Jeremy Musson

Jeremy Musson (born London, 1965) is an English writer, editor and presenter, specialising in British country houses and architecture. ^[1]

Career

Musson was an architectural writer on Country Life magazine from 1995 to 1998, and its Architectural Editor from 1998 to 2007. He presented the BBC Two series The Curious House Guest (2005–6). ^[2] He has been assistant historic building representative for the National Trust. ^[3]

Books

• The English Manor House
• 100 Period Details: Plasterwork
• How to Read a Country House. London: Ebury Press, ISBN   009190076X (2005)
• The Country Houses of John Vanbrugh: from the archives of Country Life. Aurum Press, ISBN   1-84513-097-9, ISBN   978-1-84513-097-8 (2008)
• English Country House Interiors (Rizzoli, 2011) ^[4]
• The Country House Ideal (Merrell Publishing, 2015) ^[5]
• Up and Down Stairs. London: John Murray ISBN   978-0-7195-9730-5 (2009) ^[6]
• In Pursuit of the Best Gun: Westley Richards & Co. 1812-2012: a bicentennial history. Birmingham: Westley Richards & Co. ISBN   9780957108509 (2012)
• The Country House: past, present, future; David Cannadine & Jeremy Musson ISBN   9780847862726 New York: Rizzoli International (2018)
• Henbury Hall: An Extraordinary House (2019) ^[7]
• Kelmscott Manor (Society of Antiquaries of London Paperback, 2022) ISBN   9780854313037 ^[8]

References

1. Jenkins, Simon (14 April 2011). "This cult of the ruin renders England's landscape soulless. Better to rebuild". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2024. The architectural writers Jeremy Musson and John Goodall are the latest priests of the cult [of the ruin] to celebrate its mysteries
2. Wollaston, Sam (31 March 2006). "Sam Wollaston on last night's TV". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
3. Evans, D.M.; Salway, P.; Thackray, D.; National Trust (Great Britain) (1996). The Remains of Distant Times: Archaeology and the National Trust. Occasional Papers of the Society of Antiquaries of London Series. Boydell Press. p. 198. ISBN   978-0-85115-671-2 . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
4. "Book review: English Country House Interiors". Country Life. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
5. Binney, Marcus (4 October 2015). "The Country House Ideal". Country Life. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
6. Hughes, Kathryn (16 January 2010). "Up and Down Stairs by Jeremy Musson". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
7. Sampson, Annabel (13 October 2019). "Why Henbury Hall is one of Britain's most extraordinary houses (and the Prince of Wales agrees)". Tatler. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
8. Alberge, Dalya (26 March 2022). "William Morris's 'heaven on earth' Oxfordshire home restored to former glory". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

External links

• Official website