Stourhead Floor Plan

When stourhead first opened in the 1740s a magazine described it as a living work of art.

Stourhead floor plan. The estate is about 2 1 2 miles 4 km northwest of the town of mere and includes a grade i listed 18th century palladian mansion the village of stourton gardens farmland and woodland. 12th mar 3rd nov daily 11am 4 30pm 9th 24th nov sat sun only 11am 3pm 30th nov 22nd dec daily 11am 3pm. Print engraving two floor plans stourhead wiltshire by hendrick hulsberg amsterdam london 1729. It is one of the best examples of the english landscape style of garden.

The stourhead park was created in a luxuriant valley which flitcroft made into a lake with a path around it that provided a sequence of picturesque views and encounters with temples statuary springs and. Stourhead garden commentary stourhead was the perfect realization of the eighteenth century yearning for a vergilian and claudian arcady. Much of stourhead s success can be accounted for by henry hoare ii who inherited the house after the death of his father henry hoare i. 19 01 2016 belton house belton grantham lincolnshire.

Please call for opening arrangements 01747. Belton house belton grantham main ground and first floor plans annotated. Stourhead was one of the first country villas to be built in the new palladian style. Floor plan print p.

Last admission is 30mins before closing king alfred s tower. Left hand plan principal storey of stourhead in wiltshire as designed by mr. The world famous landscape garden has at its centrepiece a magnificent lake reflecting classical temples mystical grottoes and rare and exotic trees and offers a day of fresh air and discovery. Stourhead ˈ s t aʊər ˌ h ɛ d is a 1 072 hectare 2 650 acre estate at the source of the river stour in the southwest of the english county of wiltshire extending into somerset.

Originally referred to as the temple of hercules. Stourhead is reason enough to visit england all by itself. The house was designed by colen campbell but henry hoare i unfortunately died the same year in which the house was completed. The pantheon built by henry flitcroft in 1753 4.

Architect colen campbell was hired to design the plans for stourhead and utilized the help of nathaniel ireson to build the structure between 1721 and 1725 in the new palladian style. Please check the homepage before visiting this article was created before the. The gothic cottage added in the 1770s by henry hoare the grotto probably based on ovid s myth of daphne and peneus chinese bridge the rock arch the hermitage according to. 41 vol 3 showing two floor plans ca.