Stourhead Floor Plan

Stourhead garden commentary stourhead was the perfect realization of the eighteenth century yearning for a vergilian and claudian arcady.

Stourhead floor plan. 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. 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. 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. Floor plan print p.

Address stourhead estate office stourton nr warminster wiltshire england ba12 6qd. It is one of the best examples of the english landscape style of garden. Please call for opening arrangements 01747. 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.

Belton house belton grantham main ground and first floor plans annotated. Last admission is 30mins before closing king alfred s tower. Stourhead is reason enough to visit england all by itself. 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.

19 01 2016 belton house belton grantham lincolnshire. When stourhead first opened in the 1740s a magazine described it as a living work of art. 41 vol 3 showing two floor plans ca. Stourhead was one of the first country villas to be built in the new palladian style.

Originally referred to as the temple of hercules. Apr sep daily 9am 7pm oct mar daily 9am 5pm or dusk if earlier. 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. Print engraving two floor plans stourhead wiltshire by hendrick hulsberg amsterdam london 1729.

The house was designed by colen campbell but henry hoare i unfortunately died the same year in which the house was completed. Please check the homepage before visiting this article was created before the. 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. 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.