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Country Life Trending: Elton Hall. ©Will Pryce for Country Life Jeremy Musson looks at the exemplary revival of Elton House and its outstanding collections on the eve of its handover to the next generation, while John Goodall looks at the history and changing face of the buildings from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Photographs by Will Pryce for Country Life. Jeremy Musson on the exemplary revival of Elton House Elton Hall, near Peterborough, is a house of many faces. It is formal and Classical on the approach, yet reveals on inspection a complex architectural history stretchin...

May 23, 2021 The Double Cube Room. The 9th Earl placed the painting by van Dyck of Charles I’s children Credit: Will Pryce/Country Life In the early 18th century, Wilton House in Wiltshire underwent improvement at the hands of the 9th Earl of Pembroke, an enthusiastic amateur architect. For a new book on Wilton — to this day the seat of the Earl of Pembroke — John Martin Robinson assesses his remarkable legacy. Photography by Will Pryce and Simon Upton. The splendours of Wilton today owe a great deal to the early 18th century and the figure of Henry, 9th Earl of Pembroke, (...

Country Life Trending: April 25, 2021 The front door at Harewell House, with pargetted decoration. Photograph by Will Pryce Credit: Will Pryce / Country Life Picture Library / Future Publishing An architect noted for his Classical buildings has invented a narrative to help him design a modern home for himself in the vernacular. Photographs by Will Pryce. Wherwell is a village that answers the popular ideal of English rural beauty. Set in the valley of the River Test, its focus is a small green with a war memorial enclosed by timber-frame and thatched cottages. From this extends...

Hotel Metropole Offers Your 2020 a Second Chance Disappointed 2020 travelers with dashed plans? We all know a few. Some of us are among them. By Becca Hensley |  April 21 2021 Hotel Metropole’s whimsical lobby / ©Will Pryce Disappointed 2020 travelers with dashed plans? We all know a few. Some of us are among them. We are those who had been planning honeymoons, benchmark birthday celebrations, wedding anniversaries and more. We’ve postponed, canceled and rain-checked. Dismayed and impatient, we’ve shelved long-anticipated scenarios, while we wait for the world to ...

The John Rylands Library, Manchester. Picture by Will Pryce for Country Life. The widow of a successful industrialist turned her inherited fortune towards the creation of one of Britain’s greatest libraries: The John Rylands Library, Manchester. Steven Brindle explains the story of her foundation and admires the library’s architectural splendour, with photographs by Will Pryce. Deansgate, the long street that runs up the west side of Manchester city centre, follows the line of a Roman road. Today, it is lined with tall commercial buildings interleaved with modern developments. One tall...