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Images from a visit (last year) to Stourhead, Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire, England.
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ ViewPoint/ Nik Collection and Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop).
You can find out more about Stourhead by clicking Here.
Phil and Karen
1. Stourton Manor and estate had been home to the Stourton family for 500 years until they sold it to Sir Thomas Meres in 1714. His son, John Meres sold it to Henry Hoare I (son of Hoare’s Bank founder Sir Richard Hoare) in 1717.
2. Henry commissioned Scottish architect Colen Campbell to build Stourhead House in the Palladian-style. He died just before its completion, but his widow Jane continued to live here until her death in 1741.
3. It was inherited by Henry Hoare II (aka ‘Henry the Magnificent’) who then made changes to the house.
4. He built an impressive art collection including works from Poussin, Rysbrack and Bampfylde. (Much of this was sold off to cover debts in later years).
5. He also began to make changes to the gardens and wider estate, including commissioning the 162 ft high King Alfred’s Tower (a viewpoint folly) in the 1760’s.
6. Stourhead house continued to be home to the Hoare family until the last surviving member, Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, gave the house and gardens to the National Trust in 1946.
The gardens at Stourhead, described as being ‘a living work of art’, will feature in a future post (in this thread, or elsewhere).
(Sources: National Trust, Wikipedia).
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ ViewPoint/ Nik Collection and Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop).
You can find out more about Stourhead by clicking Here.
Phil and Karen
1. Stourton Manor and estate had been home to the Stourton family for 500 years until they sold it to Sir Thomas Meres in 1714. His son, John Meres sold it to Henry Hoare I (son of Hoare’s Bank founder Sir Richard Hoare) in 1717.
2. Henry commissioned Scottish architect Colen Campbell to build Stourhead House in the Palladian-style. He died just before its completion, but his widow Jane continued to live here until her death in 1741.
3. It was inherited by Henry Hoare II (aka ‘Henry the Magnificent’) who then made changes to the house.
4. He built an impressive art collection including works from Poussin, Rysbrack and Bampfylde. (Much of this was sold off to cover debts in later years).
5. He also began to make changes to the gardens and wider estate, including commissioning the 162 ft high King Alfred’s Tower (a viewpoint folly) in the 1760’s.
6. Stourhead house continued to be home to the Hoare family until the last surviving member, Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, gave the house and gardens to the National Trust in 1946.
The gardens at Stourhead, described as being ‘a living work of art’, will feature in a future post (in this thread, or elsewhere).
(Sources: National Trust, Wikipedia).
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