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67. Brympton D’Evercy, Somerset.The Growth of the English House (1909)

Bay Windows (late 15th century). I couldn’t find anything much about the stately home and priest house that I suspect is pictured here. If you want to visit, there is a local place to stay.

Keywords: manors, windows, creeper, entrances, colour

Places shown: Brympton D’Evercy; Somerset; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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68. Fawsley, Northamptonshire.The Growth of the English House (1909)

Bay Window of the Hall (late 15th century) (in the Perpendicular style. There is an official web site for Fawsley Hall.)

Keywords: windows, manors, colour

Places shown: Fawsley; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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71. Penshurst Place, KentThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Penshurst Place, Kent. The Great Hall. There’s another picture in Wharton’s book, English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans. Penshurst Place dates from the first half of the 14th Century, and was ori [...]

Keywords: manors, interiors, fireplaces, windows, ceilings, colour

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2003-08-04

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92. Horham HallThe Growth of the English House (1909)

92. Plan of Horham Hall, Essex

See also Fig. 93

Keywords: plans, maps, manors, colour

Places shown: Horham; Essex; England

Added: 2003-08-04

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93. Horham HallThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Fig. 93. Horham Hall, Essex (early 16th cent.) “Horham Hall, in Essex, is a good example, moderate in size, of this period. It was built in the early years of the sixteenth century by Sir John Cutt, [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, chimneys, entrances, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Horham; Essex; England

Added: 2003-08-04

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105. Montacute House, Somerset (1580)The Growth of the English House (1909)

The two-storey screen between the wings is of earlier date (circa 1520) and was brought from Clifton Maybank. This appears not to be the same as the nearby Montacute Castle, of which only earthworks r [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Montacute; Somerset; England

Added: 2003-03-30

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108. Bay Window at Thornbury Castle, Gloucester.The Growth of the English House (1909)

“Besides the simple and dignified forms which were chiefly used, there were a few cases in which the plan was more complicated, and in which it took one shape on the ground floor and another on the fl [...]

Keywords: windows, colour

Places shown: Thornbury; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2003-03-30

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109. Window from Sir Paul Pindar’s House, Bishopsgate.The Growth of the English House (1909)

Now in the Victoria and Albert Musem [London]. Bishopsgate Street is in London.

Keywords: windows, colour

Places shown: Bishopgate; London; England

Added: 2003-03-30

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110. Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire.The Growth of the English House (1909)

A corner of the Courtyard (1575)

Note that Kirby Hall has been restored extensively, as reported by the BBC in April, 2003.

Keywords: manors, windows, ruins, colour

Places shown: Corby; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2003-03-30

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113. Pilton Manor HouseThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Pilton Manor House (now [1909] the rectory)

It appears that Sotheby’s sold the contents of Pilton Manor in 2002..

Modern photograph of Pilton Church and Manor House

Keywords: manors, trees, chimneys, windows, rooves, towers, colour

Places shown: Pilton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2003-07-13

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114. Sydenham House, DevonshireThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Sydenham House, Devonshire (cir. 1600)It’s in the parish of Marystowe, West Devon. Today the house appears to be known for the pheasant and partridge shooting on the grounds. There are late 17th and [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Marystowe; Devonshire; England

Added: 2003-08-04

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117. Derwent Hall, DerbyshireThe Growth of the English House (1909)

Derwent Hall was built in 1672 by the Belguy family, and at some point passed to the Duke of Norfolk. In 1931 it became a youth hostel, but in 1945 the Derwent dam was completed and the valley was flo [...]

Keywords: manors, buildings, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Derwent; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-02-03

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152. Swakeleys, Middlesex (cir. 1630).The Growth of the English House (1909)

If Inigo Jones made no use of a transitional style, others did so. Swakeleys in Middlesex (Fig. 152) is a case in point. Here mullioned windows are still retained, but the cornices, breaking out into [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, buildings, architecture, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Ickenham; Midlesex; England

Added: 2011-02-26

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