Country Life UK – March 11 2026 – Country Life UK

The aptitude of British craftspeople, architects and designers for breathing new life into buildings and their settings doesn’t only benefit their owners and our heritage, it also creates employment and preserves expertise. Each year, COUNTRY LIFE shines a spotlight on those practitioners with the knowledge and instincts to get it right 94 | Country Life | March 11, 2026 New entries Interior designers Studio Squire In 2020, interior designer Angelica Squire joined forces with her husband, Richie, a con- struction specialist, to form Studio Squire.

Today, this small London-based firm focuses on full-scale home renovations, taking on only a handful of projects each year across London and the South-East. ‘We love bringing clients’ aspirations to life, delivering a hands- on service in which we are usually involved from beginning to end,’ says Mrs Squire. The studio employs textures and paint colours to deliver interiors in a pared-back style with plenty of interest and character. ‘So much comes from layering, often bringing in artwork, antiques and unusual objects,’ Mrs Squire explains.

Currently engaged on several contem- porary apartments in the Chelsea Barracks development, London SW1, the studio is also working on a major residential project in Barnes, SW13, which includes a swimming NEW ENTRY Catherine and Bernard Dru at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, London SW1, where their company has recently installed new oak floors NEW ENTRY Clunie Fretton finishing a plaster sculpture at her London studio.

She has worked at the Houses of Parliament and the V&A pool, basement night club and pool house with sauna and ice bath, and is updating a large farmhouse in Oxfordshire for a young family moving from London. ‘We will only grow the studio so much, because we always want to be personally involved in every project —it is important to us to maintain that connection,’ she says. 020–3848 7614; www.studiosquire.co.uk Vanrenen Hanbury Headed by Sarah Vanrenen and Laura Hanbury, this Berkshire-based studio has a reputation for creative English country- house design—with a modern twist.

‘We enjoy the variety of what we do, never having a set formula,’ says Mrs Hanbury. Mrs Vanrenen is the daughter of interior designer Penny Morrison and she credits OHN RUSKIN’S belief that ‘hand, the head and the heart’ are key to crea- tivity is as pertinent to achieving a beautiful house as any other artis- tic endeavour.

The renaissance of Castle Howard David Hockney on the ‘infinite variety of Nature’ Plus toad SOS, the great tulip contest and very rare terriers MARCH 11, 2026 EVERY WEEK Our who’s who of architecture, interiors and gardening The Country Life Top 100 2026 Miss Harriet Rogers Harriet is a two-time world champion in the women’s Moth and WASZP foiling classes. A member of the Athena Pathway team in the Youth America’s Cup and the Women’s America’s Cup, she secured third and second place finishes respectively in 2024.

She is the daughter of Simon and Rebeca Rogers of Lymington, Hampshire. Photographed at The Royal Lymington Yacht Club, Hampshire, by Millie Pilkington VOL CCXXVI NO 11, MARCH 11, 2026 40 | Country Life | March 11, 2026 Contents March 11, 2026 The Oxfordshire home of Emma Burns, managing director of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler (Simon Brown) COVER STORIES 60 A 21st-century renaissance John Goodall applauds an award- winning restoration of Castle Howard, Vanbrugh’s Baroque masterpiece in North Yorkshire 70 Now you see them…

Bufo bufo plays an intriguing role in the folklore and traditions of Britain. Sarah Langford studies the toad, warts and all 74 Among the Wicklow hills Lucinda Gosling falls for the irresistible Glen Sit as she extols the virtues of the seldom seen Glen of Imaal terrier 93 The COUNTRY LIFE Top 100 Our guide to the best of British craftspeople, architects and designers, who are experts at breathing new life into country houses and their settings 156 Stem subjects Matthew Rice’s annual Tulip in a Bottle competition is bringing fresh vigour to a 165-year-old institution, finds Tiffany Daneff 180 Heaven in a wild flower David Hockney’s 295ft iPad epic A Year in Normandie celebrates the infinite variety of Nature, says Martin Gayford THIS WEEK 54 Francesca Beauman’s favourite painting The author and publisher picks a 1944 portrait that represents a meeting of artistic minds 56 Country-house treasure John Goodall spies a life- saving telescope at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland 68 The legacy Thomas Telford is the epitome of civil-engineering excellence, avers Kate Green, as his Menai Suspension Bridge turns 200 78 What a way to make a living What happened to all the badgy fiddlers, powder monkeys and doffers?

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