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The Country House Revealed – Marsh Court, Hampshire
As with artists, some architects start well and then just get better, culminating in masterpieces which are rightly praised. With buildings, and particularly the usually distant country house, it can be difficult to truly appreciate them; their beauty a pleasure … Continue reading →
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Going to the country: more country houses of UK Prime Ministers – Part 2
The first part of this series, highlighted the aristocratic background of our early Prime Ministers – Earls and Dukes abound. This meant that a country house was just where they had been brought up and simply regarded as home rather … Continue reading →
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Tagged architecture, augustus fitzroy, bedfordshire, berkshire, bowood house, buckinghamshire, bulmershe court, bulstrode park, charles heathcote tatham, charles watson-wentworth, classical, clifford newbold, coombe house, country house, decimus burton, demolished, dorset, dropmore house, duke of grafton, duke of portland, duke of somerset, ealing, earl of bute, earl of chatham, earl of liverpool, earl of shelburne, elm grove, english, enmore castle, euston hall, fire, george grenville, george iii, georgian, gothic, hayes place, henry addington, henry keene, heritage, high cliff, holwood house, horace walpole, houses, humphry repton, john james, john stuart, kent, kingston upon thames, listed, lord grenville, luton hoo, marquess of rockingham, matthew brettingham, northamptonshire, nottinghamshire, palladian, parkland, restoration, richmond, robert adam, robert banks jenkinson, samuel wyatt, sir john soane, somerset, spencer perceval, suffolk, thomas pelham-holles, uk prime ministers, victorian, viscount sidmouth, wakefield lodge, welbeck abbey, wentworth woodhouse, white lodge, william cavendish-bentinck, william kent, william petty-fitzmaurice, william pitt the elder, william pitt the younger, william wyndham grenville, wiltshire, woodley house, wotton house, yorkshire
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The rise and fall of French taste on UK country houses
For all the traditional antipathy towards the French, the influence of their architecture has been felt throughout Britain’s country houses. Although initially the use of the French architectural vocabulary was a sign of wealth and education only available to the … Continue reading →
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After the fire, the difficult choices: Raasay House, Scotland
When Raasay House on the Isle of Skye Raasay was largely destroyed by a huge fire in January 2009 just days before it was due to reopen following a £4m refurbishment, the locals and owners vowed to quickly rebuild the … Continue reading →
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Tagged andor gomme, architecture, berkshire, bramham park, coleshill, conservation, country house, dan cruikshank, demolition, devon, deyan sudjic, duncombe park, dunsland house, fire, grade-i, heritage, houses, kent, knepp castle, lees court, listed, monzie castle, national trust, Raasay House, restoration, scotland, sledmere, society for the protection of ancient buildings, SPAB, stourhead, sussex, uppark, windsor castle, yorkshire
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Converting country houses from commercial to residential: a sound investment?
As the pressures of the twentieth century forced more country houses owners to face the reality that they could no longer live as they had and would have to move out of their homes they then had to decide what … Continue reading →
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Tagged anthony salvin, architecture, benham valence, berkshire, capability brown, conservation, country house, development, devon, ditton park, earl of craven, english, estate, for sale, gaddesden place, gardens, georgian, grade-ii, henry holland, heritage, hertfordshire, houses, James Wyatt, listed, mamhead house, palladian, parkland, restoration, sir john soane, stowe house, strutt & parker, victorian, white lodge
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Shaw House restoration shortlisted for award
The restoration of the grade-I listed Shaw House in Newbury, which had previously been on the English Heritage ‘Buildings at Risk’ register , has been shortlisted for 2010 Civic Trust Awards. Shaw House was built in 1581 for Thomas Dolman, a … Continue reading →
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Tagged architecture, berkshire, buildings at risk, country house, english heritage, grade-i, heritage, listed, newbury, restoration, shaw house
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Houses as hospitals: the country houses in medical service
Our country houses have always been adaptable as changing fashions or functions required they accommodate new ways of living or roles. One role which quite a few houses have taken on is that of hospital – either privately or as … Continue reading →