An original very early issue of Country Life magazine dated March 31st 1900 featuring a main article on Blaise Castle, Gloucestershire (near Bristol and now in the county of Somerset) . A five page write up on Blaise Castle and Blaise Hamlet with black and white photograph illustrations of the castle, the orangery and picturesque thatched cottages designed by John Nash Ca. 1809 . This issue is in very good condition with a lovely portrait frontispiece of Mrs Bourke.