Penny Churchill takes a look at the splendidly ancient Homestall Manor, whose every inch seems to be filled with rich stories. If 1,000 years of history is still the dream, Will Peppitt of Savills Country Department  is handling the sale of the magnificent, Grade II*-listed Homestall Manor with its extensive complex of associated buildings, the […]

Inevitably hideous-looking and often mischievous, why do gargoyles and grotesques adorn some of our most solemn churches, asks Ben Lerwill. Picture the outside of a church. Here’s the porch, here’s the steeple, here’s the parish noticeboard. It’s all very ordered and all very charming — except for the gruesome faces on the roofline. They leer […]

The trick to surviving a weekend in London with a young family in tow is to stay in one of the capital’s best hotels, discovers Country Life’s Dean Usher. Organising a trip to London usually involves just me and my wife, but more recently, as our girls have gotten older (Rose is now nine, and […]

Taking on a historic estate with 17 acres of gardens and landscape at the age of 28 is no mean feat, but Adam Clayton did just that when he bought on Danesmoate — and he also had the foresight and vision to plant thousands of trees and shrubs, restoring vistas and bringing back life and colour to […]