English Country Houses

Author : Vita Sackville-West
Publisher : Unicorn
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 1910065110

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English Country Houses by Vita Sackville-West Pdf

"There is nothing quite like the English country house anywhere else in the world." So pronounces Vita Sackville-West in the beautiful essay that opens English Country Houses, a brief history of the English country house from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. People may know of Sackville West's novels, or her passion for gardening, or her relationship with Virginia Woolf, but few know of her efforts to boost the morale of her beloved England during World War II. Sackville-West spent her childhood years at Knole House, a stately country home that deeply influenced her life and work. In entertaining and accessible prose she brings a deep affection to the task of boosting the morale of a country beset by war. This volume in the Britain in Pictures series is a love letter to the elegant homes of the English countryside and served as a balm to a besieged country. Writing at the height of the Blitz, as cities lay in smoldering ruins after relentless bombing, Sackville-West demonstrates a yearning for the safety provided by these exceptional buildings. We discover the architecture of the stately houses, with details conveyed in such entertaining and vivid prose that the buildings and surrounding areas come to life. The story is not just about the buildings, however, but also about the people who built and lived in them, from the most common of squires to the highest-born kings and queens. Equal parts architectural history and cultural history, this insider's view is quintessentially British. Its elegant package, with a ribbon for bookmarking, makes it the perfect gift for any Anglophile.

Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes
Publisher : Vendome Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0865651566

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Manor Houses of England by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes Pdf

Most still privately owned, these manor houses are scattered all over England, & range from simple Norman halls to picturesque Tudor homes, many dating from the reign of the Stuarts.

Author : Gareth Williams
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 761 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Architecture and society
ISBN : 9781783275397

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The Country Houses of Shropshire by Gareth Williams Pdf

A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them.

Author : Michael Hall
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781580932561

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Lasting Elegance by Michael Hall Pdf

The great English country house tradition reached its apotheosis in the nineteenth century. Designed by all the most eminent architects of the age, houses constructed during this period were larger, more elaborate, and more lavishly furnished than ever before, and they became famous throughout Europe and America for their luxury, technological innovation, and convenience of plan. Michael Hall's survey draws on the vast archive of the great British magazine Country Life to present the fullest visual record yet published of the Victorian-era country house in England and Wales. It ranges from the High Gothic of Tyntesfield to Ferdinand Rothschild's flamboyantly French Waddesdon Manor and Philip Webb's Arts and Crafts interiors at Standen. These remarkable photographs are in many cases the only record of the great houses in their heyday; those such as Wrest Park, Thoresby Hall, and Hewell Grange were all sold in the twentieth century and their magnificent furniture and priceless artwork and collections dispersed. Houses that have survived with their interiors intact but are little known or rarely accessible to the public also feature prominently, such as Flintham Hall and the Earl of Harrowby's Sandon Hall. Highclere Castle, now famous as TV's Downton Abbey, features prominently. Spectacular color photographs provide a fascinating look at some of the most celebrated houses of the period, from A. W. N. Pugin's Scarisbrick Hall and William Burges's Cardiff Castle to J. F. Bentley's Carlton Towers and J. D. Crace's astonishing interiors at Longleat. This chronologically arranged survey of Victorian houses spans the decades from the 1830s to the 1890s and includes not only new houses, but also historic county seats that have been in families for generations and were given major renovations or additions in this era. With over 150 superb color and black-and-white photographs specially selected to highlight the century's most significant houses and their architects and an authoritative commentary by Michael Hall, this book provides a thorough overview of a major period in British architectural history.

Author : Heather Clemenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000393897

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English Country Houses and Landed Estates by Heather Clemenson Pdf

Originally published in 1982, and based on extensive research in estates’ archives, this book outlines the changing fate of the 500 largest estates in England over the centuries. It examines estates in their heyday and looks at their changing role as they declined in the twentieth century, showing how some estates have survived and describing the differing uses to which country houses have been put.

Author : Madge Dresser,Andrew Hann
Publisher : Historic England Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1848020643

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Slavery and the British Country House by Madge Dresser,Andrew Hann Pdf

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 : Nicholas Cooper
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000043419

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English Manor Houses by Nicholas Cooper Pdf

Following the success of English Country Houses and earlier titles in this well-established series, English Manor Houses presents exteriors and interiors of historic houses from the Dorset coast in the south to the Yorkshire moors in the north, 130 color illustrations.

Author : William Wilkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : IBSC:SC400022526

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English Country Houses by William Wilkinson Pdf

Author : Heather A. Clemenson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Country homes
ISBN : 0312254148

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English Country Houses and Landed Estates by Heather A. Clemenson Pdf

Author : Andrew Jackson Downing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : HARVARD:FL1K51

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The Architecture of Country Houses by Andrew Jackson Downing Pdf

Author : Rose Shepherd (Writer of guidebooks),Reader's Digest
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Country homes
ISBN : 1780201389

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The Most Amazing Stately Homes in Britain by Rose Shepherd (Writer of guidebooks),Reader's Digest Pdf

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 : Caroline Knight
Publisher : Phillimore
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Country homes
ISBN : 1860776469

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London's Country Houses by Caroline Knight Pdf

A history of London's country houses

Author : Giles Worsley
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015055817871

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England's Lost Houses by Giles Worsley Pdf

Of all the photographs in Country Life's archives, none are more poignant or intriguing than the images of houses that have been lost. This text puts the lost country houses of England in historical context and explains why so many were destroyed.

Author : Mark Purcell
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300248685

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The Country House Library by Mark Purcell Pdf

Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete with engaging anecdotes about owners and librarians, the book features fascinating information on acquisition bordering on obsession, the process of designing library architecture, and the care (and neglect) of collections. The author also disputes the notion that these libraries were merely for show, arguing that many of them were profoundly scholarly, assembled with meticulous care, and frequently used for intellectual pursuits. For those who love books and the libraries in which they are collected and stored, The Country House Library is an essential volume to own.

Author : Nikolaus Pevsner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1966-03-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0300095821

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Berkshire by Nikolaus Pevsner Pdf

This work covers the English county of Berkshire. Stretching from the fringes of London, Berkshire originally covered much of present day Oxfordshire. The variety of architecture is, consequently, broad and remarkable, from the towns of the home counties to the farmhouses and churches of its west.