Lasting elegance
Subtitle: English country houses, 1830-1900
By: Michael Hall.
Publisher: Monacelli Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580932561
Subjects: Country homes -- England; Architecture, Domestic -- England; Architecture, Victorian -- England; Decoration and ornament -- England -- Victorian style
Other titles: English country houses, 1830-1900; Country life (London, England)
Table of contents: title: I. 1837-1850. Revolution and reaction. Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire; title: Highclere Castle, Hampshire; title: Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire; title: Wrest Park, Bedfordshire; title: II. 1850-1860. Battle of the Styles. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland; title: Shrubland Park, Suffolk; title: Sandon Hall, Staffordshire; title: Flintham Hall, Nottinghamshire; title: Milton Ernest Hall, Bedfordshire; title: III. 1860-1870. Lords of creation. Bishops Court, Devon; title: Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire; title: Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire; title: Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire; title: Madresfield, Worcestershire; title: Tyntesfield, Somerset; title: IV. 1870-1880. Christian duty. Carlton Towers, Yorkshire; title: Cragside, Northumberland; title: Eaton Hall, Cheshire; title: Longleat House, Wiltshire; title: V. 1880 to 1890. From idyll to elegy; title: The Chanter's House, Devon; title: Hewell Grange, Worcestershire; title: Stokesay Court, Shopshire; title: Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire; title: VI. 1890-1901. Seductive images; title: Old Place, Llindfield, Sussex; title: Avon Tyrrell, Hampshire; title: Standen, Sussex; title: Wood House, Essex; title: Arundel Castle, Sussex.