Article: The big house; the story of a country house and its family.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: From the manor born to helping Brazil's underprivileged ; She ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  October 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ...She grew up in the country house made famous as the setting for To ... but these days a very different "Big House" has taken over Olivia Taylor's ... practical and Miss Taylor has launched the Big House project to raise pounds7,000 to ...

Article: Gamblers, grooms and hunting parsons Anne Chisholm on an ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The Big House: The Story of a Country House and its Family by Christopher Simon Sykes HarperCollins ... his last chapter is a reminder of how long the rituals of country house life endured. "Master Christopher" celebrates without ...

Article: A Scottish birthday: celebrating a special occasion? How about ...
Town & Country;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... visit with friends. This is not a country house in the grand British manner ... whether you like it or not. The Big House (as it is called) does, however ... Masterpiece Theatre/Merchant-Ivory country-house comforts. The public rooms are ...

Article: The new lords of the manor An architectural phenomenon is taking ...
The Independent - London;  May 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... of Robert Altman's country house thriller Gosford Park ... series The Edwardian Country House. They may have taken ... property embodied by the big house, but the fascination ... we know that the big country house is hip again . Meanwhile ...

Article: Author wins samuel Johnson prize for book about road Hill house ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  July 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... sparked a national obsession with country house whodunits that survives to this day ... gruesome killing of Francis Kent in the big house in Rode, the tale is enthralling ... the Road Hill murder the original country-house mystery.

Article: BOOKS Party time for the chosen few; Intermarrying was colossal. ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... minorities, where the country house party was used as a ... servants up to the big house smoothly and luxuriously ... no casual affair. Country house visitors were part ... social melee of the country house set with its hypocritical ...

Article: Country house with every extra.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... most of the trappings of a good country house, and a surprising extra or two ... under 38 acres. A first-time country house buyer, even with a decent budget ... basins. The rest share another big house bathroom and further shower room ...