JB24482: Daffodils at Chatsworth, Derbyshire (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24490: View of Carreg Cennen Castle, South Wales, built c.1350 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24493: The gateway of Cooling Castle, Kent (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24494: Exterior of Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle, built in c.1450 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24518: Entrance gate, Kirby Hall, Nr Corby, Northamptonshire (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24519: Exterior view, Wollaton Hall, Nottingham (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24534: Exterior view, Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, Surrey (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24535: Exterior portico, Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, Surrey (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24536: Polesden Lacey, North Dorking, Surrey (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24539: The Dining Room, detail of the fireplace, Arbury Hall, Arbury, Warwickshire (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24546: View of the lake, Corsham Court, Wiltshire (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24549: The Hall, Littlecote House, Wiltshire (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24554: Exterior view, Sledmere House, Yorkshire (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24556: The Music Room, Sledmere House, Yorkshire (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24592: The Great Hall, Audley End, Essex (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24600: View of Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, built 1607-12 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24607: View of the house across the gardens (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24629: The Little Keep, Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, c.1612-20 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24632: Exterior view of the Gatehouse, Donington Castle, Berkshire, built in 1386 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24639: Exterior view of the keep, Castle Rising, Norfolk, built c.1138 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24645: Exterior view of Leeds Castle, Kent (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24646: Exterior view, Deanery Tower, Hadleigh, Essex, built 1495 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24650: Exterior view, Rochester Castle, Kent (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24669: Exterior view, Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, South Wales (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JB24682: Detail of the ceiling painted with birds and stars, Castell Coch, South Wales (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP424909: The Town House (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP424910: Tomb of Sir Walter Scott (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP424917: Floors Castle (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP424921: Harlech Castle (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP424926: View of the town (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JBG430907: And then his parakeets, Myrtle and Mae, 2011 (etching with gold leaf), Massouras, Alexander (b.1981) / Bridgeman Images

JBG430911: And then the doorbell rang, 2011 (etching with gold leaf), Massouras, Alexander (b.1981) / Bridgeman Images

JBG430913: Together they set off, 2011 (etching), Massouras, Alexander (b.1981) / Bridgeman Images

JBG430915: Hieronymus was a lion tamer, 2011 (etching), Massouras, Alexander (b.1981) / Bridgeman Images

JBG430930: Ambrose the beekeeper was near, 2011 (etching), Massouras, Alexander (b.1981) / Bridgeman Images

JBG430932: So calming was his company that once, while summoning the fire brigade, Ambrose was met with snoring, 2011 (etching), Massouras, Alexander (b.1981) / Bridgeman Images