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Blaise Castle Estate is centred around an 18th century mansion house and estate near Henbury in Bristol (formerly in Gloucestershire). Image File history File linksMetadata Bristol_bc_house. ...
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(17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
Henbury is a suburb of Bristol about 5 miles north west of the city centre. ...
Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ...
Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...
Early Estate History
Flint fragments show Blaise Castle Estate was probably first inhabited by Neolithic farmers. There is more definitive evidence for Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman activity through the distinctive hill-forts in the area and other archaeological finds. The value of this historic landscape was recognised by its new status as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 1982. The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ...
Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ...
The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ...
A Scheduled Ancient Monument is defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983 of the United Kingdom government. ...
After the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent conversion to Christianity, the land was granted to the Bishop of Worcester as part of the Kingdom of Mercia. During this time the estate picked up its association with Saint Blaise that lives on in the estate's name. The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ...
Saint Blaise can refer to: A saint, see Blaise Saint-Blaise is the name or part of the name of several communes in France Saint-Blaise, in the Alpes-Maritimes Saint-Blaise, in the Haute-Savoie Saint-Blaise-du-Buis, commune in the Is re Saint-Blaise-la-Roche, commune...
Blaise Castle House Blaise Castle House was built in 1796–1798 for John Harford, a wealthy Bristol merchant and banker. He was also responsible for building Blaise Hamlet, to house his servants and tenants. 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ...
1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Bust of Harford by Lawrence Macdonald. ...
Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ...
Blaise Hamlet is a complex of small cottages around a green. ...
Blaise Castle House Museum A branch of the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery since 1949, Blaise Castle House now features collections relating to household numerous items in addition to its period interior decoration. The museum building. ...
Blaise Castle On a hill above the gorge is a sham castle overlooking Bristol, Avonmouth and the Avon Gorge, with views across to South Wales on a clear day. This is often incorrectly referred to as a folly, but was actually inhabited well into the C20th with sumptuous internal decoration Categories: Stub | Bristol | Ports and harbours of the UK ...
The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, looking south from the Downs The Avon Gorge is a 2. ...
Broadway Tower, England The folly at Wimpole Hall, England High Service Water Tower (1895), Lawrence, Massachusetts. ...
Blaise Castle Estate The castle and its 650 acres (2.6 km²) of parkland are now open to the public (the 'folly' opens most Sunday afternoons) and include a modern visiting facilites and car park. This article is about the unit of measure known as the acre. ...
The grounds were laid out by Humphrey Repton (1752–1818) a leading landscape gardener. Parts of Repton's designs still exist, notably the impressive carriage drive which winds its way from the house. The Regency architect John Nash was responsible for the addition of the dairy and the conservatory. Humphry Repton (1752-1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown; he also sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the nineteenth century. ...
1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...
John Nash may refer to: John Nash (architect) (1752-1835), British architect John Forbes Nash (born 1928), mathematician and recipient of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. ...
The grounds include a gorge cut by the Hazel Brook through Bristol's limestone. The gorge features a selection of stunning landscape, including Goram's Chair, a limestone outcrop often used by climbers, and Lover's Leap, a panoramic viewing spot. Stratford Mill was re-erected within the gorge after Chew Valley Lake was flooded to form a resovoir. Ongoing renovations started in 2004 of the mill, settling ponds and associated estate pathways. At the gorge's southern end, Hazel Brook joins the River Trym, which continues its flow towards Sea Mills. A gorge is a narrow passage between steep mountains or hills. ...
Chew Valley Lake is a large reservoir in Somerset, south-west of the city of Bristol. ...
The River Trym is a small stream running through Bristol, a city in the southwest of England, which flows into the River Avon. ...
Culteral References Blaise Castle was immortalised by Jane Austen who described it as "the finest place in England" in her book Northanger Abbey. Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra (click on image for more info). ...
Northanger Abbey book cover Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austens novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. ...
References - Eveleigh, David (1987). A Popular Retreat: Blaise Castle and House Estate, City of Bristol. ISBN 0 900199 35 0.
External links - Photographs of the house and grounds.
- City Council Overview
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