The country house: past, present, future

Foreword / Tim Parker and Lynne Rickabaugh

The British country house revisited / David Cannadine

Design & construction / Jeremy Musson

An inheritance restored : a private owner's experience / Sarah Callander Beckett

Sharing treasures : the National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland / David Adshead

Magnificence & power / Jeremy Musson

Wealth & consumption / Jeremy Musson

Stories of the "Big House" : new approaches in Irish country house studies / Terence Dooley

Learning & religion / Jeremy Musson

An inviting alliance : the Yorkshire country house partnership / Christopher Ridgway

Keeping the roof on : National Trust for Scotland's "Country Houses Scheme" / Ian Gow

Pleasure & recreation / Jeremy Musson

Household & function / Jeremy Musson

Legacies of British slave ownership : facing a difficult past / Madge Dresser

When the walls come down : after the destruction of Marks Hall / James Raven

Destruction & survival / Jeremy Musson

Downton Abbey and the country house : exploring new fictions / Oliver Cox.