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‘An agreeable surprise’ – the country house and garden sculpture
The country house has long been at a nexus of art, display and tourism with the treasures, mainly statues, collected by the owner shown in a grand gallery which often formed one of the main staterooms. Whereas the house provided … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, batty langley, bedfordshire, chatsworth house, christies, clumber park, country house, dallam towers, derbyshire, english, estate, gardens, georgian, hamilton palace, heritage, holkham hall, houses, ickworth house, norfolk, palladianism, parkland, philip miller, sculpture, stephen switzer, stourhead, stowe house, studley royal, tudor, william kent, woburn abbey
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A country seat of learning: Wispers, Sussex
There has been a long tradition of country houses being converted to schools. Indeed, the practice has saved many hundreds from being demolished all together, denying us today the pleasure of houses such as Stowe and Bryanston. In recent years … Continue reading
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Tagged apethorpe hall, duchess of bedford, duke of bedford, educational use, grade-ii, richard norman shaw, sussex, wispers, woburn abbey
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