If you've ever wandered around an English stately home and its magnificent gardens, you will have noticed there is something worth gawking at at every turn. Each flower bed carefully stewarded to ...

There are scant examples of modernist design in the U.K. that’s more impressive than St. Ann’s Court, an iconic Grade II* listed white house with what heritage organization Historic England describes ...

The late British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens was (and still is) especially revered for his Arts and Crafts-style manor houses. And now, what The Lutyens Trust has dubbed among the Englishman’s “most ...

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – In 1535 there were around 850 monastic houses across England and Wales, by 1540 none remained. Shortly after his break with Rome, Henry VIII moved on the monastic ...

The thick grape ivy that hugs the facade and brick chimneys look like they have been there for centuries. Looks are deceiving, however, because this stately, seemingly old mansion lovingly called ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a Manhattan-based luxury travel and real estate writer. When Damian Llambias and Christopher Badham were searching for a ...

Five destinations, whether in the English countryside or a forest in Thailand, where the work and nature go hand in hand.

In the heart of the English countryside, an extraordinarily ornate country house that was once home to the Duke of Wellington has come to the market for £2.65 million (US$3.3 million). The ...

The UK’s Environment Agency has announced plans to use lidar to map England’s entire landscape by 2020, using the collected data to assess flood risk and inform conservation work. Using aircraft ...