Upstairs, Downstairs and the Economics of Britain’s Country Houses

This episode looks at how Britain’s grand country houses were financed and managed: from medieval manorial rents to Victorian estate revenues, including agriculture, timber, minerals and colonial profits. We examine the legal frameworks that bound tenants, the social hierarchy of household staff, and the shifts that pushed many estates into public hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices