Gothic windows at Combermere Abbey, Cheshire Mock castle at Abbotsford House, Selkirkshire In addition to their practical purpose, game larders on great estates often served a decorative function, and could be highly ornate in their design.Hobson JCJ. A Practical Guide To Modern Gamekeeping (Hachette; 2012), ch. 11 The game larder at Uppark in Sussex, designed by Humphry Repton, has a floor decorated with deer vertebrae, and has been described as "a mannered grotesque advertisement for the pleasures of the chase and the table awaiting arriving guests."Macarthur J. The Picturesque: Architecture, Disgust and Other Irregularities, p. 83 (Routledge; 2007) () Dating from around 1810, the rectangular flint-faced building has an octagonal timber portion. (accessed 24 March 2015) The game larder at Combermere Abbey in Cheshire, which also dates from the early 19th century and is thought to be by the Irish Morrison family, has decorative windows in the Gothic style. The octagonal red-brick structure is capped with a timber roof lantern. (accessed 24 March 2015)Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E, Pevsner N. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2nd edn) (Yale University Press; 2011), pp. 294–5 () The game larder at Abbotsford House in Selkirkshire, built by John Smith of Darnick in 1851, takes the form of a circular castle, with crenellations. Historic Scotland: Abbotsford including house, walled gardens and courtyards, conservatory, bothies, game larder, ice house, terraces, gate lodge, boundary walls, gardener's cottage, stable block, garden statuary and all other ancillary structures (accessed 24 March 2015 ) The circular interior of the game larder at Holkham Hall in Norfolk is lined with alabaster; designed by Samuel Wyatt, the octagonal building dates from 1803. (accessed 24 March 2015)Martins SW. Coke of Norfolk (1754-1842): A Biography, p. 52 (Boydell & Brewer; 2010)
Gothic windows at Combermere Abbey, Cheshire Mock castle at Abbotsford House, Selkirkshire In addition to their practical purpose, game larders on great estates often served a decorative function, and could be highly ornate in their design.Hobson JCJ. A Practical Guide To Modern Gamekeeping (Hachette; 2012), ch. 11 The game larder at Uppark in Sussex, designed by Humphry Repton, has a floor decorated with deer vertebrae, and has been described as "a mannered grotesque advertisement for the pleasures of the chase and the table awaiting arriving guests."Macarthur J. The Picturesque: Architecture, Disgust and Other Irregularities, p. 83 (Routledge; 2007) () Dating from around 1810, the rectangular flint-faced building has an octagonal timber portion. (accessed 24 March 2015) The game larder at Combermere Abbey in Cheshire, which also dates from the early 19th century and is thought to be by the Irish Morrison family, has decorative windows in the Gothic style. The octagonal red-brick structure is capped with a timber roof lantern. (accessed 24 March 2015)Hartwell C, Hyde M, Hubbard E, Pevsner N. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (2nd edn) (Yale University Press; 2011), pp. 294–5 () The game larder at Abbotsford House in Selkirkshire, built by John Smith of Darnick in 1851, takes the form of a circular castle, with crenellations. (accessed 29 March 2019 ) The circular interior of the game larder at Holkham Hall in Norfolk is lined with alabaster; designed by Samuel Wyatt, the octagonal building dates from 1803. (accessed 24 March 2015)Martins SW. Coke of Norfolk (1754-1842): A Biography, p. 52 (Boydell & Brewer; 2010)
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