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How the Country House Became English
Author | : Stephanie Barczewski |
Publsiher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2023-07-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781789148091 |
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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.
The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century
Author | : Christopher Christie |
Publsiher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0719047250 |
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This work explores the British country house between 1700-1830 and looks at the lives of the noblemen and the servants who inhabited them. Reference is made to the whole of the British Isles and there is a discussion of their political significance.
Life in the English Country House
Author | : Mark Girouard |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1978-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300058705 |
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Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.
The English Country House
Author | : Ralph Dutton |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1944 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : UOM:39015009107544 |
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The English Country House in Perspective
Author | : Gervase Jackson-Stops |
Publsiher | : Grove Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1990-01-01 |
Genre | : Country homes |
ISBN | : 0802112285 |
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This book presents twelve of the richest houses in Britain, each an archetype of its age, and looks at them both as architectural masterpieces and as evidence of the life for which they were built, and together they give a unique overview of the development of British architecture and gardening through six centuries. All the houses belong to the National Trust and are open to the public. Full-color illustrations.
The Great Good Place
Author | : Malcolm Miles Kelsall |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Country homes |
ISBN | : UOM:39015029206193 |
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The English Country House Party
Author | : Phyllida Barstow |
Publsiher | : Sutton Publishing |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : IND:30000056731130 |
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During the golden age of English country house entertaining, from the death of Prince Albert in 1861 to the outbreak of World War I, invitations passed back and forth among members of the aristocracy. Barstow brings to life the personalities and lifestyles of a vanished age in this carefully researched and illustrated study. International royalty and the political figures of the day also feature, none more memorably than the Shah of Persia, who offered to buy the Marchioness of Londonderry and advised the Prince of Wales to execute the Duke of Sutherland when he became king. The text reveals the social and political importance of the house party and also describes the role of the country house in its local and national setting. The decline of country house living after World War I and the beginnings of the National Trust and other efforts to save for the nation these former playgrounds of the elite form the concluding chapters.