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Scotland property for sale - Country Life
WEBWhether it’s a farmhouse in the Scottish Borders, an amazing Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh, or a cottage on the stunning west coast, Scotland has a brilliantly varied selection of property for sale. Prices are lower than England – you can buy a castle for the price of a semi-detached three bedroom home in Surrey – and the quality of ...
Alan Titchmarsh: A foolproof guide to growing wisteria
WEBJun 22, 2023 — Do this every year and your plant should not disappoint. Your wall will need some kind of support framework, as wisteria is a twiner, with no sticky pads such as those on Virginia creeper or aerial roots on ivy. Stout horizontal wires fastened to sturdy vine eyes screwed into the wall at intervals of 18in give the most unobtrusive support.
Property for sale in the Cotswolds - Country Life
WEBCotswolds property for sale. Straddling Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire, this beautiful part of the heart of England boasts rolling hills and peaceful, winding rivers. Parts of it – particularly in Oxfordshire – are close enough to London to be commutable, but always far enough away to feel ...
Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for sale - Country Life
WEBJun 3, 2024 — Highlands — £7,500,000. A 1,000-acre estate with a red stone castle at its heart. Woodland and pasture are part of the landscape, with deer stalking and scope for a driven shoot. The agents also cite the opportunity to develop further. For sale with Goldsmith & Co.
Best country houses for sale this week - Country Life
WEBSep 19, 2024 — Buckinghamshire — £1,500,000. Utterly spectacular, this Tudor country house is set in 40 acres of parkland — this sale is not for the whole, but for the 4,283sq ft East Wing. As well as communal gardens with pool and tennis courts, there are separate private gardens with stables. For sale with Michael Graham.
Who owns Britain: Top ten aristocratic UK landowners
WEBCountry Life November 11, 2010. Prince Charles. 1. Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry. 240,000 acres. Richard Buccleuch, the 10th Duke. of Buccleuch & Queensberry, owns four major estates: Queensberry-complete with magical pink sandstone Drumlanrig Castle Langholm in Dumfriesshire, Bowhill in Selkirkshire, …
Dandelions: Everything you need to know about the humble …
WEBMay 26, 2021 — This vast population divides into nine groups, including dandelions with spotty leaves (Naevosa), which tend to grow in the North; small ones, such as the ruddy dandelion in the Erythrosperma group, with deeply dissected leaves and tiny flowerheads; and Hamata, with their hook-shaped leaf lobes, which mostly grow on waste ground.Some, such as Bertha’s dandelion, are so rare that they have ...
The day a Country Life photographer captured an image of a …
WEBOct 31, 2022 — Some 85 years ago, a picture of the fabled ‘Brown Lady’ of Raynham was taken by Country Life photographers. Was it really the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole, an 18th-century mistress of the manor? Caitlin Blackwell Baines takes a look, and tells tales of how many struggling country house owners have found that ghosts help them to stay connected to a more illustrious past.
Country crossings: a stile guide - Country Life
WEBCountry Life September 8, 2016. Steven Desmond climbs back through history to uncover the origins of the stile and understand why these charming country crossings are no longer such a common feature of our landscape. The stile has been with us for a very long time. Indeed, the very word is Anglo-Saxon. A writer in 1564 described the difficulty ...