This is a practical guide to country house design worldwide with over 400 colour photographs. It present styles ranging from classical to rustic, found in houses small and large, in villages and towns, inland and by the sea, and shows readers how they can recreate the designs wherever they are. Barty Phillips was design correspondent of "The Observer" and is also author of "Conran and the Habitat Story" and a contributor on "The House Book" and "The Reader's Digest Household Manual".