Calke Abbey is a country house in Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, and a property of the National Trust. In Britain (and also in Ireland) the term country house generally refers to a large house which was built on an agricultural estate as the private residence of the landowner. ... Ticknall is a small, attractive and peaceful place South Derbyshire. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, NT or The Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...
Calke Abbey is a baroque mansion, built between 1701 and 1704. Set in the midst of an impressive landscape park, Calke Abbey is presented as an illustration of the English country house in decline. Little restoration has been done and interiors have remained untouched since the 1880s. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... In Britain (and also in Ireland) the term country house generally refers to a large house which was built on an agricultural estate as the private residence of the landowner. ... // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...
The National Trust manages the surrounding landscape park with an eye to nature conservation. They contain such features as a walled garden, with a flower garden and a physic garden. This article is about the walled garden in its original horticultural sense. ...
External links
Calke Abbey information at National Trust
Page from Save Britain's Heritage about the National Trust's acquisition of Calke Abbey
CalkeAbbey is not an abbey, The Augustinian order of Monks did build one here in 1133 and dedicated it to St Giles, but since 1622 it has been the family home of the Harpurs and Harpur-Crewes.
Calkeabbey has many rooms, when they tired of a room they would just leave it the way it stood and move to another one.
Other Information : This is CalkeAbbey which was the home of the Hapur Crewe family until it was taken over by the National Trust in 1985.
When Marcus Binney first clapped eyes on CalkeAbbey in 1978 it was one of the most unknown and inaccessible country houses in England, and one of the very few never to have been featured in Country Life.
Calke was no-longer unknown but its future was getting gloomier and Colvin conclude his articles with the words "unless fiscal policy can be induced to bow to public opinion, these articles are likely to be Calke's obituary and these photographs its principal record"
Calkeabbey was in a Catch 22 situation, the government while accepting the heritage value would not make it possible for it to be accepted.
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