There are not many houses that have more money spent on the back elevation than on the front. They do exist but buildings with more elaborate fronts than backs are pretty much the rule. That is even the case with Britain's country houses, i.e. the houses that were (and to a lesser extent still are) erected by the country's wealthy.
Berrington Hall near Leominster, Herefordshire, was built in the late C18 by the architect, Henry Holland, and though he took care with, and spent money on, the rear elevation, it has service buildings - kitchens, stables, a laundry etc, and an open courtyard, that would always have impinged on a more opulent rear elevation. Today these utilitarian buildings make useful locations for the cafe, toilets, bookshop etc that visitors to the now National Trust owned property can use.
photo 1 © T. Boughen Camera: Nikon D5300
photo 2 © T. Boughen Camera: Nikon Z 5
