The Rebirth Of An English Country House

Author : The Earl of Shaftesbury,Tim Knox
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780847863204

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The Rebirth of an English Country House by The Earl of Shaftesbury,Tim Knox Pdf

The brilliantly restored St. Giles House, in the idyllic Dorset countryside, offers high-point Georgian architecture and interiors that bridge many historical styles. The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, 39-year-old Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, invites the reader into the house that his family has called home since the fifteenth century. In recent years, his award-winning restoration has brought the house back to life, transforming exquisite spaces that honor the past while being suited to twenty-first-century living. English country-house splendor, through the hands of some of the world’s top artisans and craftspeople, returns to the house in the form of re-created wallpapers, customized paints, revived furniture from the Georgian and Victorian periods, reworked antique Brussels tapestries, restored plasterwork and textiles, and a complete overhaul of the landscape, with its sunken garden, woodlands, avenue of beeches, lake, and shell-encrusted grotto. With stories of noteworthy architecture, beautiful interiors, and centuriesof a single family’s involvement in British and world history, this book will appeal to devotees of country living, the aristocratic life, historic houses, and English interior design.

Author : Ralph Dutton
Publisher : London : B.T. Batsford Limited
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : WISC:89056270770

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The English Country House by Ralph Dutton Pdf

Author : Ben Cowell
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781837650583

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The British Country House Revival by Ben Cowell Pdf

Fifty years ago, the future for country houses in Britain looked bleak. The Victoria & Albert Museum's exhibition The Destruction of the Country House, which opened in October 1974, charted the loss of over a thousand country houses in the preceding century. The makers of the exhibition warned that history could be "about to repeat itself" because of the threats besetting mansion properties, principally from higher taxation. Houses faced the prospect of having to be stripped of their collections and sold for use as offices, hotels, or hospitals, with their parks and gardens turned into golf clubs. Government might afford to save just a handful of the most significant of these places, working in tandem with charities such as the National Trust. The rest would be consigned to history. This book traces the history of country houses in Britain, from the Destruction exhibition to the present day. The wave of country house losses anticipated in 1974 never actually happened. Instead, over the next five decades Britain's country houses experienced a renaissance. Fiscal rules changed in the mid-1970s to make it easier for owners to hold on to their assets. Economic improvements in the 1980s and 1990s allowed many houses and estates to develop profitable commercial businesses. All of this was achieved only after dedicated campaigning from heritage organisations in support of the country house cause. The book argues that a new accord is needed today, to recognise and value the ongoing, if increasingly contested, contribution of country houses to British life and culture in the twenty-first century.

Author : Adrian Tinniswood
Publisher : Random House
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473569164

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Noble Ambitions by Adrian Tinniswood Pdf

From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend: a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with aristocratic values. 'Preposterously entertaining' Observer 'Brilliant' Daily Telegraph 'Rollicking' Sunday Times As the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nation's stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the weight of rising taxes and a growing sense that they had no place in twentieth-century Britain, hundreds of ancestral piles were dismantled and demolished. Yet - perhaps surprisingly - many of these great houses survived, as dukes and duchesses clung desperately to their ancestral seats and tenants' balls gave way to rock concerts, safari parks and day trippers. From the Rolling Stones rocking Longleat to Christine Keeler rocking Cliveden, Noble Ambitions takes us on a lively tour of these crumbling halls of power. * A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year * * Longlisted for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History *

Author : Victoria Sackville-West
Publisher : Prion (GB)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1853752304

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English Country Houses by Victoria Sackville-West Pdf

Part of the Writers' Britain series, first published in the 1940s. This book offers a brief history of the English country house from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and of the people who built and lived in them from common squires to kings and queens.

Author : Alexander Von Hoffman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195176146

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House by House, Block by Block by Alexander Von Hoffman Pdf

Based on years of research, this is the inspiring story of the dramatic revitalization of urban wastelands from Los Angeles to Chicago to Boston and the grassroots organizations and leaders that helped bring it about. 30 line illustrations.

Author : Candida Lycett Green
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015022042645

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The Perfect English Country House by Candida Lycett Green Pdf

Author : Barbara Mayer
Publisher : John F Blair Pub
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0895871556

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Reynolda by Barbara Mayer Pdf

Author : Stephanie Barczewski
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789147605

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How the Country House Became English by Stephanie Barczewski Pdf

The story of how the country house, historically a site of violent disruption, came to symbolize English stability during the eighteenth century. Country houses are quintessentially English, not only architecturally but also in that they embody national values of continuity and insularity. The English country house, however, has more often been the site of violent disruption than continuous peace. So how is it that the country how came to represent an uncomplicated, nostalgic vision of English history? This book explores the evolution of the country house, beginning with the Reformation and Civil War, and shows how the political events of the eighteenth century, which culminated in the reaction against the French Revolution, led to country houses being recast as symbols of England’s political stability.

Author : Tim Knox
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Design
ISBN : 9782080200785

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The British Ambassador's Residence in Paris by Tim Knox Pdf

This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the British Ambassador's Residence in Paris, one of the most splendid historic homes in the French capital and the most impressive of all British ambassadorial residences abroad. The author, Tim Knox, charts the stirring story of the house, from its origins as the home of the Ducs de Charost, to its opulent heyday under Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, much of whose luxurious furniture and decoration survives intact. Since 1814, when Pauline sold the house to the 1st Duke of Wellington, the mansion has served as the residence of successive British Ambassadors to France, who altered the house to suit their taste and character, notably Sir Duff Cooper and his beautiful wife, Lady Diana, whose Empire-style study is still redolent of their brilliant social circle in Post-War Paris. This beautiful house in the rue du Faubourg St Honoré, furnished with masterpieces of French Empire furniture and decorative arts, English silver, and paintings by British artists, remains a splendid, but hard-working setting for promoting the Franco-British relationship.

Author : Sogyal Rinpoche
Publisher : Random House
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781448116959

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The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche Pdf

25th Anniversary Edition Over 3 Million Copies Sold 'I couldn't give this book a higher recommendation' BILLY CONNOLLY Written by the Buddhist meditation master and popular international speaker Sogyal Rinpoche, this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic vision of life and death that underlies the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It includes not only a lucid, inspiring and complete introduction to the practice of meditation, but also advice on how to care for the dying with love and compassion, and how to bring them help of a spiritual kind. But there is much more besides in this classic work, which was written to inspire all who read it to begin the journey to enlightenment and so become 'servants of peace'.

Author : Mary Miers
Publisher : Rizzoli International publication
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822036416857

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The English Country House by Mary Miers Pdf

Sixty-two stunning houses in a range of architectural styles spanning seven centuries are brought to life through glorious imagery from the photography library of Country Life magazine.

Author : Hodgson B.F.
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9785521055067

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The Secret Garden by Hodgson B.F. Pdf

«Таинственный сад» – любимая классика для читателей всех возрастов, жемчужина творчества Фрэнсис Ходжсон Бернетт, роман о заново открытой радости жизни и магии силы. Мэри Леннокс, жестокое и испорченное дитя высшего света, потеряв родителей в Индии, возвращается в Англию, на воспитание к дяде-затворнику в его поместье. Однако дядя находится в постоянных отъездах, и Мэри начинает исследовать округу, в ходе чего делает много открытий, в том числе находит удивительный маленький сад, огороженный стеной, вход в который почему-то запрещен. Отыскав ключ и потайную дверцу, девочка попадает внутрь. Но чьи тайны хранит этот загадочный садик? И нужно ли знать то, что находится под запретом?.. Впрочем, это не единственный секрет в поместье...

Author : Joseph Edward Stevens
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780553378368

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1863 by Joseph Edward Stevens Pdf

Drawing from personal letters, official documents, and rare photographs, the author offers a look at the "tumultuous" 1863 and all the personalities of the year.

Author : Maya Angelou
Publisher : Random House
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307477729

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Pdf

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.