Elizabethan manor houses, Baroque palaces and impregnable fortresses: England has an extraordinarily rich legacy. Here are ...

The Tudor courtyard design gave way to more open-plan buildings, many in the shape of an E, and stone was once more a popular material. Windows became bigger, and carved or moulded strapwork ...

where the arrival of the humble chimney and mass produced bricks revolutionised house building. It also made comfortable townhouses affordable for the Elizabethan middle classes. This was just as ...