River Walk rests in Kendal, Cumbria, sleeping four in two bedrooms. The living areas in the property consist of an open-plan living area with a kitchen with electric double oven and hob, microwave, ...

Jolls Cottage in Greetham, Lincolnshire, sleeps six guests in three bedrooms. This property consists of a kitchen/diner with electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washer/dryer, dishwasher, ...

We know very little of the first few hundred years of the Anglo-Saxon, or "English", era, primarily because the invaders were an illiterate people. Our earliest records of them are little more than ...

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Our look at the lives of people in the fields of art, architecture, science, and literature throughout British history. From Geoffrey Chaucer to William Morris, Christopher Wren to Isaac Newton.

There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in ...

Duddo Stone Circle (sometimes known as the Duddo Five Stones) is a small, atmospheric stone circle north of the village of Duddo, Northumberland. Local archaeologist Roger Miket describes the Duddo ...

Towards the end of Henry VIII's reign very little building occurred in England. The debts run up by the spendthrift Henry meant that the country verged on bankruptcy. The wool trade, which had carried ...

This list concentrates on paid-entry properties like stately homes, gardens, and other historic buildings, whereas the Trust also cares for huge areas of countryside and coast. Note that although most ...

Tea, that most quintessential of English drinks, is a relative latecomer to British shores. Although the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China, it was not until the mid ...

Palladio himself was heavily influenced by the writings of the Roman architect, Vitruvius. He also made several erroneous assumptions about Roman domestic architecture based on partial remains of ...

The origin of the term " baroque" is uncertain, though it may have evolved from the Portuguese 'barocco', meaning a grotesque or deformed pearl. The term was originally applied derisively, much as the ...