Jeremy Musson
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Jeremy Musson (born London, 1965) is an English writer, editor and presenter, specialising in British country houses and architecture.{{cite news| last=Jenkins | first=Simon | title=This cult of the ruin renders England's landscape soulless. Better to rebuild | work=the Guardian | quote=The architectural writers Jeremy Musson and John Goodall are the latest priests of the cult [of the ruin] to celebrate its mysteries|date=14 April 2011 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/apr/14/cult-ruin-england-castles-abbeys | access-date=12 September 2024}}
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).{{cite news | last=Wollaston | first=Sam | title=Sam Wollaston on last night's TV | work=the Guardian | date=31 March 2006 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/31/broadcasting.tvandradio | access-date=12 September 2024}} He has been assistant historic building representative for the National Trust.{{cite book | last1=Evans | first1=D.M. | last2=Salway | first2=P. | last3=Thackray | first3=D. | author4=National Trust (Great Britain) | title=The Remains of Distant Times: Archaeology and the National Trust | publisher=Boydell Press | series=Occasional Papers of the Society of Antiquaries of London Series | year=1996 | isbn=978-0-85115-671-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJylQnvpXQcC&pg=PA198 | access-date=12 September 2024 | page=198}}
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){{cite magazine | title=Book review: English Country House Interiors | magazine=Country Life | date=27 October 2011 | url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/interiors/book-review-english-country-house-interiors-15769 | access-date=12 September 2024}}
- The Country House Ideal (Merrell Publishing, 2015){{cite magazine | last=Binney | first=Marcus | title=The Country House Ideal | magazine=Country Life | date=4 October 2015 | url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/theatre-film-music/the-country-house-ideal-by-jeremy-musson-77747 | access-date=12 September 2024}}
- Up and Down Stairs. London: John Murray {{ISBN|978-0-7195-9730-5}} (2009){{cite news| last=Hughes | first=Kathryn | title=Up and Down Stairs by Jeremy Musson | work=the Guardian | date=2010-01-16 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/16/country-house-servant-labours-lost | access-date=12 September 2024}}
- 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){{cite magazine | last=Sampson | first=Annabel | title=Why Henbury Hall is one of Britain's most extraordinary houses (and the Prince of Wales agrees) | magazine=Tatler | date=13 October 2019 | url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/henbury-hall-an-extraordinary-house-book-review | access-date=12 September 2024}}
- Kelmscott Manor (Society of Antiquaries of London Paperback, 2022) {{ISBN|9780854313037}}{{cite news | last=Alberge | first=Dalya | title=William Morris's 'heaven on earth' Oxfordshire home restored to former glory | work=the Guardian | date=26 March 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/mar/26/william-morris-heaven-on-earth-oxfordshire-home-restored-to-former-glory | access-date=12 September 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.jeremymusson.com}}
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Category:English architectural historians
Category:English male non-fiction writers
Category:Country Life (magazine) people
Category:New Classical architects
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