Welcome to this month’s issue…

Whilst an old house may look fine and beautiful on the outside, all may not
be well on the inside. This issue takes a look at why it is so important to consult professionals.

Regular Features Exploring Britain's Heritage
Yorkshire South is a region where grand stately homes meet the furnaces of the industrial revolution and imposing castles…

Old House Care
This month we look at the maintenance and repair of masonry…

Through the Eras
Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) Master Woodcarver, perhaps the finest who ever lived, found recognition as a young man…

Historic Houses High Society
Set in the picturesque Surrey hills, Polesden Lacey stands impressive yet endlessly charming.

In Search of life's Ideal
Augustus Pugin came to Ramsgate in 1843, in search of ‘the delight of the sea with catholic architecture and a Library’. Here he built St Augustine’s Grange.