The Beckford era

The period of the Beckford family’s ownership of Fonthill is the best known and best understood era of the estate’s history. During the nearly 80 years of the Beckford reign, from 1744 to 1822, Fonthill became one of the premier country house estates in Wiltshire and was renowned across England both...

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Zusammenfassung:	The period of the Beckford family’s ownership of Fonthill is the best known and best understood era of the estate’s history. During the nearly 80 years of the Beckford reign, from 1744 to 1822, Fonthill became one of the premier country house estates in Wiltshire and was renowned across England both for the fame of its owners and the magnificence of the buildings they created. The houses constructed by the Beckfords at Fonthill were designed as physical representations of the status, wealth and power of their owners. Unlike many of their contemporaries, however, both Alderman William Beckford (bap. 1709 d.