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The Matchless Vale of Forth

30/10/2026

On my recent Courtauld Institute of Art study tour of great houses on the River Thames I visited Chiswick House, which I immediately adopted as my second most favourite British Palladian mansion. But not as my top favourite. That lies 400 miles to the north beside the River Forth. So what makes Newhailes House better? … More The Matchless Vale of Forth

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