House Museum
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Mini-Post | Nemours Estate
Welcome to Nemours Estate, a French neoclassical mansion with very beautiful almost-Versailles landscape gardens in Delaware! Nemours was built between 1909 and 1910 by Alfred du Pont for his second wife, Alicia. Alicia had a love of all things French, which inspired much of the home. Alfred’s third wife, Jessie Ball du Pont, loved all read more
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Visiting Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Join me for a brief jaunt through the whirlwind history of Baddesley Clinton manor house, one of my favourite National Trust properties. read more
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Mini-Post | Davenport House Museum
The Davenport House was completed in 1820, and (as the name suggests!) built by Isaiah Davenport. In it lived Davenport, his wife Sarah Clarke, their children (they eventually had ten, seven of which survived past infancy) and enslaved labourers. Bella and her four children Jack, Jacob, Isaac and Polly lived here, alongside Ned and Davy, read more
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Visiting Marble House, Newport
Let’s continue to visit the Newport Mansions, Rhode Island with this post exploring Marble House. read more
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Tudor, Medieval, Art Deco: Old meets New at Eltham Palace
A friend once told me about a country house, just outside London, which was the childhood home of Henry VIII but had also been transformed into an Art Deco masterpiece in the early twentieth century. I found this really hard to visualise – it’s such a clash of different styles! Recently I was fortunate enough read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 