Matthew Beckett

Matthew Beckett is an architectural historian specialising in UK country houses who writes at “The Country Seat” (thecountryseat.org.uk), a blog focusing on sharing a broader and deeper context to the stately home. In addition to the blog, Matthew's primary research has been on lost English country houses (lostheritage.org.uk). In 2017, he was awarded an MA (Distinction) in The English Country House 1485-1945 by the University of Buckingham for his dissertation 'The Seat of A Gentleman - the Evolving Professionalisation of the Sale of English Country Houses 1700-1960'.