Houghton: Then and Now
As the magnificent art collection of Sir Robert Walpole is reassembled in its original setting, Country Life compares photographs of Hougton Hall, then and now.


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Fig 1. The Stone Hall, Houghton, as presented for the exhibition.
Fig 2. The Stone Hall, Houghton, 1907.
Fig 3. The Saloon, Houghton, as presented for the exhibition.
Fig 4. The Saloon, Houghton, 1996.
Fig 5. The Carlo Maratta Room, Houghton, as presented for the exhibition.
Fig 6. The Carlo Maratta Room, Houghton, 2009.
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Fig 7. The Tapestry Bedchamber, Houghton, as presented for the exhibition.
Fig 8. The Tapestry Bedchamber, Houghton, 2009.
Fig 9. The Marble Parlour, Houghton, as presented for the exhibition.
Fig 10. The Marble Parlour, Houghton, 2009.
Photographs: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, by Paul Highnam; 2 by Country Life; 4 by Tim Imrie-Tait; 6 by June Buck; 8, 10 by Will Pryce. All images are available for purchase from the Country Life Picture Library.
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Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.
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