Main entry:

Cannadine, David, 1950- author.

Title & Author:

The country house : past, present, future / David Cannadine and Jeremy Musson.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli International, 2018.
©2018

Description:

432 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-425) and index.
Foreword / Tim Parker and Lynne Rickabaugh -- The British country house revisited / David Cannadine -- Design & construction / Jeremy Musson -- An inheritance restored : a private owner's experience / Sarah Callander Beckett -- Sharing treasures : the National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland / David Adshead -- Magnificence & power / Jeremy Musson -- Wealth & consumption / Jeremy Musson -- Stories of the "Big House" : new approaches in Irish country house studies / Terence Dooley -- Learning & religion / Jeremy Musson -- An inviting alliance : the Yorkshire country house partnership / Christopher Ridgway -- Keeping the roof on : National Trust for Scotland's "Country Houses Scheme" / Ian Gow -- Pleasure & recreation / Jeremy Musson -- Household & function / Jeremy Musson -- Legacies of British slave ownership : facing a difficult past / Madge Dresser -- When the walls come down : after the destruction of Marks Hall / James Raven -- Destruction & survival / Jeremy Musson -- Downton Abbey and the country house : exploring new fictions / Oliver Cox.

Summary:

From The Crown to Downton Abbey, the country house speaks to our fantasies of rustic splendor, style, and escape. Featuring three hundred photos from the National Trust, this lavish book draws back the curtain on the finest and most important historic homes in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, revealing these great houses' intriguing pasts, grand interiors, and vibrant reinventions for the enjoyment of modern-day visitors, residents, and armchair travelers. Locations include Knole, Cragside, Castle Howard, Chatsworth, Polesden Lacey, Petworth, Castle Bodiam, Blenheim, Longleat, and dozens more. Illuminating essays by country house expert Jeremy Musson, legendary British author and historian David Cannadine, and contributing writers and scholars provide unique insight into centuries of life in a historic home. This is a rich visual resource for lovers of sumptuous interiors on a human scale, as well as grand exterior architecture and gorgeous landscapes. For Anglophiles, royals watchers, and lovers of the country house lifestyle, architecture, and interior design, this is a magnificent new look at landmark British country houses, the treasures they contain, and how they speak to our fantasies of rustic splendor and escape today.

ISBN:

9780847862726 hardcover
0847862720 hardcover

Subject:

Country homes England.
Mansions England History.
Country life England History.
Interior decoration England.
Country homes Decoration.
Country homes.
Country life.
Interior decoration.
Manners and customs.
Mansions.
Maisons de campagne Angleterre.
Hôtels particuliers Angleterre Histoire.
Maisons de campagne Décoration.
Mansions History. England.
Country life History. England.
Essays.
Photobooks.
Architektur
Herrenhaus
Lebensstil
Oberschicht
England Social life and customs.
Angleterre Mœurs et coutumes.
England.
Britische Inseln

Form/genre:

Essay
essays.
photobooks.
Essays.
History.
Photobooks.
Essais.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Musson, Jeremy, author.
Adshead, David, contributor.
Dooley, Terence, 1964- contributor.
Ridgway, Christopher, contributor.
Gow, Ian, 1953- contributor.
Dresser, Madge, contributor.
Raven, James, 1959- contributor.
Royal Oak Foundation, issuing body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306643
Call No.: BIB 252199
Status: Available