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An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house . This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country.
The Country House Revealed is a six-part BBC series first aired on BBC Two in May 2011, in which British architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits six houses never before open to public view, and examines the lives of the families who lived there. The series was accompanied by a full-length illustrated companion book published by the BBC.
Those early closed circle mysteries preferred a common setting: a British country house. [3] [8] [9] [11] [13] The country house was a common enough element that closed circle mysteries set in such a location are sometimes known as "country house mysteries". [14] The persons involved were also commonly part of the upper class, generally the ...
The Victoria and Albert Museum in 2010. The Destruction of the Country House 1875–1975 was an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in 1974, commissioned by V&A Director Roy Strong and curated by John Harris, Marcus Binney and Peter Thornton (then working, respectively, at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Country Life magazine and the V&A Department of ...
Margulies' notable works include The Country House (2014), Time Stands Still (2009) and Brooklyn Boy (2004). Sight Unseen and Collected Stories were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, in 1992, and 1997, respectively; Dinner with Friends was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000.
During the 20th century, the dispersal of a country house's contents became a frequent event. The sale of Mentmore Towers' contents highlighted the issue.. Two years before the beginning of World War I, on 4 May 1912, the British magazine Country Life carried a seemingly unremarkable advertisement: the roofing balustrade and urns from the roof of Trentham Hall could be purchased for £200. [9]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives kicked off a process on Wednesday that could lead lawmakers to censure Democrat Al Green, who was kicked out of the ...
Country House or The Country House may refer to: English country house, a large house or mansion in the English countryside; Country house (Spain), a type of a tourist accommodation; Country House (horse), an American racehorse "Country House" (song), a 1995 song by Blur; The Country House, 2014 play by Donald Margulies