Jeremy Musson
Encyclopedia
Jeremy Musson is an English author, editor and presenter, specialising in British country houses
and architecture.
1998-2007, and its Architectural Writer 1995-8. He also presented the BBC Two
series The Curious House Guest
.
English country house
The English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a London house. This allowed to them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country...
and architecture.
Career
Musson was Architectural Editor of Country Life magazineCountry Life (magazine)
Country Life is a British weekly magazine, based in London at 110 Southwark Street, and owned by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.- Topics :The magazine covers the pleasures and joys of rural life, as well as the concerns of rural people...
1998-2007, and its Architectural Writer 1995-8. He also presented the BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
series The Curious House Guest
The Curious House Guest
The Curious House Guest is a television documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two in 2005. It is written and presented by Jeremy Musson, an architectural historian and journalist with Country Life. In each episode he visits a historic private house and combines observations on architecture with...
.
Books
- The Country Houses of John Vanbrugh, From the Archives of Country Life (2008), Aurum PressAurum PressAurum Press is an independent English publishing house located in London. It was founded in 1976. Aurum concentrates on non-fiction titles and publishes approximately 75 new books every year. One of its titles in 2009 will be the biography of Neville Staple, vocalist in The Specials, Fun Boy...
, 192 pages, ISBN 1845130979, ISBN 978-1845130978.