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Images from our visit (in September, 2022) to Dyrham Park, near Bath, Gloucestershire, England.
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ ViewPoint and Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop with Tony Kuyper TK-9 Panels).
You can find out more about Dyrham Park by clicking Here.
Phil and Karen
1. People have lived here since at least the Bronze Age. In 577 a significant battle was waged at ‘Dyrhamin’ in which Saxon leaders Cuthwine and Ceawlin defeated Britons Coinmail, Condidan and Farinmail - a decisive victory repelling Britons into Wales and Cornwall. Dyrham House sits in 270-acres of parkland and was built in two stages between 1692 and 1704 for William Blathwayt, who made his fortune from empire - being King William III’s Secretary of State.
2. Shown below is the Orangery, which was built as a greenhouse in 1701.
3. The Anglican parish church of St Peter (left) was originally built in the mid 13th century and had a three-stage tower added in the 15th century. It was extensively restored when the main house (centre) was built.
4. The lavish entrance hall, with one of a pair of recently restored Georgian chandeliers. The baroque house interior contains art works and furniture gathered from around the world, but particularly Holland.
5. Dutch painter Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (a pupil of Rembrandt), was famed for his ‘trompe-l’oeil’ (‘deceives the eye’) pictures. He excelled in creating three-dimensional realities using oil paint.
6. Dyrham was transferred to the National Trust in 1961. In 1976 the surrounding park was purchased with the support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
(Sources: National Trust, Wikipedia).
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ ViewPoint and Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop with Tony Kuyper TK-9 Panels).
You can find out more about Dyrham Park by clicking Here.
Phil and Karen
1. People have lived here since at least the Bronze Age. In 577 a significant battle was waged at ‘Dyrhamin’ in which Saxon leaders Cuthwine and Ceawlin defeated Britons Coinmail, Condidan and Farinmail - a decisive victory repelling Britons into Wales and Cornwall. Dyrham House sits in 270-acres of parkland and was built in two stages between 1692 and 1704 for William Blathwayt, who made his fortune from empire - being King William III’s Secretary of State.
2. Shown below is the Orangery, which was built as a greenhouse in 1701.
3. The Anglican parish church of St Peter (left) was originally built in the mid 13th century and had a three-stage tower added in the 15th century. It was extensively restored when the main house (centre) was built.
4. The lavish entrance hall, with one of a pair of recently restored Georgian chandeliers. The baroque house interior contains art works and furniture gathered from around the world, but particularly Holland.
5. Dutch painter Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (a pupil of Rembrandt), was famed for his ‘trompe-l’oeil’ (‘deceives the eye’) pictures. He excelled in creating three-dimensional realities using oil paint.
6. Dyrham was transferred to the National Trust in 1961. In 1976 the surrounding park was purchased with the support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
(Sources: National Trust, Wikipedia).
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