When American tourists visit the great houses of England, they`re usually impressed with the size and grandeur of the state rooms. ”Who could possibly live in these vast spaces?” they wonder ...

Mary Berry recently ended her run as judge on Britain’s most-popular television show, the BBC’s “The Great British Bake Off,” after Channel 4 poached the format, but the BBC has lined up a ...

It means the area saw the highest annual growth in the East of England, with the average price in Great Yarmouth rising by ...

“Great Houses: Modern Aristocrats ... England. The house has been passed down to the Dukes of Richmond since 1697 and now sits with the son of the 10th Duke, Charles the Earl of March and Kinara.

Read Fast Facts from CNN about Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament, located on the Thames River in London.

On the C-SPAN Networks: British House of Commons has hosted 1,756 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; ... Most common tags: Great Britain, European Union, Terrorism. Recent Programs.

The great houses of The Strand, ... Inigo Jones was employed in the design of what is reputed to be England’s first garden of antiquities, a tantalising glimpse of which is provided in the background ...

Katharine Hepburn's Connecticut beach house and 8,900 other homes were swept into the sea. Skip to main content. ... The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 ...

The new book The Country House: Past, Present, Future: Great Houses of The British Isles by country house expert Jeremy Musson and historian David Cannadine ($85, Rizzoli) ...