Lord Stawell’s Great House in Somerset

Lord Stawell’s Great House in Somerset

Under ‘Hazlegrove House’, Pevsner’s South and West Somerset (1958) draws attention to ‘the gateway from Sparkford’, which, ‘with its segmental arch, its broad pilasters and rudimentary Ionic capitals . . . is evidently earlier [than the Georgian house] . . . c. 1690’. As he goes on to explain, it wa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Architectural history 2001, Vol.44, p.332-340
1. Verfasser: Colvin, Howard
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Architectural design
Architectural history
Architecture
Botanical gardens
Houses
Mansions
Palaces
Payments
Religious buildings
Section 7: Country Houses
Terraces
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Zusammenfassung:Under ‘Hazlegrove House’, Pevsner’s South and West Somerset (1958) draws attention to ‘the gateway from Sparkford’, which, ‘with its segmental arch, its broad pilasters and rudimentary Ionic capitals . . . is evidently earlier [than the Georgian house] . . . c. 1690’. As he goes on to explain, it was brought in 1872 from Low Ham, where the second Lord Stawell had begun to build what, according to John Macky’s Journey through England of 1737, was destined to be ‘the biggest and most regular house in the County of Somerset’.
ISSN:0066-622X
2059-5670
DOI:10.2307/1568762