Our five minute guide to the Arts & Crafts Movement and the National Trust:

Knightshayes Court, Devon

William Burges, the eccentric architect of Knightshayes Court, couldn't be described as a modern man. 'I was brought up in the 13th-century belief and in that belief I intend to die', he proclaimed. Knightshayes opens up into Burges's extravagant imitation of a medieval Great Hall, complete with heraldic glass, elaborately stencilled walls and stone carved gargoyles.

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Knightshayes' Victorian owners, the Heathcoat Amorys, only used the Hall for afternoon tea, and baulked at many of Burges's lavish interior ideas. Some, if not all, of his designs (including this snail design wallpaper) were realised and we have recreated one of the bedrooms to Burges's original design: a virtual aviary of different bird species covering all four walls.

Buscot Park, Oxfordshire

An extraordinary sequence of paintings, 'The Legend of the Briar Rose' by Sir Edward Burne-Jones held all London in an ‘enthusiasm amounting to ecstasy’ when it was first seen in 1890.

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Featuring four large canvases with 10 connecting scenes, it tells the story of the brave prince who has battled through the briar wood to a bewitched court, and finds a princess he must awake with a kiss. The verses inscribed underneath were written by William Morris.

Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland

The term 'Farne' comes from the Celtic for 'retreat'. This is exactly what architect Edwin Lutyens meant to create when he rebuilt this remote 16th-century fortress in 1906 for his friend Edward Hudson, founder of Country Life.

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Beautiful objects are everywhere: panelling details, door latches and a rather quirky series of kettles designed by WAS Benson, complete with embossed fish scales.

Red House, London

When William Morris married Jane Burden in 1858, he turned to his friend the architect Philip Webb for a new home. It was furnishing Red House that prompted Morris to found his interior furnishings company, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co (later Morris & Co), out of which the Arts & Crafts Movement emerged.

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As conservation work continues, Red House reveals more of its secrets. A letter written to Morris by Webb at a crucial point in the house's history is one recent find. Burne-Jones stained glass and wall paintings, and Morris and Webb designed furniture are just some of the original features on display.

Speke Hall, Merseyside

Tudor times melts into the Arts & Crafts Movement at Speke House thanks to the careful restoration carried out by owner Fredrick Leyland in 1867.

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Amongst some of the grander antiques and Tudor furnishings can be found De Morgan fire tiles, grates decorated with the Arts & Crafts sunflower leitmotif, Morris & Co furniture and William Morris wallpaper including one of his earliest designs 'Trellis'. And hidden behind the bookshelves in the Library is the perfectly preserved Morris wallpaper 'Daisy'. A house of surprises for sure.

Standen, West Sussex

Standen is one of Arts & Crafts architect Philip Webb’s last, and least altered, houses. Every detail of the comfortable home, inside as well as out, from brickwork to fingerplates, was intricately designed by Webb.

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Standen’s owners, the Beales, filled it with wallpapers and fabrics by William Morris. As a result, Standen is one of the finest surviving examples of the Morris Company’s work in all its variety of pattern, colour and texture.

Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton

Designed in 1887 by Edward Oulde, this house is decorated with some exquisite offerings. Take the Great Parlour, for example: its red-gold fireplace with its rose motif; the frieze depicting the story of Orpheus and Eurydice designed by Charles Kempe; multiple Morris hangings and textiles - and this is just one of the 18 rooms. Sumptuous and splendid, this is Arts & Crafts at its best.

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