Architecture

Simon Thurley explains why the first Stuarts kept the great Tudor palace virtually intact.

O.H. Creighton examines the many and varied reasons behind the siting of Norman castles, and considers their decisive effect on the cultural landscape of Britain.

Twelve years after the first stone of the new building was laid, the state opening of the new Houses of Parliament took place on November 11th, 1852.

Giles Worsley explains why so many country houses were demolished in the last century.

Jane Geddes investigates the remarkable ironwork of the gates of the tomb of Edward IV, and considers what they can tell us about 15th-century craft and culture.

Jenny West looks at the role of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, founded by William Morris in 1877 to counteract the highly destructive 'restoration' of medieval buildings being practised by many Victorian architects.

Christine Riding and Jacqueline Riding (ed.)

Denise Silvester-Carr looks at Art Deco places of interest in Britain.

Rebecca Daniels celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the Victorian Society, which set out in 1958 to save nineteenth-century architectural gems from destruction.

Richard Cavendish visits Traquair House, in Peeblesshire