Travel and the British Country House
Subtitle: Cultures, Critiques and Consumption in the Long Eighteenth Century
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781526110329
Subjects: Country homes; Great britain, civilization
Description: Travel and the British country house explores the ways in which travel by owners, visitors and material objects shaped country houses during the long eighteenth century. It provides a richer and more nuanced understanding of this relationship, and how it varied according to the identity of the traveler and the geography of their journeys. The essays explore how travel on the Grand Tour, and further afield, formed an inspiration to build or remodel houses and gardens; the importance of country house visiting in shaping taste amongst British and European elites, and the practical aspects of travel, including the expenditure involved. Suitable for a scholarly audience, including postgraduate and undergraduate students, but also accessible to the general reader, Travel and the British country house offers a series of fascinating studies of the country house that serve to animate the country house with flows of people, goods and ideas.