Debrett's the stately homes of Britain: Personally introduced by the owners

The British stately home is a magnet that attracts hundreds of thousands of people of all ages and from all over the world. The immense appeal of such houses is not simply their architectural splendour or magnificent art treasures. They fulfil also a need in people to recapture something of the past, affording as they do tangible glimpses of a way of life that has vanished.