The Curious House Guest

The Curious House Guest

2005 2 Seasons 14 Episodes ⭐ 7.0 Documentary

Jeremy Musson -- architectural historian and journalist with Country Life -- visits Britain's grandest houses. In each episode he visits a historic private house and combines observations on architecture with insights into the lives of the owners.

Jeremy Musson -- architectural historian and journalist with Country Life -- visits Britain's grandest houses. In each episode he visits a historic private house and combines observations on architecture with insights into the lives of the owners.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Chavenage House

Jeremy Musson visits the quintessentially English manor of Chavenage House in the Cotswolds, and gets involved in the wo

EP 2

Chillingham Castle

The supposedly haunted Chillingham Castle in Northumberland, home of Sir Humphry Wakefield, hosts an old-fashioned weeke

EP 3

Bellamont

Jeremy Musson visits Bellamont in the Dorset countryside, whose Gothic arches and castellations are not quite what they

EP 4

Castle Leslie

Jeremy Musson meets a disco-dancing baronet at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, Ireland, where Paul McCartney and Heath

EP 5

Burghley House

Lady Victoria Leatham, resident of Burghley House in Lincolnshire, invites Jeremy Musson to spend a weekend exploring he

EP 6

Bryngwyn

Flower-arranging and a stint in the kitchen garden are on the agenda as Jeremy Musson visits Bryngwyn, a magnificent Gra

EP 1

Holkham Hall

Jeremy Musson visits Britain's grandest houses. He's at Holkham Hall, the Norfolk home of Lord and Lady Leicester, and c

EP 2

Ninfa

Jeremy Musson visits Ninfa, Italy's medieval Pompeii. He often finds Italian influences shaping our country houses, but

EP 3

Vann

Vann is the Surrey home of an architectural dynasty. WD Caroe was a leading light of the Arts and Crafts movement and hi

EP 4

Hampden Great House

Hampden Great House is a Georgian landed estate that has been owned by the same family for the last 150 years, but Jerem

EP 5

Renishaw Hall

Jeremy Musson visits Renishaw Hall, home of the arty, eccentric Sitwell family, whose fortunes soared in the 19th centur

EP 6

Hippo Point

Jeremy Musson visits Kenyan colonial house Hippo Point - every bit the Tudor manor house, except for the giraffes and ze

EP 7

Stradey Castle

Jeremy Musson visits Stradey Castle, the LIanelli home of the Mansel Lewis family. He goes back to Victorian times to ex

EP 8

Provender

Jeremy Musson visits Provender, a small piece of Russia in the Garden of England. Its owner Princess Olga Romanoff tells

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