AAP reports the home in Somerset where Evelyn Waugh spent the last ten years of his life is being placed on the market as his family can no longer afford to keep running it.

Combe Florey House was built by Thomas Francis in 1665 and acquired by Waugh in 1956, who saw in it "possibilities of beautification". Among the additions Waugh made were a 6ft chandelier, wooden throne in the main hall (a gift from his friend John Betjeman), oil painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe (which he acquired in a visit to Mexico) and stone porch to accentuate the front door.

Brideshead Revisited Again

For lovers of Evelyn Waugh's study of "what is theologically termed 'the operation of Grace', that is to say, the unmerited and unilateral act of love by which God continually calls souls to Himself", there will be a new screen adaptation released in England in September and presumably in other countries before Christmas. According to the press release Chatsworth House, Derbyshire will be the location of Marchmain House.

Concerning Chatsworth House it is owned by the Duke of Devonshire and the first house was built in 1552 by Bess of Hardwick, having subsequently undergone various renovations and restorations through the centuries. It is of historical interest to Catholics since Mary, Queen of Scots, was detained there intermittently between 1569-1584.