Georgian

Having lost out on their perfect house in Oxfordshire, designer Vanessa Macdonald and her husband James were delighted to find the owners later wanted to sell, and they could finally call the elegant Georgian property their own

When a series of events got in the way of her initial plans, interior designer Bunny Turner decided to move from London to this former rectory in Oxfordshire, which turned out to be the perfect place for recovery and renewal.

Tasked with bringing a modern take on the English country look to this Georgian rectory, Tamsyn Mason set about adding colour, pattern and a wonderful array of furniture from varying eras

Interior designer Kate Cox has turned a tired Georgian flat in Bristol in to a charming and eclectic home

With its Robert Adam interiors and Capability Brown landscape, Bowood is the epitome of an eighteenth-century English country house, formed by the taste and vision of previous inhabitants and now adapting gently to the needs of the twenty-first century

With a large family and frequent guests, the owner of this house in Hampshire tasked Henriette von Stockhausen with creating elegant and versatile interiors that help to tie together the original Georgian rooms and a recent extension

Californian tech entrepreneur Rose Hulse has brought a fresh perspective to the renovation of a Georgian house in the West Country, combining sensitivity to its origins with her desire to create a colourful and comfortable home for her family

Keen to take a creative approach to the renovation of their Gloucestershire farmhouse, its owners commissioned award-winning architect Alison Brooks to radically reimagine the internal space of the late-Georgian main house and an unappealing extension

In an extract from ‘Romantics & Classics: Style in the English Country House’, step inside the wonderful Beckside House, an eighteenth-century house in Lancashire

More than a decade after inheriting their Perthshire estate, James and Caroline Inchyra have realised its full potential, turning this bustling family home into the setting for three thriving business ventures

Georgian elegance meets modern minimalism in this London family house owned by two creatives, who have employed a mix of reclaimed materials and contemporary pieces to eye-catching effect

The search for a London pied-à-terre brought Ben Pentreath’s clients unexpectedly to this Georgian house, which he has reconfigured and decorated in his layered signature style.

At Pitshill – winner of a Georgian Group Architectural Award last year – Edward Bulmer’s work on the interiors celebrates the sensitively restored period details and makes space for modern life

In a double-fronted Georgian town house in Ludlow, designer Caroline Harrowby has used a soft colour palette and elegant furnishings to enhance the classical proportions of once dark interiors

Bradwell Lodge, a fifteenth century house with an exquisite late-eighteenth-century addition by John Johnson, is the perfect English country house in miniature

Ben Pentreath has created a masterclass in mixing colour and pattern at this diminutive early Georgian cottage in Highgate

With one eye firmly on the purse strings, House & Garden's Gabby Deeming explains how she brought style to her rented flat in Bloomsbury