The Country House Podcast
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The Country House Podcast is a history podcast hosted by Hancock Productions. It has 120 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
"If these walls could talk..." | Please join us as we discuss all things country houses. These are far more than mere bricks and mortar; they are family homes - living, breathing, changing and adapting over time. On The Country House Podcast we explore everything from their architectural history, gardens and collections to the lives of those who have lived and worked in them.The goal of our platform remains true to its founding principles. We hope to inform people on a subject we are knowledgeable about, while proving that architectural and art history are accessible and engaging for everyone and can be enjoyed by all of us, whatever background or demographic we come from!Country houses bring these subjects to life - their architecture encapsulates the progress of nations through the centuries, their collections speak of changing tastes, and their social histories include the lives of many great and powerful figures (and occa
history ·en ·120 episodes
Bournville | The Chocolate Box Utopia
The quiet genius of Rousham
Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough
Knowsley Hall Pt. II | With the Earl of Derby
Knowsley Hall Pt. I | With the Earl of Derby
Almshouses | Architecture for the soul | Ep. 103
Big Ben: At the stroke of midnight... | An Architectural Icon | Ep. 102
The parish church | A Christmas special | Ep. 101
Where palatial homes & politics meet | Helena Rees-Mogg & the Fitzwilliam family | Ep. 100
Heists & heavenly frescoes | Galerie d'Apollon at Le Palais du Louvre | Ep. 99
The poet & the house that inspired an empire | Kipling & Bateman's | Ep. 98
An unexpected inheritance: Robert Parker & Browsholme Hall | Ep. 97
If walls could talk: Jane Austen & Chawton House | Ep. 96
Fairfax House: The finest Georgian townhouse in England? | Ep. 95
Burton Constable Hall & its 'Cabinet of Curiosities' | Ep. 94
Scone Palace with Viscount Stormont: The crowning place of Scottish kings | Ep. 93
Painting Houses: Rory's Watercolour Portraits | Ep. 92
Somerleyton Hall with Lord & Lady Somerleyton | Ep. 91
Highland Retreats | The storied history of Scotland's shooting lodges with Mary Miers | Ep. 90
Shaken, Not Stirred | Goldeneye: The Jamaican home of 007 creator Ian Fleming | Ep. 89
Clandon Park: Its historic past, present state & uncertain future | Ep. 88
From Venice with Love: Canaletto & 'Canaletto Rooms' in country houses | Ep. 87
Country House Festivals: From opera & art to motor racing & horse trials | Ep. 86
The Vache: Baroque music in an Elizabethan setting | Ep. 85
'Capability' Brown: Visionary or vandal? | Ep. 84
The Country House Podcast LIVE at Nevill Holt Festival: A country house reborn | Ep. 83
Elveden Hall with Sam Dalrymple: A Mughal palace in the Suffolk countryside | Ep. 82
Beaulieu Palace House: 'The Gilt and the Gingerbread' | Ep. 81
Joseph Paxton: Gardener, engineer, entrepreneur | Ep. 80
Brideshead Revived: Castle Howard's 21st century renaissance with Nick Howard | Ep. 79
'The Three Classicists': Fifteen years on with Francis Terry, Ben Pentreath & George Saumarez Smith | Ep. 78
Castel Gandolfo: The Pope's summer palace | Ep. 77
The Ancient Seat of an Ancient Family: Powderham Castle with the Earl of Devon | Ep. 76
Auckland Castle: The resurrection of a Bishop's Palace | Ep. 75
'Houses at War' with Tim Bouverie | Ep. 74
St Giles House Pt. I: The rise and fall of a country house | Ep. 73
The Mitford Sisters: A family divided | Ep. 72
A Truly Great Estate: Studley Royal & Fountains Abbey | Ep. 71
Eltham Palace: An art deco icon | Ep. 70
Castletown House: Paddy's Day special | Ep. 69
The Evolution Of Home: How to make a house a home with Emma Sims-Hilditch | Ep. 68
Swiss Country Houses & Chalets: From humble shepherd's hut to multi-million pound holiday home | Ep. 67
Castle Ward: The love story that resulted in a house of two halves | Ep. 66
Weston Park with curator Gareth Williams | Ep. 65
Easton Neston: The revival of an English Baroque gem with Henrietta Spencer-Churchill | Ep. 64
The Country House Portrait: A country house depicted in art, with Eleanor Stephenson | Ep. 63
The Oval Office | Ep. 62
Q&A - Country House Memberships & The Country House Calendar
Orangeries: Folly & function | Ep. 61
Calendar Houses | 60
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