Apethorpe: The Story of an English Country House (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)

This beautiful publication narrates the romantic biography of an architecturally significant country residence and its rescue from decline.  Dating from the mid-15th century, Apethorpe in Northamptonshire was home to a succession of leading courtiers and politicians.  At the command of King James I, the house was refurbished with a richly decorated state apartment.  The suite, with its series of rare plaster ceilings and carved chimneypieces, unquestionably ranks as one of the finest