Country manor house

The English manor house, called Rookwoods, comes with a pool, equestrian facilities and a tennis court

Reddish House, in the Wiltshire countryside, was bought by Beaton for £10,000 in the 1940s

On the market for those seeking the most authentic of English country house experiences is Manston House, the eight-bedroom manor first built in the 17th century and today of the Grade II listing.

Some photos from last week at Asthall Manor. A dreamy Jacobean Cotswolds manor house that was the childhood home of the Mitford sisters. Everything about Asthall Manor is romantic – the gables, the roses, the lake, the ballroom, and the swans on the willow-bordered River Windrush. The house, which dates from 1620, was immortalised as Alconleigh in Nancy Mitford’s ‘The Pursuit of Love’. Fans of the 1945 novel will be thrilled to learn that the ‘Hons’ cupboard’ remains intact at the top of the…

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At Asthall Manor in Oxfordshire – former home of the Mitford sisters – Rosie Pearson has restored the Jacobean house and gardens, which now provide the setting for a biennial celebration of contemporary sculpture.

Longstowe Hall, Cambridgeshire — the home of William and Mercedes Bevan — is an Elizabethan house that was remodelled by an Edwardian industrialist who created superb interiors in the aesthetic of 17th-century Dutch art. Jeremy Musson takes a look; photographs by Will Pryce for Country Life.

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