Happy birthday James Boswell, born #OnThisDay in 1740. His family seat was the grand Auchinleck House in Ayrshire. The library - where Samuel Johnson famously argued politics with Boswell's father, Lord Auchinleck - looks out towards the Isle of Arran. ow.ly/Tc2650jvzJC

My #countryhousepic today shows Newton Don #Berwickshire, built in 1817-19 by Sir Robert Smirke for Sir Alexander Don, 6th bt. and sold in 1847 to Charles Balfour, whose descendants still own it. Lovely grounds. Images: Christine Wallace.

In 1779 #CapabilityBrown enlarged #park & created #views at #Appuldurcombe #IsleOfWight for Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet. William Gilpin later wrote that “Views of the sea, & various parts of the island, are judiciously opened about the house” bit.ly/2pEKpIH

An oldie but oh such a goodie, we designed and fitted this kitchen over six years ago!! It just shows you that well-made, great quality furniture really doesn't go out of style. We're just as in love with this space as we were all those years ago. #WednesdayWisdom #Love

Detail of a ceiling originally in Mespil House, Dublin and now in Dublin Castle: in Dublin Decorative Plasterwork of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (1967) C.P. Curran wrote of this and other work from the same building, ‘In their perfect disposition of light and shade;

The beautiful detail of a doorcase in the Eating Parlour of Headfort House in Kells, Co. Meath. Headfort is the only example of Adam's country house work to survive in Ireland as his previous work at Castle Upton in County Antrim was lost.

16 th century A listed Tower House In Scotland £295.000 with great views #property #Scotland #countryhouse rightmove.co.uk/property-for-s…

1764-8 #CapabilityBrown remodelled Melton Constable #Holt #Norfolk for Sir Edward Astley creating large lake, pleasure & kitchen #gardens, draining land & laying out plantations. Sir Edward provided carts, wheelbarrows, 6 able horses & all trees & shrubs bit.ly/2pHPe6b

The Chateau de Kermérien dating back to the XV and XVII th Century is now for sale with 5 hectares of land at 258.000 euros. featuring fantastic original details, stable blocks. located in Brittany (Bretagne) …-genevissehenaff-lefaouet.notaires.fr/detail-annonce…

My #countryhousepic today shows Whiteknights Park, Reading, a fine 18th century house demolished in the mid 19th century when its large grounds were divided to form plots for six large Victorian villas. The site is now the campus of Reading University.

#HoraceWalpole “was not much struck with [Moor Park] after all the miracles I has heard that Brown had performed there he has undulated the horizon in so many artificial mole-hills that it is full as unnatural as if it was drawn with a rule & compasses” bit.ly/2lgMIQr

Fireside Read... @ninahartmannantiques #swedishantiques #newbook#folkart#bentwood#primitive#antiques #winterafternoons #home#cotswolds #antonandkantiques ift.tt/2KYr93m

The antique mantels are dressed for Christmas including this C18th Palladian statuary marble fireplace with full rounded siena marble columns, after an original model by Sir Henry Cheere with the central tablet depicting Aesop’s ‘The Three Foxes Fable bit.ly/2zL7zDC

#CapabilityBrown was commissioned by banker George Clive for work at Mount Clare #Roehampton #Surrey. He was paid £206 (£330k) in 1774 & but we don’t known what he did there. A #CedarOfLebanon, Brown’s signature tree, survived into C21st Now Uni of Roehampton bit.ly/2oXDsWd

Good morning. I do hope your hair and clothes are appropriate for the time of day. bl.uk/collection-ite… #SaturdayMorning

Financial Assistance for Architectural Heritage in 2019 from @DeptAHG . More information available on our website: igs.ie/updates/articl…

New Book | The Country House Past, Present, Future enfilade18thc.com/2018/12/09/new…

In the 1760s Rowland Holt commissioned #CapabilityBrown to redesign both the house & park at #Redgrave #Diss on the #Suffolk #Norfolk border. Brown tried (unsuccessfully) to persuade Holt to build flanking wings on house. bit.ly/2MuHp09.

Does anyone recognise this house? At a guess, probably built c.1820 somewhere in the limestone belt across central England. Plate glass windows either side of the porch a later alteration, perhaps to provide light for a serious plantsman. No clues to location.