Art and collections publications

Including: New perspectives on the Cocoa Tree painting at Dyrham, the remarkable life of botanist and ceramicist George Maw, Ancient Athenian inscriptions at three National Trust properties.

Including: Evidence of lost decorative schemes at A la Ronde, a game-changing revelation at Chedworth Roman Villa, a project to save Castle Drogo from the elements.

Including: New revelations about James Wyatt’s unfinished house at Killerton, a visit to Wolf's Cove model village, Samuel Johnson’s Books at Felbrigg Hall.

Including: A spotlight on Saint Agatha at the Treasures of Osterley exhibition; new archaeological insights into Clumber House in Nottinghamshire; and the restoration of Kedleston’s hermitage.

Including: an exhibition of Oliver Messel Portraits at Nymans, West Sussex; investigating the history of the silk wall hangings at Arlington Court in Devon; and new research on Mary Booth’s book collection at Dunham Massey, Cheshire.

Including: the restoration of the State Apartment at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire; the discovery of a coin collection at Scotney Castle in Kent; and an overview of recent National Trust acquisitions.

The National Trust collections include some outstanding works of art that were commissioned or made by women. As part of the National Trust’s ‘Women and Power’ theme, the 2018 edition presents new insights into the creativity and ingenuity of these inspirational women.

The 2017 edition of the Annual explores Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland. A comprehensive restoration, together with the return to the house of many outstanding works of art, makes this property an important and intriguing focus of study.

This series of essays on Knole in Kent showcases new National Trust research and discusses a wide range of topics including the legacy of Edward Sackville-West, a Gainsborough portrait and 17th-century embroidered hangings.

Essays in this 2015 edition include Jane Eade and David Taylor on a lost group portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, Christopher Rowell on the furniture and decorative woodwork of Thomas Donaldson and Will Hawkes on the work of celebrated Gothic architect Sanderson Miller.