Old Homes, New Life
The Resurgence of the British Country House
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- Each of the 12 houses will be featured in national and international press to announce the book
- In the UK, the media includes Tatler, House & Garden, Country Life, The English Home, and Telegraph Luxury Online
- In the US, the media includes Town & Country, Architectural Digest Online, The AD Aesthete Podcast, Air Mail, and Departures
Full Description
This book is a sumptuously produced journey around 12 privately-owned country houses, asking what it is like to live in such places today. What role do they play in the 21st century? For many years after the Second World War, the country house was struggling. Now a new generation of young owners, often with children, has taken over. They’re finding innovative ways to live in these ancient, fragile and poetic places. While they treasure the history and beauty of the houses, they’re also adapting and enhancing them for a modern era. Old Homes, New Lifeis a behind-the-scenes account of today’s aristocracy, as they reinvent the country house way of life. Each family does this in its own way, maintaining the tradition of individualism, even eccentricity, which is so much associated with country houses. Dylan Thomas’s superb yet intimate photographs capture both the inhabitants of these houses and the spaces they occupy – from State dining to family kitchen, walled garden to attic. This feast for the eyes is accompanied by an equally mouth-watering text by Clive Aslet, based on interviews with family members and his long experience of the subject through his years as editor of Country Life. The result is an exclusive tour of a dozen spectacular homes.
Specifications
- Publisher
- Triglyph Books
- ISBN
- 9781916355408
- Published
- 7th Sep 2020
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- USA & Canada
- Size
- 9.25 in x 11.25 in
- Pages
- 304 Pages
- Illustrations
- 222 color, 15 b&w
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