Life In The Country House In Georgian Ireland

Author : Patricia McCarthy
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Country homes
ISBN : 1913107000

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Life in the Country House in Georgian Ireland by Patricia McCarthy Pdf

A deft interweaving of architectural and social history For aristocrats and gentry in 18th-century Ireland, the townhouses and country estates they resided in were carefully constructed to accommodate their cultivated lifestyles. Based on new research from Irish national collections and correspondence culled from papers in private keeping, this publication provides a vivid and engaging look at the various ways in which families tailored their homes to their personal needs and preferences. Halls were designed in order to simultaneously support a variety of activities, including dining, music, and games, while closed porches allowed visitors to arrive fully protected from the country's harsh weather. These grand houses were arranged in accordance with their residents' daily procedures, demonstrating a distinction between public and private spaces, and even keeping in mind the roles and arrangements of the servants in their purposeful layouts. With careful consideration given to both the practicality of everyday routine and the occasional special event, this book illustrates how the lives and residential structures of these aristocrats were inextricably woven together. Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Author : Mark Bence-Jones
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040659255

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Life in an Irish Country House by Mark Bence-Jones Pdf

Author : Knight of Glin,James Peill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0500515476

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The Irish Country House by Knight of Glin,James Peill Pdf

This book takes the reader on a tour of ten grand Irish country houses, provided an intimate look at a marvellous hotchpotch of rooms and decoration.

Author : Peter Somerville-Large
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015034417447

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The Irish Country House by Peter Somerville-Large Pdf

For 700 years the Ascendancy dominated Ireland: landlords built their great houses, landscaped their parks and spent wealth gathered from rents, before disappearing in the 20th century. Making use of letters, diaries, memoirs, estate documents, inventories, travellers' tales and family reminiscences, Peter Somerville-Large examines the lifestyle of the so-called rural sovereigns, describing the elegance, discomfort, and danger associated with castle and mansion, and the lives of many famous figures who created or inhabited the great houses.

Author : Conor Lucey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1801510261

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House and Home in Georgian Ireland by Conor Lucey Pdf

This book explores the everyday character and functions of domestic spaces in Georgian Ireland. While the design and decoration of the country pile and the aristocratic town house enjoys a long and distinguished literature, to date there has been no sustained examination of how rooms were habitually occupied and experienced, or how different social demographics - not least the burgeoning 'middling sorts' - might have informed approaches to spatial design and functionality. Drawing on recent pioneering research, the topics and themes addressed here range widely from comfort, privacy and multiple occupancy to sociability, maternity and piety. Focusing on how different species of domestic spaces were used and inhabited, from mansions and merchant houses to lodgings and farm house cabins, this book expands our understanding of house and home in Ireland in the long eighteenth century.

Author : Sean O'Reilly
Publisher : Aurum Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 184513351X

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Irish Houses and Gardens by Sean O'Reilly Pdf

For over a hundred years Country Life has been publishing definitive articles on the country houses of Great Britain and Ireland, illustrated with specially commissioned photography by some of the century' s pre-eminent architectural photographers. Taken predominantly on glass plate negatives, the beauty and comprehensiveness of these illustrations is without equal, making the Country Life photographic archive a truly amazing resource. After the turn of the twentieth century, the growing interest in Georgian architecture led Country Life' s writers to explore the unique to the development of the eighteenth-century house contribution made by Irish architects and craftsmen. However, as the pace of loss and destruction of so many houses quickened in the middle of the century, the magazine' s photographs became an increasingly important, sometimes unique, record of what had gone. Here Seá n O' Reilly, one of Ireland' s leading architectural historians, has selected two hundred of the archive' s most outstanding photographs and provided the essential historical background required for an appreciation of some of Ireland' s greatest buildings, making this book not only an important survey, but also a portfolio of classic photographs of unrivalled beauty and significance.

Author : Desmond Guinness,William Ryan
Publisher : Outlet
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Castles
ISBN : 0517249413

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Irish Houses & Castles by Desmond Guinness,William Ryan Pdf

Author : Clive Aslet
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300263138

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The Story of the Country House by Clive Aslet Pdf

The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present The Story of the Country House is an authoritative and vivid account of the British country house, exploring how they have evolved with the changing political and economic landscape. Clive Aslet reveals the captivating stories behind individual houses, their architects, and occupants, and paints a vivid picture of the wider context in which the country house in Britain flourished and subsequently fell into decline before enjoying a renaissance in the twenty-first century. The genesis, style, and purpose of architectural masterpieces such as Hardwick Hall, Hatfield House, and Chatsworth are explored, alongside the numerous country houses lost to war and economic decline. We also meet a cavalcade of characters, owners with all their dynastic obsessions and diverse sources of wealth, and architects such as Inigo Jones, Sir John Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, Sir John Soane and A.W.N. Pugin, who dazzled or in some cases outraged their contemporaries. The Story of the Country House takes a fresh look at this enduringly popular building type, exploring why it continues to hold such fascination for us today.

Author : Seán D. O'Reilly
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025165536

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Irish Houses and Gardens by Seán D. O'Reilly Pdf

This book offersnbsp;a selection ofnbsp;200 of theCountry Life'smost outstanding photographs with an historical background, to foster an appreciation of some of Ireland's greatest buildings.

Author : Robert O'Byrne
Publisher : CICO Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1782496866

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The Irish Aesthete: Ruins of Ireland by Robert O'Byrne Pdf

Go on a journey with Robert O’Byrne as he brings fascinating Irish ruins to life. Fantastical, often whimsical, and frequently quirky, these atmospheric ruins are beautifully photographed and paired with fascinating text by Robert O’Byrne. Born out of Robert’s hugely popular blog, The Irish Aesthete, there are Medieval castles, Georgian mansions, Victorian lodges, and a myriad of other buildings, many never previously published. Robert focuses on a mixture of exteriors and interiors in varying stages of decay, on architectural details, and entire scenarios. Accompanying texts tell of the Regency siblings who squandered their entire fortune on gambling and carousing, of an Anglo-Norman heiress who pitched her husband out the window on their wedding night, and of the landlord who liked to walk around naked and whose wife made him carry a cowbell to warn housemaids of his approach. Arranged by the country’s four provinces, the diverse ruins featured offer a unique insight into Ireland and an exploration of her many styles of historic architecture.

Author : Barbara Freitag
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781527528895

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The Troubled Life of Richard Castle, Ireland’s Pre-Eminent Early Eighteenth-Century Architect by Barbara Freitag Pdf

Richard Castle is widely regarded as one of the most important architects in eighteenth-century Ireland, yet this is the first book devoted to both Castle’s personal history and his professional career. The study builds on a wealth of information concerning his background. It investigates Castle’s Dutch and Sephardic ancestors, his father’s position at the Polish court, the military career of his siblings in the Saxon/Polish army, his wife’s Huguenot family, and his kinship with English economist David Ricardo. Making use of extensive research data, the book refutes commonly held misconceptions about Castle’s name, family, nationality and religion. This book will be of interest to architectural historians, readers interested in Irish/European cultural studies, and researchers into the Jewish diaspora and into early modern Europe in general.

Author : Laura Watson,Ita Beausang,Jennifer O'Connor-Madsen
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783277551

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Women and Music in Ireland by Laura Watson,Ita Beausang,Jennifer O'Connor-Madsen Pdf

Explores the world of women's professional and amateur musical activity as it developed on and beyond the island of Ireland.

Author : Mark Girouard
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300058705

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Life in the English Country House by Mark Girouard Pdf

Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.

Author : Terence Dooley,Christopher Ridgway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05
Category : Country homes
ISBN : 184682589X

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The Irish Country House by Terence Dooley,Christopher Ridgway Pdf

Now available in paperback, this collection of essays emanates from the Annual Historic Houses of Ireland Conference held at National University of Ireland, Maynooth, which provides focus and recognition for new scholarship and other developments in the field of historic house studies. *** "Interesting reading...we have come a long way in reimagining the country house." -- Irish Arts Review *** "This book provides a long and intensely interesting argument for the preservation not only of a house itself but of its written records, its muniments. For these are the history of the place, of the estate, of the village or town, of the townland, of its farms and holdings...celebrates above all the ability of such places to transform themselves, time after time." -- Irish Examine *** "From academics interested in accessing some of the latest research in the field of historic house, estate and demesne landscape studies, to those involved in the management and running of these houses as educational facilities and tourist attractions, to local and state authorities and the general public, this well illustrated, very readable book comes highly recommended." -- Irish Literary Supplement [Subject: History, Irish Studies]

Author : Desmond Fitz-Gerald Glin (Knight of),David J. Griffin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0948018097

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Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by Desmond Fitz-Gerald Glin (Knight of),David J. Griffin Pdf