A deft interweaving of architectural and social history For aristocrats and gentry in 18th-century Ireland, the townhouses and country estates they resided in w

This book takes the reader on a tour of ten grand Irish country houses, provided an intimate look at a marvellous hotchpotch of rooms and decoration.

The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present The Story of the Country House is an authoritat

For 700 years the Ascendancy dominated Ireland: landlords built their great houses, landscaped their parks and spent wealth gathered from rents, before disappea

This book explores the everyday character and functions of domestic spaces in Georgian Ireland. While the design and decoration of the country pile and the aris