{"product_id":"the-english-country-house","title":"The English Country House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I am sure that this book will give great pleasure to any who open its covers.\"　Julian Fellowes  from the Foreword Stately  grand  and a testament to the generations who have cared for them  the 10 English country houses featured in this volume are architecturally distinctive and filled with evocative family memorabilia  from commissioned portraits to monogrammed heirloom dinner services to the bells that once summoned the downstairs staff. Like the fictional Downton Abbey  these real homes are still in the hands of descendants of the original owners. From Kentchurch Court  which has been the seat of the Scudamore family for nearly 1 000 years  to a delightful Gothic house in rural Cornwall to a charming ducal palace to Goodwood House  Englands greatest sporting estate  this beautifully illustrated book showcases a wealth of gardens  interiors  and fine art collections. James Peill  coauthor of Vendomes The Irish Country House  recounts the ups and downs of the deep-rooted clans who constructed these homes and illuminates the history and legends behind these marvelous estates  many of which have never before been published. Julian Fellowes  creator of Downton Abbey  contributes a foreword. Praise for The English Country House: \"For hundreds of years generation after generation of the families that built these rarely seen houses  has added to the delights seen within and without.\" -Min Hogg \"Whatever virtues one assigns to the English country house (. . . .a daunting coffee table book just out from the Vendome Press)  coziness is not one of them. . . .And yet the drafty beauty of the estates is such that it would clearly be worth enduring centuries upon centuries of emotional remoteness just to hang on to all that pomp and silver and canopied beds and coffered ceilings and graceful balustrades nestled in the sheepy hills.\"  TownandCountryMag.com  \"Theres something mysterious about a stately home in the English countryside. . . . Peill takes a closer look at 10 such homes. . . . As if the beautiful photographs of the interiors and vistas werent enough  Peills text also looks at the histories and legacies of the families who occupied these estates.\"  MarthaStewart.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946058608693,"sku":"ByrdShop_0865653062","price":143.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780865653061.jpg?v=1769921437","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-english-country-house","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}