Phil Spencer's Stately Homes

Property enthusiast and surveyor Phil Spencer travels around Britain exploring some of the country's finest stately homes. Each episode focuses on a particular building, discovering the hidden history behind the commission of the structure and what materials were used in its construction. The host discusses the technical challenges the labour force were likely to have faced when building at such a monumental scale. Up first, Phil uncovers the extravagant work of Elizabethan architects when visiting Burghley House in Lincolnshire. …