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Andrew Triggs - BISH (British & Irish Stately Homes), Lost Ireland https://statelyhomes.wordpress.com/lost-ireland / NI country houses, founding Trustee https://UrbanEye.org.uk. See also https://www.FaceBook.com/groups/595015790578234.
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Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social · 2h
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The lives, wild parties and country houses of the Guinness family: Adrian Tinniswood on the Country Life Podcast
The writer and historian Adrian Tinniswood joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.
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Historic Buildings & Places @hbap1924.bsky.social · 1d
Eastbury Park — the grand house no one wanted.

Built in 1716 for George Dodington, designed by Sir John Vanbrugh. Dodington died before it was finished. It passed to family who had no use for it. For many years, the house stood empty. By 1800, most of the estate was gone.
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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 1d
Join us for Robert Thorne's online lecture on Matthew Digby Wyatt.

The polymath Wyatt was an architect, administrator, designer, writer and connoisseur.
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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 1d
Aerial view of Nether Hall, Pakenham, Suffolk. Late Elizabethan country house rebuilt c.1600 with later 19th-century additions. Red brick with stone dressings, tall chimneys & gabled wings typical of the East Anglian vernacular. #Suffolk #Aerial #NetherHall #Elizabethan #image
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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 11h
Aerial image: Nether Hall, Pakenham, Suffolk. Elizabethan mansion built c.1600 for the Greene family, later extended in the 19th century. Set within 80 acres of parkland with ornamental lakes and gardens #Suffolk #Aerial #image #NetherHall #Elizabethan #Architecture
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Historic Houses @historic-houses.bsky.social · 1d
On 28th October, our DG @bencowell.bsky.social will be speaking as part of the autumn talks series at The Georgian Group.

He'll be discussing the revival of country houses & why #Budget2025 must be heritage proofed to avoid unintended damage.

🎟️Book your ticket here: tinyurl.com/yye9ccm5
The British Country House Revival
£15 members/£18 non-members Fifty years ago, there were widespread fears about the future of Britain’s country houses. The V&A’s ‘Destruction of
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Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social · 7h
Sheringham Hall, Norfolk, was the subject of 2 Country Life magazine articles by Jeremy Musson in 2021 (email-wall, and 2 in 1957).
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Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social · 7h
Sheringham Hall, Norfolk, was the subject of 2 Country Life magazine articles by Jeremy Musson in 2021 (email-wall, and 2 in 1957).
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Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social · 1d
Free online lecture - Castle Howard's 21st Century Renaissance, by Dr Christopher Ridgway, Curator @CastleHowardEstate.bsky.social. Friday 17 Oct 6pm (1pm-2:15pm ET). Moderated by Curt DiCamillo @AmericanAncestors.bsky.social.
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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 1d
Aerial image of Pakenham, Suffolk. St Mary's Church is flanked by 2 historic houses: Nether Hall on the far side & Newe House on this side. The village lies amid ancient parkland and farmland between Ixworth and Bury St Edmunds. #Pakenham #Suffolk #Aerial #image #NetherHall
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · 2d
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Kindly Regarded Here
Writing about follies more than 70 years ago, illustrator and author Barbara Jones described these structures as ‘built for pleasure, and pleasure is personal, difficult to define. Follies are fash…
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ISWE @ystadaucymru.bsky.social · 4d
LANSIAD LLYFR | BOOK LAUNCH

Dr Shaun Evans
Mewn sgwrs gyda | In conversation with Dr Lowri Ann Rees

COMING OF AGE CELEBRATIONS ON WELSH LANDED ESTATES: GENTRY, CULTURE & SOCIETY c.1770-1920

5.30pm, 23/10/2015
Lecture Room 2 Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University

Croeso i bawb | All welcome!
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 26d
Coming of Age Celebrations on Welsh Landed Estates by Shaun Evans is the first comprehensive study of gentry coming of age celebrations, offering insights into the social & cultural dynamics of estate communities in 18th & 19th century Wales. Learn more: buff.ly/xHOSKU4 @ystadaucymru.bsky.social
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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 3d
Date for your diary. Please come up and say hello. It would be lovely to meet people I know from BlueSky.
Earlham Library, Colman Road, Norwich, NR4 7HG. (It’s free!)
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · 5d
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The extraordinary ceiling in the drawing room of Fota House, County Cork. This part of the building dates from the mid-1820s when Sir Richard Morrison was employed by Fota’s owner, John Smith…
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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 6d
Aerial view of Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicestershire – built in the 1480s by William Hastings, ally of Edward IV. Work stopped abruptly after Hastings was executed by Richard III in 1483, leaving his castle unfinished #Aerial #image #KirbyMuxloeCastle #Leicestershire #Moat
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Eleanor Doughty @brushingboots.bsky.social · 6d
I am utterly thrilled to find my piece on the aristocracy and racing on the front of today’s Racing Post – truly, little could be more thrilling! What a fun piece to write, pegged to the publication of my book HEIRS AND GRACES, a history of the modern British aristocracy
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Eleanor Doughty @brushingboots.bsky.social · 6d
I’m glad to say that it’s online here, and, self-evidently, in today’s paper
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‘Even the rich ones tend to be cash-poor and racing requires you to be cash-rich’ - the changing role of the aristocracy in racing
Eleanor Doughty explores the place of the aristocracy in racing through the years
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Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social · 6d
No. But did he honestly say why he wasn't living it up in the Hall with his family and friends?
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Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social · 6d
I'm guessing that his income is mostly used to fund a large and extended family, including a lot of non-income producing assets (e.g. homes, collections, etc). It's amazing how quickly a family office can chew through conservatively-sourced revenue!
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Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social · 6d
Perhaps they can change the photo caption to mention the holiday lets, as a subtle plug - I don't think his book sales alone are going to fund the Hall restoration!
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Stately Home News @statelyhomenews.bsky.social · 6d
Was the bedroom photo from Elveden Hall? It seems out of place in the article, compared to all the empty rooms, with no mention of it in the final edition.
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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 7d
Aerial view of Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicestershire – built in the 1480s by William Hastings, ally of Edward IV. Work stopped abruptly after Hastings was executed by Richard III in 1483, leaving his castle unfinished #Aerial #image #KirbyMuxloeCastle #Leicestershire #Moat
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Eleanor Doughty @brushingboots.bsky.social · 7d
I wrote a bit for @thehousemag.bsky.social about the last of the hereditary peers and it was great fun!
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'We’ve been on borrowed time all my life': the end of hereditary peers
The departure of the last of the hereditary peers will be a sadness to some, but Eleanor Doughty looks back on a long history of aristocratic indif...
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Office of Public Works @opwireland.bsky.social · 7d
St Patrick’s Hall in Dublin Castle is getting ready to welcome Ireland’s 10th President this November!
Go behind the scenes as chandeliers, some with over 500 pieces of crystal, are carefully lowered, cleaned, polished, & winched back into place. This painstaking process takes 2 weeks to complete!
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