<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (December 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Today, many country houses have become hotels, schools, hospitals, museums and prisons, while others have survived as conserved ruins, but from the early 20th century until the early 1970s, hundreds of country houses were demolished . Houses that survived destruction are now mostly Grade I or II listed as buildings of historic interest--and only the most faithful, most accurate, and most precise restoration and re-creation is permitted . Such work, however, is usually very expensive, although the system does ensure that everything is done correctly and authentically . The negative side is that many owners cannot afford the work, so a roof remains leaking for the sake of a cheap roof tile . The first stately home to open to the public in England in the modern style is said to be Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire . </P> <P> Although the ownership or management of some houses has been transferred to a private trust, most notably at Chatsworth, other houses have transferred art works and furnishings under the Acceptance in Lieu scheme to ownership by various national or local museums, but are retained for display in the building . This enables the former owners to offset tax, the payment of which would otherwise have necessitated the sale of the art works . For example, tapestries and furniture at Houghton Hall are now owned by the Victoria and Albert Museum . In addition, increasing numbers of country houses hold licences for weddings and civil ceremonies . Another source of income is to use the house as a venue for parties, a film location and a corporate entertainment venue . While many country houses are open to the public, they remain inhabited private houses, in some cases by the descendents of their original owners . </P> <P> The lifestyles of those living and working in a country house in the early 20th century were recreated in a BBC television programme, The Edwardian Country House, which was filmed at Manderston House in Scotland . </P>

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