Stourhead Floor Plan

Stourhead was one of the first country villas to be built in the new palladian style.

Stourhead floor plan.

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. Left hand plan principal storey of stourhead in wiltshire as designed by mr. The pantheon built by henry flitcroft in 1753 4.

19 01 2016 belton house belton grantham lincolnshire. Apr sep daily 9am 7pm oct mar daily 9am 5pm or dusk if earlier. Originally referred to as the temple of hercules. Floor plan print p.

When stourhead first opened in the 1740s a magazine described it as a living work of art. 12th mar 3rd nov daily 11am 4 30pm 9th 24th nov sat sun only 11am 3pm 30th nov 22nd dec daily 11am 3pm. 41 vol 3 showing two floor plans ca. 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.

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. Address stourhead estate office stourton nr warminster wiltshire england ba12 6qd. Belton house belton grantham main ground and first floor plans annotated. 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.

A brilliant arcadian design begun by henry hoare in 1741 incorporating ever changing vistas around a lake replete with temples to apollo and flora a rock bridge a cascade a pantheon a thatched cottage and a grotto. Please check the homepage before visiting this article was created before the. 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. Stourhead is reason enough to visit england all by itself.

Please call for opening arrangements 01747. Last admission is 30mins before closing king alfred s tower. 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. The house was designed by colen campbell but henry hoare i unfortunately died the same year in which the house was completed.