Great Houses of Britain
Author | : Nigel Nicolson |
Publisher | : London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nigel Nicolson |
Publisher | : London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Rose Shepherd (Writer of guidebooks) |
Publisher | : Reader's Digest Association |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Country homes |
ISBN | : 9781780201382 |
Britain’s stately homes and grand housesare among its greatest treasures, andThe Most Amazing Stately Homes inBritain brings you the grandest, mostmagnificent, eccentric and unusual ofthem all. This wonderfully illustratedregional touring guide describes eachhouse and tells its story, following theebb and flow of fortune and fame.Every house has something that setsit apart from the rest: the magnificentfour-storey Tudor tower (set in worldfamous gardens) of Sissinghurst inKent; sumptuous painted cloth wallhangingsof romantic Owlpen Manorin Gloucestershire; superb topiary atLevens Hall in Cumbria; sinister mythsof Blickling Hall in Norfolk and theenchanting Great Garden of Edzell Castlein Scotland, created in 1604 to stimulatethe mind and the senses. Discoverancient deer parks; exquisite collectionsof furniture, national treasures andbreathtaking views, to enjoy season-byseasonand year-round.The cover features Chatsworth inDerbyshire, one of Britain’s most famoushistoric houses and the fastest-growingpaid-for visitor attraction in 2010* withmore than 716,000 visitors. In May 2012Chatsworth featured in a popular threepartBBC1 documentary covering a yearbehind the scenes of the house and estate.
Author | : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd |
Publisher | : Laurence King Publishing |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Country Houses |
ISBN | : 1856690539 |
Records thirty-two of the most important estates in words and photographs.
Author | : James Reginato |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2016-10-04 |
Genre | : House & Home |
ISBN | : 0847848981 |
This stunning book presents the intriguing stories and celebrated histories of some of the leading families of Great Britain and Ireland and the opulent residences that have defined their heritages. The history of England is inextricably linked with the stories of its leading aristocratic dynasties and the great seats they have occupied for centuries. As the current owners speak of the critical roles their ancestors have played in the nation, they bring history alive. All of these houses have survived great wars, economic upheavals, and, at times, scandal. Filled with stunning photography, this book is a remarkably intimate and lively look inside some of Britain’s stateliest houses, with the modern-day aristocrats who live in them and keep them going in high style. This book presents a tour of some of England’s finest residences, with many of the interiors shown here for the first time. It includes Blenheim Palace—seven acres under one roof, eclipsing the splendor of any of the British royal family’s residences—property of the Dukes of Marlborough; the exquisite Old Vicarage in Derbyshire, last residence of the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (née Deborah Mitford); Haddon Hall, a vast crenellated 900-year-old manor house belonging to the Dukes of Rutland that has been called the most romantic house in England; and the island paradises on Mustique and St. Lucia of the 3rd Baron Glenconner. This book is perfect for history buffs and lovers of traditional interior design and English country life.
Author | : Mark Girouard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : 9780907408833 |
Author | : John Martin Robinson |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2021-03-16 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0847870073 |
An unprecedented tour through the rich interiors and magnificent collections of one of the great houses of the English country landscape, and a treasure of British architectural heritage. Wilton House in Salisbury, England, has been the ancestral home of the Earl of Pembroke for nearly 500 years and boasts one of the most fascinating and varied histories of all Britain's historic houses. Shaped over centuries by the most significant names in architecture and interior design, Wilton is known as the finest example of Palladian architecture in England, with interiors by Inigo Jones and John Webb, furniture by William Kent and Thomas Chippendale, and unparalleled collections of both classical sculpture and Old Master paintings--with masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, and Tintoretto among its rooms. The book explores the development of the house and its collections, from the Van Dyck paintings in Jones's remarkable Single and Double Cube state rooms to the Arundel marbles housed in James Wyatt's Gothic-revival cloisters. With a foreword by the Earl of Pembroke, a revelatory text by the historian John Martin Robinson, and imagery drawn both from Wilton's private archives and from eminent architectural and interiors photographers, this book lifts the veil on Wilton House and its remarkable history.
Author | : Marcus Binney |
Publisher | : George Weidenfeld & Nicholson |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : 9780297844556 |
Marcus Binney has spent 40 years looking for beautiful and little-known country houses to write about in 'Country Life' and 'The Times'. Here, he selects 500 dream houses dating from medieval times to the present day from all over Britain and Ireland.
Author | : Madge Dresser |
Publisher | : Historic England Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781848020641 |
The British country house has long been regarded as the jewel in the nation's heritage crown. But the country house is also an expression of wealth and power, and as scholars reconsider the nation's colonial past, new questions are being posed about these great houses and their links to Atlantic slavery.This book, authored by a range of academics and heritage professionals, grew out of a 2009 conference on 'Slavery and the British Country house: mapping the current research' organised by English Heritage in partnership with the University of the West of England, the National Trust and the Economic History Society. It asks what links might be established between the wealth derived from slavery and the British country house and what implications such links should have for the way such properties are represented to the public today.Lavishly illustrated and based on the latest scholarship, this wide-ranging and innovative volume provides in-depth examinations of individual houses, regional studies and critical reconsiderations of existing heritage sites, including two studies specially commissioned by English Heritage and one sponsored by the National Trust.
Author | : Simon Jenkins |
Publisher | : Allan Lane |
Total Pages | : 998 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
England's houses are a treasure trove of riches and a unique, living record of the nation's history. This guide selects the finest palaces, mansions, halls, castles and cottages throughout the land, from the stately to the humble, in a glorious celebration of English life.
Author | : Charles Phillips |
Publisher | : Lorenz Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-02-07 |
Genre | : Castles |
ISBN | : 9780857237927 |
A beautifully illustrated history of 120 royal palaces, significant stately homes and gardens, with 500 pictures.