Great British Houses

Author : Rose Shepherd (Writer of guidebooks),Reader's Digest
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 54,7 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 : James Stourton
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780711276284

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Great Houses of London by James Stourton Pdf

Great Houses of London tells the stories of some of the grandest and most fascinating houses in this historic city, from their famous owners and occupants to their renovations and the many riches held within each.

Author : James Reginato
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780847848980

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Great Houses, Modern Aristocrats by James Reginato Pdf

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 : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Country Houses
ISBN : 9781856690539

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Great Houses of England & Wales by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes Pdf

Records thirty-two of the most important estates in words and photographs.

Author : Phyllis Richardson
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783523818

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House of Fiction by Phyllis Richardson Pdf

From the gothic fantasies of Walpole’s Otranto to post-modern takes on the country house by Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan, Phyllis Richardson guides us on a tour through buildings real and imagined to examine how authors’ personal experiences helped to shape the homes that have become icons of English literature. We encounter Jane Austen drinking ‘too much wine’ in the lavish ballroom of a Hampshire manor, discover how Virginia Woolf’s love of Talland House at St Ives is palpable in To the Lighthouse, and find Evelyn Waugh remembering Madresfield Court as he plots Charles Ryder’s return to Brideshead. Drawing on historical sources, biographies, letters, diaries and the novels themselves, House of Fiction opens the doors to these celebrated houses, while offering candid glimpses of the writers who brought them to life.

Author : Lydia Greeves
Publisher : National Trust
Page : 1047 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781911657361

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Houses of the National Trust by Lydia Greeves Pdf

This captivating book, fully revised and updated and featuring more NT houses than ever before, is a guide to some of the greatest architectural treasures of Britain, encompassing both interior and exterior design. This new edition is fully revised and updated and includes entries for new properties including: Acorn Bank, Claife Viewing Station, Cushendun, Cwmdu, Fen Cottage, The Firs (birthplace of Edward Elgar), Hawker's Hut, Lizard Wireless Station, Totternhoe Knolls and Trelissick. The houses covered include spectacular mansions such as Petworth House and Waddesdon Manor, and more lowly dwellings such as the Birmingham Back to Backs and estate villages like Blaise Hamlet, near Bristol. In addition to houses, the book also covers fascinating buildings as diverse as churches, windmills, dovecotes, castles, follies, barns and even pubs. The book also acts as an overview of the country's architectural history, with every period covered, from the medieval stronghold of Bodiam Castle to the clean-lined Modernism of The Homewood. Teeming with stories of the people who lived and worked in these buildings: wealthy collectors (Charles Wade at Snowshill), captains of industry (William Armstrong at Cragside), prime ministers (Winston Churchill at Chartwell) and pop stars (John Lennon at Mendips). Written in evocative, imaginative prose and illustrated with glorious images from the National Trust's photographic library, this book is an essential guide to the built heritage of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 9781856691062

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Great Houses of Scotland by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes Pdf

26 houses photographed in colour and accompanied by informative text about their history.

Author : Anglotopia LLC
Publisher : Anglotopia, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1955273340

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Great British Houses by Anglotopia LLC Pdf

Great British Houses: The Anglophile's Guide to Britain's Stately Homes is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to some of the most magnificent and historically significant houses in Britain. This book takes you on a journey through the grandest and most elegant homes, castles, and manors in Britain, and provides you with a wealth of information about their history, culture, and architectural significance. In this book, you can explore the grandeur of houses like Highclere Castle, the setting for the popular TV series Downton Abbey, or the stunning Blenheim Palace, which was the birthplace of Winston Churchill. You can also discover the majestic beauty of Chatsworth House, which was used as the setting for Pemberley in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and the imposing Castle Howard, which was featured in the classic TV drama Brideshead Revisited. This is just a sampling of the fifty houses in this book, each with a detailed and fascinating history. This book is not only a guide to the finest stately homes in Britain, but also a fascinating insight into the history and culture of the country and a chronicle of the British aristocracy. It provides practical information on how to visit these magnificent houses, as well as a wealth of interesting facts and anecdotes about the houses and their owners, as well as their appearances in movies and TV shows. Whether you are a history buff, an architecture enthusiast, or simply an Anglophile with a love for all things British, Great British Houses: The Anglophile's Guide to Britain's Stately Homes is an essential guide that will take you on a journey through some of the most breathtaking and historic homes in Britain.

Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes
Publisher : Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0789310244

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Great Houses of Ireland by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes Pdf

Although known for its lush green vistas and glorious countryside, Ireland also boasts an architectural trove of 18th- and 19th-century country houses.Great Houses of Ireland reveals 26 of these wonderful castles and county seats, many never published before in full color.

Author : Nigel Nicolson
Publisher : London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : UOM:39015013191302

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Great Houses of Britain by Nigel Nicolson Pdf

Author : Felicity Forster
Publisher : Sirius Entertainment
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 1839407093

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Great British Stately Homes by Felicity Forster Pdf

A guide to the greatest architectural treasures of Britain.

Author : Michael Hall
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 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 : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0141039299

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England's Thousand Best Houses by Simon Jenkins Pdf

'This wonderful book makes me want to take a year off . . . and plunge off into what Jenkins has memorably Described as 'the theatre of our shared memory'' Adam Nicolson, Evening Standard England's houses are a treasure trove of riches and a unique, living record of the nation's history. Simon Jenkins's lavishly illustrated guide selects the finest homes throughout the land, from Cornwell to Cumbria, in a glorious celebration of English life. Ranges from famous stately homes and palaces to humble cottages and huts Organized county-by-county for easy use Features a ratings system for each house Highlights the very best 100 'Buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy and keep in the car' Daily Mail 'This is the perfect book to have beside your bed or on the back seat of your car . . . Jenkins's zeal is infectous. He quite rightly sees England's greatest houses as collectively nothing less than a wonder of the world' Geordie Greig, Literary Review 'A hertiage enthisiast's Ode To Joy' Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph 'A feast, enlivened by the sort of tasty snippets that only a master journalist can produce' Hugh Massingberd, Daily Telegraph

Author : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd,Christopher Simon Sykes
Publisher : Vendome Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : Derry Moore,David Mlinaric
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783791389295

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Great English Interiors by Derry Moore,David Mlinaric Pdf

This special edition revives an acclaimed work. Exquisite photographs showcase England’s finest buildings, guiding the reader through five centuries of English architecture and interior design. In this new, special edition of a cult classic work, photographer Derry Moore and interior designer David Mlinaric take readers on a panoramic tour inside some of Britain’s finest buildings, guiding them through five centuries of English interior design. Mlinaric’s informed text and Moore’s perceptive photographs present the best examples of both public and private buildings— from sixteenth-century Haddon Hall, Chastleton and Knole to seventeenth-century Hatfield and Wilton; Houghton Hall and Syon House from the eighteenth century; Apsley House, the Palace of Westminster and Waddesdon Manor from the nineteenth; and twentieth-century examples including Charleston and the Apollo Victoria Theatre. The work of British masters including Inigo Jones, William Kent and Robert Adam, as well as of influential twentieth-century tastemakers such as Nancy Lancaster, Pauline de Rothschild and David Hicks, is revealed in striking photographs and authoritative texts. Anglophiles, armchair tourists, and lovers of grand interiors will relish the photographs of these wonderful buildings, while discovering more about the designers and architects who built them, charting the evolution that has made British style so alluring, enduring, and widely imitated over the centuries.