The garden front of Castle Howard
John Vanburgh's complete project for Castle Howard, which was not all built. Click on the image for an explanation.
A north west view of Castle Howard in 1819, showing the west wing as built in the mid-18th century. Castle Howard is a stately home in Yorkshire, England, 25 miles (40 km) north of York, one of the very grandest private residences in the country. It is not a true castle: the word is quite often used for country houses in England which were built after the end of the castle-building era (ca. 1500) and were not intending to have any military function. It was built (1699–1712) for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. Sir John Vanbrugh was commissioned to design the building; since it was that gentleman-dilletante's first foray into architecture, he was assisted in this by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Vanbrugh's west wing was not built. A west wing was built in the mid-18th century in a neoclassical style. In 1940 a large part of the house was destroyed by fire, including the central dome. Most but not all of the devastated rooms have been restored. Photo of Castle Howard, taken by SimonP released under the GFDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Photo of Castle Howard, taken by SimonP released under the GFDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
A birdseye view of Vanbrughs plans for Castle Howard from Colen Campbells Vitruvius Brittanicus. ...
A birdseye view of Vanbrughs plans for Castle Howard from Colen Campbells Vitruvius Brittanicus. ...
A north west view of Castle Howard from Jones Views (1819), showing the west wing as built in the mid 18th century. ...
A north west view of Castle Howard from Jones Views (1819), showing the west wing as built in the mid 18th century. ...
A stately home is, strictly speaking, one of about 500 large properties built in England between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property (after the Dissolution of the Monasteries). ...
Yorkshire as a traditional county. ...
Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: 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 (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...
York is a city in Northern England, built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ...
The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ...
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 January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ...
Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ...
Sir John Vanbrugh in Godfrey Knellers Kit-cat portrait, considered one of Knellers finest portraits. ...
The career of Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 - 25 March 1736) formed the brilliant middle link in Britains trio of great baroque architects. ...
Castle Howard has extensive and diverse gardens. There is a large formal garden immediately behind the house. The house is prominently situated on a ridge and this was exploited to create a landscape garden, which opens out from the formal garden and merges with the park. Two major garden buildings are set into this landscape: the Temple of the Four Winds at the end of the garden, and the Mausoleum in the park. There is also a lake on either side of the house. There is an arboretum called Ray Wood, and the walled garden contains decorative rose and flower gardens. An arboretum is a botanical garden primarily devoted to trees and other woody plants, forming a living collection of trees intended at least partly for scientific study. ...
Castle Howard is familiar to television audiences as "Brideshead" in Granada Television's Brideshead Revisited. Today it is part of the Treasure Houses of England heritage group. Granada TV logo, used from 1956 to 1968. ...
Brideshead Revisited is a novel by Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. ...
The Treasure Houses of England is a heritage consortium founded in the early 1970s by ten of the foremost stately homes in England still in private ownership, with the aim of marketing and promoting themselves as tourist venues. ...
Kew at Castle Howard
There is also a separate 127 acre (514,000 m²) arboretum called Kew at Castle Howard, which is close to the the house and garden, but has separate entrance arrangements. Planting began in 1975 with the intention of creating one of the most important collections of specimen trees in the United Kingdom. The landscape is more open than that of Ray Wood, and the planting remains immature. It is now a joint venture between Castle Howard and Kew Gardens and is managed by a charity called the Castle Howard Arboretum Trust, which was established in 1997. It was opened to the public for the first time in 1999. As of 2005 a new visitor centre is under construction. Kew Gardens is a commonly-used name for the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, United Kingdom. ...
See also A more detailed architectural appraisal of Castle Howard is at John Vanbrugh Sir John Vanbrugh in Godfrey Knellers Kit-cat portrait, considered one of Knellers finest portraits. ...
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