'I have never ceased talking of the beauty of Ampthill': The tale of one of Britain's best-loved country houses
Country Life
February 22, 2026
Jeremy Musson describes the complex evolution of Ampthill Park House,
Bedfordshire — home of Sir Timothy and Lady Clifford —at the hands of Sir Christopher Wren’s master mason Robert Grumbold, mason-surveyor John Lumley and Sir William Chambers.
Discussion in the ATmosphere