Manor houses

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…

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

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Let’s check in and check out this historic hotel in the English countryside, shall we?

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.

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