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		<title>A silver lining to an industrial cloud; the Mersey mansions of the Victorian elite</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To join the landed gentry you previously needed to have no connection with the vulgar business of actually making money. Even if you had bought a significant house and estate, to be truly accepted (and not be cast off into &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/a-silver-lining-to-an-industrial-cloud-the-mersey-mansions-of-the-victorian-elite/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2576&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The axe falls: route of High Speed 2 rail line announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for Transport has now announced the final route for the HS2 rail line which will carve its way through some of our most beautiful countryside and require the demolition of many homes so that &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/the-axe-falls-route-of-high-speed-2-rail-line-announced/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2580&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A stay in the country: country houses as hotels &#8211; and a bad plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although country houses were built primarily as homes, an integral and important function was their use for entertaining.  However, one dramatic change has been the nature of the guests and how they paid for their visits &#8211; and the birth &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/a-stay-in-the-country-country-houses-as-hotels-and-a-bad-plan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2533&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas to you all!  I thought a snowy picture most appropriate even if at the moment it&#8217;s shaping up to be a warm Christmas rather than an white one. As always, writing this blog is a pleasure not only &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/merry-christmas-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2546&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poor prognosis: Great Barr Hall, Staffordshire</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the houses featured in this blog are shown as a celebration of the brilliance of our architects and craftsmen in creating one of the finest bodies of buildings of their type in the world.  Yet, in abundance is, &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/a-poor-prognosis-great-barr-hall-staffordshire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2477&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A rural power house; literally &#8211; Fairfield House, Somerset</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To describe a country seat as a &#8216;power house&#8217; was usually to allude to its status economically, politically, certainly as a local employer, usually even in matters of style. Yet, these houses also indirectly, and sometimes very directly, played an &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/a-rural-power-house-literally-fairfield-house-somerset/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2483&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For sale: a Soanian springboard &#8211; Burnham Westgate Hall, Norfolk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For any architect starting out, the early commissions are perhaps the most important; establishing them both in terms of not only their designs but also how they operate in the execution.  In architectural terms, the early buildings of some architects &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/for-sale-a-soanian-springboard-burnham-westgate-hall-norfolk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2436&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Salvin for sale: Mamhead House, Devon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the pleasures of running your own blog about country houses is that you get to play favourites.  I&#8217;m often asked which is my favourite but this is a difficult one to answer; is it the one I want &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/a-salvin-for-sale-mamhead-house-devon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2389&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Lost Rooms: the sale of architectural salvages to America</title>
		<link>http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/the-lost-rooms-the-sale-of-architectural-salvages-to-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just spent two weeks touring the west coast of the United States, one great pleasure has been visiting the various art museums to see some of the wonderful paintings which the immensely wealthy collectors of the late 19th- and &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/the-lost-rooms-the-sale-of-architectural-salvages-to-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2372&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspired by Park Place? Other country houses for sale to restore</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Beckett - The Country Seat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent restoration and sale of Park Place was certainly on an epic scale &#8211; £42m to buy, a further £100m to complete &#8211; but thankfully not all projects need be so expensive (though they&#8217;ll never be cheap).  The story &#8230; <a href="http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/inspired-by-park-place-other-country-houses-for-sale-to-restore/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhouses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8606976&amp;post=2352&amp;subd=countryhouses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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