Manor house garden design

When the interior designer Joanna Wood fell for an irresistibly pretty house in the Cotswolds, she was able to put her decorating expertise to good use, sensitively improving the layout and creating effortlessly lovely interiors.

Knight Frank - Country Houses Department present this Farm in Middle Lypiatt, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6.

Parcevall Hall in the Yorkshire Dales is testament to the vision of Sir William Milner, who bought the dilapidated hillside farmhouse in the Twenties and transformed its 24 acres with terraces, tranquil garden rooms and rare plants

Many things can shape a city—its culture, history, social life, or food scene. But perhaps the most distinctive feature would be architecture. Some buildings can completely fascinate you with their astonishing design and pure aesthetics. Through careful urban planning and understanding of the cultural background, the structure of a city can carry you through time while still leaving you in a very particular place.

Our June issue is out now, featuring the best of British design, plus gardens from around the world and delicious summer recipes.. Let our Editor Hatta Byng talk you through the highlights.

Explore the gardens online - Waddesdon Manor

The most important English estate to hit the open market this year is Kiddington Manor in Oxfordshire

Live like your favorite TV characters (but with better heating and plumbing)

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When the owners of this Cotswolds house bought it, it was a bland Twenties reconstruction of a seventeenth-century house that had burnt down. They and their architect set about rebuilding it, reconnecting it with its gardens and wider surroundings.