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| Author | : Dana Arnold |
| Publisher | : Sutton Publishing Limited |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780750934701 |
The country house was the focal point of Georgian architecture, landscape and society. This book explores the meaning of this distinct cultural form using a wide range of examples and approaches. Dana Arnold presents an analysis of the social and cultural significance of the country house, and her work is complemented by essays from experts in a variety of disciplines. Illustrations, showing exteriors, interiors and landscapes of houses ranging from Blenheim and Harewood to lesser known examples such as A la Ronde, provide a thorough historical and visual survey of the period. This title offers fresh interpretations and enables the reader to gain an insight into the pivotal role the country house played in 18th- and early 19th-century society.
| Author | : Patricia McCarthy |
| Publisher | : Paul Mellon Centre |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : ARCHITECTURE |
| ISBN | : 9780300218862 |
A deft interweaving of architectural and social history
| Author | : Joanna Martin |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 504 |
| Release | : 2004-07-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781852852719 |
Told through the stories, journals and personal letters of the women of the powerful Fox family, Wives and Daughters is a window into the daily lives and experiences of women of eighteenth-century aristocratic society and the country houses that symbolized the power and taste of eighteenth-century Britain. Combining personality with historical setting and detail, Joanna Martin traces the lives of fifteen individual women in their four country houses through several generations, in society and at home. Taking an intimate and personal look at courtship, marriage, childbirth, education, houses and gardens, reading, hobbies, travel and health, this book is an engrossing account of woman's lives in this fascinating time.
| Author | : The Earl of Shaftesbury |
| Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2018-09-25 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0847863204 |
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 | : Kate Retford |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Total Pages | : 365 |
| Release | : 2019-03-07 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1501337297 |
For every great country house of the Georgian period, there was usually also a town house. Chatsworth, for example, the home of the Devonshires, has officially been recognised as one of the country's favourite national treasures - but most of its visitors know little of Devonshire House, which the family once owned in the capital. In part, this is because town houses were often leased, rather than being passed down through generations as country estates were. But, most crucially, many London town houses, including Devonshire House, no longer exist, having been demolished in the early twentieth century. This book seeks to place centre-stage the hugely important yet hitherto overlooked town houses of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, exploring the prime position they once occupied in the lives of families and the nation as a whole. It explores the owners, how they furnished and used these properties, and how their houses were judged by the various types of visitor who gained access.
| Author | : Rachel Stewart |
| Publisher | : Paul Mellon Centre |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
This title takes a fresh look at a familiar building type - the town house in 18th century London - and investigates the circumstances in which individuals made decisions about living in London, and particularly about their West End house.
| Author | : Clive Aslet |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2021-09-14 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0300263139 |
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 | : Trevor Yorke |
| Publisher | : Countryside Books (GB) |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
The Georgian and Regency house conjures up a distinct and much admired image. Elegance, refinement and beautiful proportions have made this period an inspiration for later architects and a popular choice for today's house buyer. Using his own drawings, diagrams and photographs, author Trevor Yorke explains all aspects of the Georgian and Regency house and provides a comprehensive guide to the homes and houses of this notable period. The book is divided into three sections, outlining the history of the period; stepping inside the different rooms and their fittings, what they were used for and how they would have appeared; and the final section contains a quick reference guide with notes on dating houses, suggestions for further reading, a glossary of unfamiliar terms and details of places to visit
| Author | : Daniel Drake Reiff |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
This is the first study which has seriously and thoroughly examined the English post-Renaissance vernacular background for the famous Georgian houses of Virginia (ca. 1710-1760), and related them exhaustively to their American counter-parts.
| Author | : Ingrid Cranfield |
| Publisher | : David & Charles |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780715312261 |
This source book for recreating the style and decor of the Georgian period, covers all aspects of internal and external plan and design, including gardens. It also provides information on how to restore, replace and care for period features.
