzGeralds, Knights of Glin. Jeremy Musson considers the significance of the work of the late Knight of Glin and his daughter Catherine FitzGerald in keeping this castle in family hands. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4etCXsy2fbbuaEsScFNU6F.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Glin Castle — the seat of the FitzGeralds, Knights of Glin — stands amid glorious green countryside, overlooking the Shannon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Glin Castle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Monarchs, Rothschilds and ruin: The extraordinary tale of one of Britain’s most beautiful moated homes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rushbrooke Hall was arguably one of Britain's most beautiful and romantic-looking homes. But, like most of the houses in this series, it's demise was brutal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A small boy lends perspective to the grand hall. Note the original Elizabethan windows on the top floor.  ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rushbrooke Hall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chavenage: The true story of the 'Rivals' house —and it's every bit as dramatic as the plots that Jilly Cooper dreamt up ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Together with tales of spectral apparitions, many mysteries surround the building of Chavenage. What is certain is that the house has an extraordinary charm typical of the Cotswolds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicholas Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hF2FfNdVCD5jrbrPGFZie5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Chavenage House in the Cotswolds has starred in Poldark, Rivals, and Country Life.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Chavenage House in the Cotswolds as it appeared in Country Life in 2003]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Housing in Britain has been broken for seven decades —here's how to fix it: Jonathan Glancey on the Country Life Podcast  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The architecture writer Jonathan Glancey joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Fisher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fYru9NUfP7aM9oukwkaxEe.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New towns such as Swindon were built with good intentions, but many mistakes were also made. It&#039;s time we learned the lessons from them, says Jonathan Glancey.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Panoramic view of Swindon town center. Aerial above botanical tree canopy at sunset. View from Swindon Town Gardens public park with recreational grounds and tennis court.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why one of Cornwall's oldest and most definitely haunted houses burned to the ground — 30 years after it was photographed for Country Life ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan traces the history of Treworgey Manor, built during the reign of Henry VIII. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Treworgey Manor, in 1904, photographed by Country Life’s architectural photographer, Charles Latham.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Treworgey Manor]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Well, you will have to burn me in it, boys': The remarkable tale of Glin Castle, and its unlikely survival through two centuries of turmoil ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ John Goodall looks at Glin Castle, Co Limerick, the home of the FitzGeralds, Knights of Glin. This article, which tells the story from its 1789 construction into the 20th century, is the first of two articles about afamily seat built by a dynasty as remarkable for its longevity as its colourful history. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJnixhpF79oUeSRUmKfrN3.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: Glin Castle, as seen from the gardens. The service range extends to the left and the Shannon is visible to the right. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Glin Castle - published in Country Life in April 2026]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mar Vista: 'A million miles away from the dreaded ranges of identikit suburban housing' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In Los Angeles, 52 homes by the renowned architect Gregory Ain show how thoughtful design and landscaping can be inspired by subtle ideas about how to constitute a community that go far beyond politics. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tim Abrahams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q6thJYhcJhT5JBpBr4rmCk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A single plan with a modest square footage, but the architect Gregory Ain added variety in all sorts of clever ways.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Case Study house 1960&#039;s mid-century modern architecture in West Los Angeles]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Built for a pretender to the Scottish throne, consumed by a coalfield: The doom of Hamilton Palace ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ At its zenith, Hamilton Palace rivalled Buckingham Palace in size — but when it was photographed for Country Life, its days were already numbered, says Melanie Bryan. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Hamilton Palace&#039;s Gallery, which ran the length (120 foot) of the first floor.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hamilton Palace]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Calico House: A modern home in an ancient house, lovingly restored and full of history ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Enlarged by a prosperous yeoman farmer in the 17th century, the remarkable Calico House, in Newnham, Kent, has a complex history stretching back to the Middle Ages. John Goodall reports on a place that is now the home of Graham Lloyd-Brunt and Ewan Brown. Photography by Will Pryce for Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJnixhpF79oUeSRUmKfrN3.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The arches that lead to the former buttery and pantry at Calico House in Newnham, Kent.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Calico House as pictured in Country Life in April 2026]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The ancient manor house brought back from ruin by people of the village where it's stood for seven centuries ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The restoration of a Transylvanian manor house, using only local craftspeople and traditional methods, has stood the test of time. Apafi Manor, in Mălâncrav, Romania, is a model of its kind, finds Jeremy Musson. Photographs by Paul Highnam. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:02:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4etCXsy2fbbuaEsScFNU6F.png ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fig 1: The loggia and porch impose order on the asymmetric garden frontage of Apafi Manor, named for the princely family who built it. Much of the building to the left of the porch has been reconstructed. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ Apafi Manor as pictured in Country Life]]></media:text>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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 his manifesto': London’s strangest house blends art, modernity and science, and it's just thrown open its doors to visitors ]]></title>
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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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qBwePqG6Xdt5FDMyJvtk6N.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJnixhpF79oUeSRUmKfrN3.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H3r4PzCfNrwrmvGGYTYDTG.png ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mmMZjm8rV7rbtx4id8DuPb.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>
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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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tim Abrahams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mAAAihSf33eqQVJEhgYJ2g-1280-80.jpg">
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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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4etCXsy2fbbuaEsScFNU6F.png ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H3r4PzCfNrwrmvGGYTYDTG.png ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6G26EXSsJ94keBgEBpX68k.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PLmTivjz9BZwGPM2UCXuvG.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fYru9NUfP7aM9oukwkaxEe.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H3r4PzCfNrwrmvGGYTYDTG.png ]]></dc:description>
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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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJnixhpF79oUeSRUmKfrN3.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H3r4PzCfNrwrmvGGYTYDTG.png ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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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                                                                                                                    <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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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This is an international institution, a great Regency building and a public face of London. It deserves something better' ]]></title>
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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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Athena ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H3r4PzCfNrwrmvGGYTYDTG.png ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/at-war-in-a-foreign-country-jailed-indefinitely-by-your-own-son-and-traded-as-a-teenager-as-part-of-a-business-proposition-to-your-husbands-brother-the-ladies-of-leeds-castle-saw-it-all</link>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wcyrhWCf2mnbC7dGRttidP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4etCXsy2fbbuaEsScFNU6F.png ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rQbbxfVoc7Vhy4pm5z2WRg.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wcyrhWCf2mnbC7dGRttidP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/H3r4PzCfNrwrmvGGYTYDTG.png ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQXJtguspVj32cbZvuFAP.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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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>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qBwePqG6Xdt5FDMyJvtk6N.jpg ]]></dc:description>
                                                                                                        <dc:contributor><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:contributor>
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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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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:46:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Musson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4etCXsy2fbbuaEsScFNU6F.png ]]></dc:description>
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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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