Includes index.

Introduction -- Fifteenth century. Haddon Hall -- Sixteenth & seventeeth centuries. Chastleton House ; Knole ; Hatfield House ; Wilton House ; Chatsworth ; Ham House ; Burghley -- Eighteenth century. Houghton Hall ; West Wycombe Park ; New Wardour Castle ; Syon House and Heveningham Hall ; Spencer House -- Nineteenth century. Apsley House and Stratfield Saye ; Palace of Westminster ; Great Conservatory ; Waddesdon Manor, the Ritz and the Royal Automobile Club -- Twentieth century. Charleston ; Nancy Lancaster's yellow drawing room and Pauline de Rothschild's Albany set ; David Hicks at home ; Apollo Victoria Theatre ; Twenty-first century : Jill Ritblat's pool & party room.

"Photographer Derry Moore and interior designer David Mlinaric takes readers on a panoramic tour inside some of Britain's finest buildings, guiding them through five centuries of English interior design. Mlinaric's informed text and Moore's perceptive photographs present the best examples of both public and private buildings--from sixteenth-century Haddon Hall, Chastleton and Knole to seventeenth-century Hatfield and Wilton; Houghton Hall and Syon House from the eighteenth century; Apsley House, the Palace of Westminster and Waddesdon Manor from the nineteenth; and twentieth-century examples including Charleston and the Apollo Victoria Theatre. The work of British masters including Inigo Jones, William Kent and Robert Adam, as well as of influential twentieth-century tastemakers such as Nancy Lancaster, Pauline de Rothschild and David Hicks, is revealed in striking photographs and authoritative texts, which enlighten readers to the events and personalities that lend each site its particular cultural significance. Anglophiles, armchair tourists and lovers of grand interiors will relish the photographs of these wonderful buildings, while discovering more about the designers and architects who built them, charting the evolution that has made British style so alluring, enduring and widely imitated over the centuries'"--Jacket.

Famed photographer Derry Moore and renowned interior designer David Mlinaric offer a panoramic tour inside some of Britain's finest manor houses, halls, castles, and public buildings. Bridging five centuries, this lavishly illustrated book looks at houses such as Haddon Hall, Chastleton, and Knole, each with superb examples of Tudor and Stuart interiors. Including Houghton Hall from the 18th-century and Waddesdon Manor from the 19th-century, the book continues into the 20th century to feature the homes of such influential figures as Nancy Lancaster, Pauline de Rothschild, and David Hicks, guiding readers through the finest examples of English interior design. The work of British masters including Inigo Jones, William Kent, and Robert Adam is beautifully portrayed in striking photographs while complementary essays enlighten readers on the events and personalities that lend each site cultural significance. Anglophiles, armchair tourists, and lovers of grand interiors will enjoy these gorgeous photographs while discovering more about the designers, architects, and trends that have made British style so alluring and enduring over the centuries.