International Women's Day Bundle

Following Henry VII's victory at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, Lady Margaret Beaufort set up a splendid new principal residence at Collyweston in Northamptonshire, befitting of her elevated status as the king's mother. Dr Rachel Delman considers why she chose Collyweston and what is known of the plan, structure and decoration of this long-gone magnificent palace.

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was once one of the most powerful and wealthy women in England, with extensive landholdings in the southeast of England and across the channel in Calais. Dr Rachel Delman looks at Margaret's principal residence of Warblington Castle. A section of the gatehouse remains as a tantalising glimpse of this once splendid Tudor property.

Baddesley Clinton was the home of the Ferrers family for five hundred years, following Constance Brome's marriage to Sir Edward Ferrers in 1497. Dr Rachel Delman examines the imprint of Lady Constance Ferrers' stewardship on this lovely, moated manor house and explores the life of a remarkable Tudor woman at the heart of Baddesley Clinton's story.

Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire is a little-altered Elizabethan prodigy house built for Bess of Hardwick. Janine Sterland meets Beverley at Hardwick Hall to discuss the highlights of her role since becoming a volunteer there in 2016.

Following an intensive programme of research and refurbishment at Hever Castle in Kent, the only surviving suite of rooms that the Boleyn family once occupied is now re-presented in a style and decoration that would be familiar to them. Kate McCaffrey explains the process of refurbishing and reinterpreting rooms where historical evidence underpinned every design decision.

Melissa White reveals to Janine Sterland how her experiences as a decorative artist specialsing in reproducing Tudor and Elizabethan wall paintings have formed her unique skillset - one which honours traditional craft methods and celebrates the historic craftsmanship of her predecessors.