A selection of additional references for more in-depth reading.
Collett-White, J 1995. 'Inventories of Bedfordshire Country Houses 1714–1830', Historical Record Society, 74, 103–22
Curtis, E 1958. 'Life in the "Palace Beautiful": Houghton House, near Ampthill', Elstow Moot Hall Leaflet No 5
George, M S F 1948. ‘The Mansion of the Fair – the story of Houghton House 1’, Bedfordshire Magazine, 1(5), 169–74
Hannay, M P 1990. Philip’s Phoenix: Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Smith, E 1846. ‘Houghton House, Bedfordshire, designed by Inigo Jones’, The Builder. Vol 19
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