Stourhead

Serenity and splendour: a choice of gardening books

8 November 2025 9:00 am

Recommendations include: Melbourne Hall Garden, by Jodie Jones; The English Landscape Garden, by Tim Richardson; and Diary of a Keen Gardener, by Mary Keen

The Sixtus V cabinet: the supreme example of the art of pietra dura

Divinely decorative

7 February 2015 9:00 am

Italian cabinets and tables decorated with inlaid semi-precious stones known as ‘pietre dure’ were a ‘must-have’ for English milords returning…