by Helen Kain | Feb 27, 2025 | Castles & Stately Houses, England, Featured, Great Gardens of England, Treasure Houses, Tudors (1485–1603)
A House Built for Power Hatfield House is a grand testament to the ambitions of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, the younger son of William Cecil, Elizabeth I’s trusted advisor. Built in the early 17th century, it replaced the Old Palace of...
by Helen Kain | Feb 23, 2025 | Castles & Stately Houses, England, Treasure Houses, Tudors (1485–1603)
Few country houses in England can rival the grandeur, artistry, and sheer theatricality of Burghley House. Rising like an opulent stage set on the edge of Stamford, Burghley is the ultimate expression of Elizabethan power and prestige—a house built not...
by Helen Kain | Dec 30, 2019 | Castles & Stately Houses, England, Great Gardens of England, Treasure Houses
Good day, everyone, and welcome to Harewood House Part II. Sorry for the delay in providing the sequel to Harewood House Part I. Travel and the holiday season got the better of me in the intervening period, but I’m determined to tie off as many loose ends as I...
by Helen Kain | Sep 29, 2019 | Castles & Stately Houses, England, Georgians (1714–1837), Great Gardens of England, Treasure Houses
“Where shall we go today?” was the question. Our three weeks in England were almost at an end, and we – Glenn, that is – had done a lot of driving already, so I hesitated to suggest Harewood House, nearly two hours from our self-catering cottage in...
by Helen Kain | Dec 8, 2018 | Castles & Stately Houses, England, Treasure Houses
In planning our trip to explore England at Christmas, we knew we’d have to be pretty selective. There is so much to see, it’s easy to get carried away, overbook and end up exhausted by hurtling from one place to the next. So we decided to divide the trip...
by Helen Kain | Apr 29, 2018 | Castles & Stately Houses, England, Great Gardens of England, Treasure Houses
Welcome back to our story about Blenheim Palace, home to the Dukes of Marlborough since 1722. Our last instalment left off as we were about to enter the Library, shown as “H” on the screen-save of the diagram from Wikipedia: As you can see, the library...
