It is so nice to see Luke's parents, the present Earl and Countess of Sandwich, telling us of some of the important history of Mapperton. They appear to be quite devoted to each other, and each has a great part of in the telling of the stories, and are a joy to watch.
The Earl and Countess are a wonderful couple - so knowledgeable. I love the Countesses opinion of the 18th century renovators ‘the old bastard brothers’ 😂
Sitting here feeling shamed that I cannot remember the year of my car. The vast wealth of knowledge that this wonderful couple has is just outstanding. The Earl and Countess are such treasures.
Such an enjoyable tour by the Earl and Countess. Their former bedroom, "the coldest room in the house". So nice to learn about the "traveling plasterers", over mantels, a pendant ceiling, hidden freizes, favorite pieces of furniture and the restoration of chairs. Nothing like having family talk about their own history, their former home and Mapperton.. They are imbued with the spirit of hundreds of years of collecting, cherishing. A tour of the family china would be lovely. I feel very welcomed and will look forward to more from them.
Luke, your parents are wonderful, and your family history so well documented and remembered. Making these videos is not only a pleasure for those who watch them, but will be treasures for your descendants.
Luke’s mother is such a beautiful and intelligent lady, learning about her background would be interesting. What a dear and inspiring couple doing these videos together and sharing their knowledge with us.
Your mum is an excellent teacher with lots of spunk: 'I won't translate because I know you can'. Ha ha ha, she encourages you to improve yourself and your loyalty to boot! Just like my grandfather who was always telling me to fetch the dictionary. 💙
Thank you, to the Earl and Countess. It is wonderful and exciting to hear about the detail and history within this beautiful home. We are engaged ...so much, it feels like we're there with you. Yes, please, I would love for you to explore the china cabinet with us. ❤️🇨🇦
These two are endearing. So much knowledge on the place. I'd be lost there...could sit for an hour just staring at the door latch! My gosh there's not much made of quality to last a decade anymore. Never mind centuries. At the same token I feel their sadness at the cost it would take to properly repair all that needs repaired, watching these treasure desintigrate with time..even before their eyes!
I love listening to the Earl and countess they're so knowledgeable of everything without a "cheat sheet" to help them remember. (Either that or the editing is just that good). I like the end where the countess says this chair is quite comfortable, as a matter of fact I might just sit here for a while longer and then smiles. I giggled a bit. Thank you for this tour, and yes I would love to have a video on the tea cup collection.
The Early and Countess crack me up. They are very full of information! They play off each other with their knowledge! I have never heard of "nursery white" and now it is stuck in my head! I can't wait to see more of their tours!
Really nice to see the Earl and Countess. The Countess gives me Favorite Teacher Vibes! I really receive her historic information about the details.All that information she has is GREAT💜
Thank you. I do like listening to the Earl and Countess, especially the Countess, giving such accurate descriptions with anecdotes, and criticising the earlier Montagus for their lack of thought and care. You have found a good way of ensuring that 'valuable' family information will be retained.
Wouldn’t the Countess be fun to have a cocktail with and have her spill the tea on all the secrets she knows. What knowledge she has. Great couple! Love them 💕
What a delight, thankyou for the tour and intrusion inIo your wonderful historic home. Deepest respect for keeping this amazing home up and running together with the next generation. A great responsibility! Best wishes to you all.l
Thank you so much for showing us your beautiful home. I was wondering, will your parents have portraits painted of them to hang in your home and will you, Luke and Julie, have portraits painted of you to eventually hang in your home?
What completely beautiful period furniture, plasterwork, panelling, sumptuous tapestries & carpets ~ all carefully & creatively curated and maintained by the Earl & Countess over the years...that's what I call dedication. Preserving these irreplaceable treasures, with a story behind every one of them, for posterity is an immense achievement.
I thought the same about the Earl’s breathing, it seems quite labored. I pray he is doing well. As a medical professional I would recommend that he sees his doctor, if he hasn’t already. He needs chest films, and his SPO2 checked.
Thank You Earl and Countess! With every tour that you give the grand preservation of Mapperton continues !!! Your life giving stories and knowledge are a lasting treasure for us all !
Superb! What an enlightening and interesting tour of some beautiful rooms. The love for the house and contents shines out of the Earl and Countess. Thank you 😊
This amazing couple is a treasure! It is so good that you are documenting their knowledge, family history and their stories - not just for your own family but for us and history!
Thank you for this charming episode. I love your mother- in- law and her “saving” the nursery white chairs. This was such a treat to listen to them just talking to each other- how intimate in many ways.
I agree with other commenters, I would love to hear more about the story of the Earl and Countess and how they met. Also, the countess is so incredibly knowledgeable. I learn so much from her each time she appears. Tell us more about her story, please :)
Delightful episode! So nice to see the Earl and Countess - they are a wealth of knowledge and memories. Perfect tour guides for intricacies of the estate. 🙂
Wonderful episode. So informative. The Earl and Countess are so very knowledgeable it's like a mini course in British architecture and history. Thank you to this lovely couple for taking us into their beautiful home.
Thank you for a delightful, knowledgeable tour of these special rooms, furniture and china. Adore Meissen porcelain. It would be wonderful if that chaise could be recovered. Sad to see it torn and forlorn. Your parents are a treasure! Would love to know how they met! Warmest wishes from sunny Sydney!
That video will be a treasure for the rest of our time on earth. People will know more about Mapperton. Recently, we’ve been going back through old videos and watching our family from the late 50s and 60s forward and it’s such a treasure to see!!! Also, maybe you can check in the US for that material because that velvet could be laser cut now and probably a lot cheaper to purchase enough to have it covered. Have your professionals to do it, that would be a great surprise for your mother-in-law .
OOOOooooo I just love them! I would love to spend all day looking at the beautiful items and the architecture with The Earl and Countess. They are both so knowledgeable and fun.
I love your in laws so much! How they can possibly remember all of that information about the entire house! Your entire family is a joy! And I am grateful to have been allowed in your life!
I want to oil that paneling, could you imagine? The shine would be so satisfying 🤩 The room is just gorgeous I can’t get over it, the bed is so handsome and the painted on wood pieces are stunning 😍⛵️
Phenomenal home !! Julie has very much helped to help Mapperton thrive and survive.. Precious family and so much history.. Love 💕 it all z!! 😂❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
The two of you make an excellent team for sharing the art and architecture and furnishings of the house! Please more in this type of detail and personal stories. Fascinating stories. i would love to hear the details on each cup and cup and saucer in the China cabinet. I also feel that most families don't recognize or appreciate what they have, especially now in a "disposable" age where furniture is not built to last at all.
Exactly!! I was a late in life surprise to my Parents, but my Dad loved History & Antiques. He made I realized exactly what certain items were & why we had them. He adored China & collected several Dishes sets & Tea Cups & Saucers. We live in NE Ontario, Canada & were on our way back down to the SE Town I went to College in for my Seond Year. Now all we have to do is see a Sign for Yard/Garage Sale & we stop. Now I collect China that has Roses on them & had noticed this gorgeous Cup & Saucer in a Sky Blue w/Yellow Roses on it. I seriously though of buying it, but I was going back to College & where on Earth would I be able to keep it from getting broken, right? So I put it back down & moved to another Table. Just before we left, Dad called me over & said he’d noticed I’d been interested in that set. As I said, yeah I was was, but w/College & everything, I just couldn’t do it. He asked me if I turned it over to look if there was a Maker’s Mark on it. I hadn’t, so he turned it over to show me... A Made in Occupied Japan making on both the Cup & Saucer. Dad then proceeded to give a bit of a disgusted sigh that was followed w/, “I’ve taught you everythng I know about Dishes & you still know nothing!!” 😊 He’s been gone four years now & there are times when I miss him more than others. Whenever I see anything to do w/Fine China is one of those times, as I KNOW Dad would’ve been drooling over that Meissen. 😊. It’s so sad most of the current Generation, unless they were as lucky as me to have the Parents I did, know next to nothing about what they have or how to care for them. That’s what makes these Videos so very important. To keep the knowledge going on & the stories alive. 😊
Really enjoyed this tour and the teaching the Earl and Countess undertook for us. It really drove home the fact that the residents of Mapperton are more than just that. They are, and have been, stewards of the beauty, the treasures and the stories of the place. I'm certain it has always been a huge responsibility.
Never enough time with the Count and Countess! Always a true pleasure!! Tea cups and all else would be interesting!!! Please continue to document as much as possible. Your life's work and knowledge is priceless and much appreciated. A million times THANK YOU!!!! 💜
I'm so happy the algorithm brought us together- first the American Viscountess channel and then Mapperton Live. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely home with us!
That ceiling and all the history it must have borne witness to is breathtaking. I well remember reading the story of the 4th Earl of Sandwich as a young girl and it's amazing to follow along with you here now. Thanks so much for the history lesson and fascinating content. Amazing and lovely home.
Fascinating episode. The way the Countess of Sandwich speaks reminds me very much of an Oxford academic in whose lectures I used sit, staring at the board hoping for understanding. The Earl and Countess together are great on screen.
Would love an episode on the Countess of Sandwich's life story... such a feisty character. A lovely interesting couple.
I agree! She must have many stories to relate. 🥰
Great idea!
Yes I would too .
Yes indeed !! 👏👏👏👏
Was just going to type the same out!!
It is so nice to see Luke's parents, the present Earl and Countess of Sandwich, telling us of some of the important history of Mapperton. They appear to be quite devoted to each other, and each has a great part of in the telling of the stories, and are a joy to watch.
The Earl and Countess are a wonderful couple - so knowledgeable. I love the Countesses opinion of the 18th century renovators ‘the old bastard brothers’ 😂
Sitting here feeling shamed that I cannot remember the year of my car. The vast wealth of knowledge that this wonderful couple has is just outstanding. The Earl and Countess are such treasures.
Hello Lisa, same with me, I can't remember the year of my car. I just know it's 18th century...
😂😂😂
Such an enjoyable tour by the Earl and Countess. Their former bedroom, "the coldest room in the house". So nice to learn about the "traveling plasterers", over mantels, a pendant ceiling, hidden freizes, favorite pieces of furniture and the restoration of chairs. Nothing like having family talk about their own history, their former home and Mapperton.. They are imbued with the spirit of hundreds of years of collecting, cherishing. A tour of the family china would be lovely. I feel very welcomed and will look forward to more from them.
it's lovely what he said about the house that now houses 1600 children instead of just him and his siblings.
Luke, your parents are wonderful, and your family history so well documented and remembered. Making these videos is not only a pleasure for those who watch them, but will be treasures for your descendants.
The Earl and Countess are just a treasure themselves!💕🇺🇸
Luke’s mother is such a beautiful and intelligent lady, learning about her background would be interesting. What a dear and inspiring couple doing these videos together and sharing their knowledge with us.
I love how the Earl and the Countess describe and educate us in all manner of subjects , just wonderful!
Your mum is an excellent teacher with lots of spunk: 'I won't translate because I know you can'. Ha ha ha, she encourages you to improve yourself and your loyalty to boot! Just like my grandfather who was always telling me to fetch the dictionary. 💙
Thank you, to the Earl and Countess.
It is wonderful and exciting to hear about the detail and history within this beautiful home.
We are engaged ...so much, it feels like we're there with you.
Yes, please, I would love for you to explore the china cabinet with us. ❤️🇨🇦
The Earl and Countess are such great teachers, helping preserve the history of the house and family. I always enjoy when they give us a tour.
These two are endearing. So much knowledge on the place. I'd be lost there...could sit for an hour just staring at the door latch! My gosh there's not much made of quality to last a decade anymore. Never mind centuries. At the same token I feel their sadness at the cost it would take to properly repair all that needs repaired, watching these treasure desintigrate with time..even before their eyes!
I love listening to the Earl and countess they're so knowledgeable of everything without a "cheat sheet" to help them remember. (Either that or the editing is just that good). I like the end where the countess says this chair is quite comfortable, as a matter of fact I might just sit here for a while longer and then smiles. I giggled a bit.
Thank you for this tour, and yes I would love to have a video on the tea cup collection.
No cheat sheet! They are just very knowledgeable and some visitors are very lucky and get guided tours by them!
The Early and Countess crack me up. They are very full of information! They play off each other with their knowledge! I have never heard of "nursery white" and now it is stuck in my head! I can't wait to see more of their tours!
They just sound so nice. The countess has a great narrating voice ❤️
Really nice to see the Earl and Countess. The Countess gives me Favorite Teacher Vibes! I really receive her historic information about the details.All that information she has is GREAT💜
Looking forward to hearing more history from this intelligent, lovely and brilliant couple❣️❤️
Thank you. I do like listening to the Earl and Countess, especially the Countess, giving such accurate descriptions with anecdotes, and criticising the earlier Montagus for their lack of thought and care. You have found a good way of ensuring that 'valuable' family information will be retained.
Many thanks to the Earl and Countess for sharing their beautiful home and treasures of the past, I am enjoying it so much.
It is always a joy to listen to your parents. So much fun information to share with us.
Yes! Always best to hear facts, rather than retold stories 😊😑
They are a adorable, and gracious couple. Loved listening to their knowledge and history .
Wouldn’t the Countess be fun to have a cocktail with and have her spill the tea on all the secrets she knows. What knowledge she has. Great couple! Love them 💕
Would love to know more about the Earl and Countess of Sandwich. So appreciate their knowledge of Mapperton's history.
The Earl and Countess are delightul! They do make their wonderful house come alive.
What a delight, thankyou for the tour and intrusion inIo your wonderful historic home. Deepest respect for keeping this amazing home up and running together with the next generation. A great responsibility! Best wishes to you all.l
Thank you so much for showing us your beautiful home. I was wondering, will your parents have portraits painted of them to hang in your home and will you, Luke and Julie, have portraits painted of you to eventually hang in your home?
Bravo!! Wonderful for those of us that honor history and love antiques! A privilege and honor to visit with The Earl and The Countess!!
THEY are the treasure of Mapperton!
Countess of Sandwich is such a good storyteller!
I always truly enjoy watching The Earl and Countess, thank you.
What completely beautiful period furniture, plasterwork, panelling, sumptuous tapestries & carpets ~ all carefully & creatively curated and maintained by the Earl & Countess over the years...that's what I call dedication. Preserving these irreplaceable treasures, with a story behind every one of them, for posterity is an immense achievement.
I Love the Countess of Sandwich she is so NO BS . The Earl is so nice. He is Not breathing well, I hope he is doing ok.
I thought the same about the Earl’s breathing, it seems quite labored. I pray he is doing well. As a medical professional I would recommend that he sees his doctor, if he hasn’t already. He needs chest films, and his SPO2 checked.
I get problems in old houses. Too much damp and old mould spore does not help. The tapestries hold them too.
What a warm and charming couple!!! They are a brilliant team- I loved hearing that the Great Chamber was their bedroom!
Always love listening to your in-laws explain things. So much rich history. Love it
Thank You Earl and Countess! With every tour that you give the grand preservation of Mapperton continues !!! Your life giving stories and knowledge are a lasting treasure for us all !
I'd love to see their wedding portrait
This was delightful! And so well filmed to demonstrate all the details discussed. 👏
I'd really enjoy hearing you tell more about the china. I love tea cups and tea pots.
Superb! What an enlightening and interesting tour of some beautiful rooms. The love for the house and contents shines out of the Earl and Countess. Thank you 😊
I adore them both, especially the Countess. Thank you for sharing them with us. So very knowledgeable!
Lovely couple! Thanks for teaching us some of the history of this marvelous place with such history.
Luke, your parents are so lovely ❣️❣️
This amazing couple is a treasure! It is so good that you are documenting their knowledge, family history and their stories - not just for your own family but for us and history!
Thank you for this charming episode. I love your mother- in- law and her “saving” the nursery white chairs. This was such a treat to listen to them just talking to each other- how intimate in many ways.
I love the ham hill stone fireplace with the lion and griffin carving. Just lovely.
I agree with other commenters, I would love to hear more about the story of the Earl and Countess and how they met. Also, the countess is so incredibly knowledgeable. I learn so much from her each time she appears. Tell us more about her story, please :)
Delightful episode! So nice to see the Earl and Countess - they are a wealth of knowledge and memories. Perfect tour guides for intricacies of the estate. 🙂
Wonderful episode. So informative. The Earl and Countess are so very knowledgeable it's like a mini course in British architecture and history. Thank you to this lovely couple for taking us into their beautiful home.
Love this! Reminds me of my Grandmother, she loved history and passed it on to her grandchildren!
Thank you for a delightful, knowledgeable tour of these special rooms, furniture and china. Adore Meissen porcelain. It would be wonderful if that chaise could be recovered. Sad to see it torn and forlorn. Your parents are a treasure! Would love to know how they met! Warmest wishes from sunny Sydney!
Just fascinating listening to the Earl and Countess. More videos with this lovely couple please
Well done putting this on film! Priceless memories and information that one day you will need and cherish!
it's nice to know collecting coffee cups has been a thing for quite some time.
Such a lovely couple. I enjoy their tours as they share their knowledge of the family history and the Manor. I look forward to more tours from them.
Beautiful chairs. Love the way they are carved
It's wonderful to be surrounded by so much family history. They have so much knowledge and are a pleasure to listen to.
That video will be a treasure for the rest of our time on earth. People will know more about Mapperton. Recently, we’ve been going back through old videos and watching our family from the late 50s and 60s forward and it’s such a treasure to see!!!
Also, maybe you can check in the US for that material because that velvet could be laser cut now and probably a lot cheaper to purchase enough to have it covered. Have your professionals to do it, that would be a great surprise for your mother-in-law .
OOOOooooo I just love them! I would love to spend all day looking at the beautiful items and the architecture with The Earl and Countess. They are both so knowledgeable and fun.
Lovely! The way they explained each room and features. 🌸
Terrific video! Lady Montague would be an ideal antiquing partner, although she is much more qualified to be an expert evaluator. So much knowledge.
They are so delightful and tell the stories so interestingly. Thank you for another great episode!
I learned so much as a vintage reseller from these delightful guides, what a treasure to have them as parents...Brilliant!! More please 😁😁
Luke so favors his father! I love their narrations about Mapperton. It’s so interesting and they are so extremely knowledgeable.
I love your in laws so much! How they can possibly remember all of that information about the entire house! Your entire family is a joy! And I am grateful to have been allowed in your life!
Loved the video! It is amazing that these two lovely people remember so much of the long complicated history of this family and lovely estate.
I want to oil that paneling, could you imagine? The shine would be so satisfying 🤩 The room is just gorgeous I can’t get over it, the bed is so handsome and the painted on wood pieces are stunning 😍⛵️
Phenomenal home !! Julie has very much helped to help Mapperton thrive and survive.. Precious family and so much history.. Love 💕 it all z!! 😂❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
The two of you make an excellent team for sharing the art and architecture and furnishings of the house! Please more in this type of detail and personal stories. Fascinating stories. i would love to hear the details on each cup and cup and saucer in the China cabinet. I also feel that most families don't recognize or appreciate what they have, especially now in a "disposable" age where furniture is not built to last at all.
Exactly!! I was a late in life surprise to my Parents, but my Dad loved History & Antiques. He made I realized exactly what certain items were & why we had them. He adored China & collected several Dishes sets & Tea Cups & Saucers. We live in NE Ontario, Canada & were on our way back down to the SE Town I went to College in for my Seond Year. Now all we have to do is see a Sign for Yard/Garage Sale & we stop.
Now I collect China that has Roses on them & had noticed this gorgeous Cup & Saucer in a Sky Blue w/Yellow Roses on it. I seriously though of buying it, but I was going back to College & where on Earth would I be able to keep it from getting broken, right? So I put it back down & moved to another Table. Just before we left, Dad called me over & said he’d noticed I’d been interested in that set. As I said, yeah I was was, but w/College & everything, I just couldn’t do it. He asked me if I turned it over to look if there was a Maker’s Mark on it. I hadn’t, so he turned it over to show me...
A Made in Occupied Japan making on both the Cup & Saucer.
Dad then proceeded to give a bit of a disgusted sigh that was followed w/, “I’ve taught you everythng I know about Dishes & you still know nothing!!”
😊
He’s been gone four years now & there are times when I miss him more than others. Whenever I see anything to do w/Fine China is one of those times, as I KNOW Dad would’ve been drooling over that Meissen. 😊. It’s so sad most of the current Generation, unless they were as lucky as me to have the Parents I did, know next to nothing about what they have or how to care for them. That’s what makes these Videos so very important. To keep the knowledge going on & the stories alive. 😊
Really enjoyed this tour and the teaching the Earl and Countess undertook for us. It really drove home the fact that the residents of Mapperton are more than just that. They are, and have been, stewards of the beauty, the treasures and the stories of the place. I'm certain it has always been a huge responsibility.
Never enough time with the Count and Countess! Always a true pleasure!! Tea cups and all else would be interesting!!! Please continue to document as much as possible. Your life's work and knowledge is priceless and much appreciated. A million times THANK YOU!!!! 💜
I enjoyed every inch of what we are shown ❤️😍
Oh happy happy peaceful days at Mapperton House.
With my very dear generous & hospitable friends, John & Caroline.- My great Escape
Every year!!
Looking forward to seeing you Zehra!
I'm so happy the algorithm brought us together- first the American Viscountess channel and then Mapperton Live. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely home with us!
Your parents are such lovely people! Thank you for sharing!
The amount of knowledge they have is astounding. Love how they dive right in to fix whatever problem arises. Love from America
The Earl and Countess are always delightful and so interesting! I love learning the family history from them! Wonderful video!! Love from Vermont
I always enjoy watching, and listening to, both the Earl and the Countess.
Geez the knowledge they must know definitely needs to be recorded
The rooms are amazing, such an interesting couple.
Thank you so much for sharing your home and its history. Just lovely.
I so enjoyed your tour today! Would love to see more❤️
Your knowledge is incredible on the History of Mapperton
I love learning about Mapperton from the Earl and Countess :)
Thank you for taking the time to share with the rest of us. Charles
Fun to watch them recount the history of their home.
That ceiling and all the history it must have borne witness to is breathtaking. I well remember reading the story of the 4th Earl of Sandwich as a young girl and it's amazing to follow along with you here now. Thanks so much for the history lesson and fascinating content. Amazing and lovely home.
Fascinating episode. The way the Countess of Sandwich speaks reminds me very much of an Oxford academic in whose lectures I used sit, staring at the board hoping for understanding. The Earl and Countess together are great on screen.
Such a lovely genuine couple. A delight to watch.
Luke looks so much like his father, especially the brows!
Love learning more from them
Beautifully presented. Enjoyed the many stories also told of the era! You both are a plethora of knowledge! Thank you for sharing your humour and wit!
I definitely want to hear about all the teacups! And any other noteworthy porcelain you have, please. Cheers from North Carolina USA
Just lovely!💜
Just delightful!
Absolutely charming couple! I could listen to the history stories all day and then some! Thank you!
A lovely couple with such knowledge of Mapperton
Brilliant tour! Such wonderful details and stories!
Thank you for another great video! Love hearing them describe the house and history together.
What a wonderful way to document the history of both the home and the family!