The Country House Podcast
1) An unexpected inheritance: Robert Parker & Browsholme Hall | Ep. 97
In this episode - the final part in our series on the shortlisted candidates for the HHA Collections Award (sponsored by Dreweatts) - we travel to the heart of the Forest of Bowland to visit Brow...Show More
2) If walls could talk: Jane Austen & Chawton House | Ep. 96
Many country houses claim to be the inspiration for Pemberley, Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park, but few houses have such tangible links to Jane Austen as Chawton House in Hampshire.On this week's ...Show More
3) Fairfax House: The finest Georgian townhouse in England? | Ep. 95
What happens when the last in a line of viscounts has only one child - a daughter - but the family's ancestral seat is entailed to the male line (meaning it'll go to a distant cousin)? This was the di...Show More
4) Burton Constable Hall & its 'Cabinet of Curiosities' | Ep. 94
A Cabinet of curiosity (also known as a wonder-room) is an encyclopaedic collection of objects assembled in post-Enlightenment Europe by noblemen, landowners and merchants who were fascinated by scien...Show More
5) Scone Palace with Viscount Stormont: The crowning place of Scottish kings | Ep. 93
Over the next five weeks, we will be exploring the history and collections of the five shortlisted candidates for this year's Historic Houses Association Collections Award (sponsored by Dreweatts). Ge...Show More
6) Painting Houses: Rory's Watercolour Portraits | Ep. 92
The challenge for all portraitists is in painting not only what they see but in trying to distil and capture the essence or spirit of their subject in oil, ink or watercolour. This challenge applies a...Show More
7) Somerleyton Hall with Lord & Lady Somerleyton | Ep. 91
This week Geoff 'goes it alone' (Rory's on holiday) and visits Somerleyton Hall in Suffolk, where he's joined on the podcast by Hugh and Lara Crossley, Lord and Lady Somerleyton. The seat of the Cross...Show More
8) Highland Retreats | The storied history of Scotland's shooting lodges with Mary Miers | Ep. 90
The shooting lodges of the Scottish Highlands have beguiled and entranced people from all walks of life for generations. But beyond the romantic facade - the magnificent architecture and breathtaking ...Show More
9) Shaken, Not Stirred | Goldeneye: The Jamaican home of 007 creator Ian Fleming | Ep. 89
James Bond is one of Britain's most iconic fictional characters, and without a doubt the most famous spy in the world. And the man behind the legend - author Ian Fleming - lived a life almost as thril...Show More
10) Clandon Park: Its historic past, present state & uncertain future | Ep. 88
How a fire reduced this 18th century Palladian house to a mere shell... and the questions that it raises. This week, Geoff and Rory are joined by Cornelia Van Der Poll - an Oxford academic and co-foun...Show More