Apethorpe : the Story of an English Country House / Kathryn A. Morrison, Emily Cole, Nick Hill, John Cattell and Pete Smith ; edited by Kathryn A. Morrison.

Title & Author:

Apethorpe : the Story of an English Country House / Kathryn A. Morrison, Emily Cole, Nick Hill, John Cattell and Pete Smith ; edited by Kathryn A. Morrison.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

Description:

xiii, 484 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, by Yale University Press New Haven and London, in association with Historic England."
"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art"--Title page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 456-464) and index.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"This beautiful publication narrates the romantic biography of an architecturally significant country residence and its rescue from decline. Dating from the mid-15th century, Apethorpe in Northamptonshire was home to a succession of leading courtiers and politicians. At the command of King James I, the house was refurbished with a richly decorated state apartment. The suite, with its series of rare plaster ceilings and carved chimneypieces, unquestionably ranks as one of the finest--and least known--in Britain. In 2004, English Heritage rescued the house from ruin and has since restored it to much of its glory. This book places Apethorpe in its wider historical and architectural context, comparing it with other Tudor and Jacobean houses. It sheds new light on the furnishing, decoration, and circulation patterns of state suites in country homes. Written by architectural and archeological experts from Historic England, this monograph, the first on Apethorpe, is illustrated with new and historical photographs, paintings, maps, engravings, and specially commissioned interpretive drawings that reveal how the house looked at key moments in its history"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780300148701 (hardback)
0300148704 (hardback)

Subject:

Apethorpe Hall (Apethorpe, England) History.
Apethorpe Hall (England) History.
Apethorpe Hall (Apethorpe, England)
ARCHITECTURE Buildings Residential.
HISTORY Europe Great Britain.
HISTORY Modern 17th Century.
DESIGN Interior Decorating.
ARCHITECTURE Historic Preservation General.
Architecture And Planning.
Architecture and Planning.
Buildings.
Kings and rulers Dwellings.
Great Britain Kings and rulers Dwellings.
Apethorpe (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
Great Britain Kings and rulers England.
England Apethorpe.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Morrison, Kathryn A., editor.
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292711
Call No.: BIB 237118
Status: Available

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