Author: Ian GreavesPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398116351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
A highly illustrated, fascinating description of the lost country houses of South and West Yorkshire.
Lost Country Houses of South and West Yorkshire
Author: Ian GreavesPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398116351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
A highly illustrated, fascinating description of the lost country houses of South and West Yorkshire.
Creating Paradise
Author: Richard WilsonPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1852852526
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Looking at the building of country houses as a whole, this book investigates why owners embarked on extensive building programmes, often following a grand tour. It explores the cost of building and the cost of furnishing and decoration.
Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations
Author: Joseph HaydnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations
Author: Joseph HaydnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
Book Description
Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: Volume 1, Northern England
Author: Anthony EmeryPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521497237
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The first of a three-volume survey of greater houses in England and Wales of the 14th and 15th centuries, first published in 1996.
Haydn's Dictionary of Dates
Author: Joseph HaydnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
The Country Houses of Shropshire
Author: Gareth WilliamsPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275391
Category : Architecture and society
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them.
Haydyn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information
Author: Joseph HaydnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description
Northwold Manor Reborn
Author: Warwick RodwellPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Presents a fascinating, superbly illustrated, account by one of the UK's leading architectural historians, of the history, dereliction and restoration of a complex, originally Tudor, manor house. Northwold Manor is a multi-period listed building (grade II*), about which almost nothing was known. Uninhabited since 1955, it had fallen into a state of extreme dereliction, and was beyond economic repair when the author purchased the property in 2014. He and his wife, Diane Gibbs, embarked on a major restoration that ran for nine years. The restoration was carried out as a quasi-archaeological operation, revealing that the building complex had Tudor origins, followed by the construction of a Stuart house, with Georgian improvements, and a new entertaining suite added in 1814. The Manor, with its fine drawing room, ballroom and orangery, was the grandest house in Northwold, and research into the families that occupied it revealed unexpected connections to the French Bourbon Court. From the 17th to the 20th century, the Carters were the principal owners, and a local branch of the family included Howard Carter, discoverer of Tutankhamens tomb. This account begins with a topographical study of Northwold and its three medieval manors, followed by an exploration of the decline of the Carter family in the late 19th century. That triggered the break-up of the Northwold Estate in 1919. Passing through several ownerships, the Manor was earmarked for demolition in 1961; reprieved, it became a furniture store in the 1970s, and every room was solidly packed. As the roofs failed and water poured in, ceilings and floors collapsed, carrying with them the stacks of rotting furniture. By the late 1990s, walls and gables were collapsing too, and the local authority attempted to intervene. A long struggle to save the Manor ensued, finally ending with compulsory purchase in 2013. Although manor houses occur in most English parishes, they have received surprisingly little archaeological study. Every year, hundreds are restored or altered, but rarely accompanied by detailed recording or scholarly research; and popular television programs reveal the shameful level of destruction that takes place in the name of restoration. This is a book like no other: the holistic approach to the rehabilitation of Northwolds derelict manor house involving history, archaeology, architecture and genealogy demonstrates how much can be learned about a building that had never before been studied. The project has received several awards.
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