The Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher (PGECR) Country House Group has over a hundred members from UK universities, historic houses and arts institutions. It is truly interdisciplinary, we have members who are researching the British country house from a wide range of fields including social history, literature, art history, fashion, heritage studies, architecture, film & television, the history of collecting, decorative arts and other areas. We hold an annual conference and other networking events, share our work, have online talks, and collaborate with country houses,. We also have several members who are senior academics and established curators and heritage staff, and welcome everyone working in this field.
If you are an MA or PhD student, or in the early stages of your academic career, and are researching any area of the British country house in any era, please join our ever-growing group. Email Sarah - 0405529@students.uca.ac.uk
WE LOVE ALL THINGS COUNTRY HOUSE
WE LOVE ALL THINGS COUNTRY HOUSE
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Blogs
The blog section allows group members to share their research, visits to country houses and conferences. This is open for anyone to contribute to.
News
Sign up for regular email newsletters featuring details of upcoming country house talks, conferences, and publications. Members can use this to share details of research groups or seminars at their universities, or upcoming exhibitions and talks at houses or museums they work at.
Events
Each year we hold a conference for postgraduate students and early career researchers to share their work in any area of country house studies. We partner with arts or education institutions so that attendance is always free of charge. Please see the Events section for details of our 2026 conference which will be held in March at The National Gallery. .
Email Sarah - 0405529@students.uca.ac.uk
Members’ Book Recommendations
Members’ Content Picks
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Dress Fancy podcast (@MsLucyClayton) interview with country house historian, Adrian Tinniswood, about his book Noble Ambitions
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The Nest currently streaming on Mubi. Interesting and unique film twist on the haunted country house trope
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Historian Dan Cruickshank’s BBC series ‘The Country House Revealed’ uncovering hidden histories. All six episodes available on YouTube
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Chawton House in Hampshire’s library and archive for the study of women writers.
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BBC Radio 3 Sound of Cinema episode on the country house. Features music used in iconic country house films to create mood, atmosphere and tension.
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University of Oxford podcast episodes - Philip Sassoon: Perfectionism and the English County House, and What Made a Jewish Country Home Jewish?
