Stourhead House

The Temple of Apollo high on a hill overlooking the gardens. The design was based on a circular temple at Baalbec.

Stourhead is a 2,650 acre (11 km²) estate at the source of the River Stour near Mere, Wiltshire, England. The estate includes a Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton, gardens, farmland, and woodland. Stourhead has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1946. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Download high resolution version (1170x1686, 157 KB)Temple of Apollo at Stourhead: Image photographed and owned by uploader File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1170x1686, 157 KB)Temple of Apollo at Stourhead: Image photographed and owned by uploader File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Modern Baalbek is a town in the Bekaa valley of Lebanon, altitude 3,850 ft (1,170m), situated east of the Litani River. ... This article is about the unit of measurement. ... An Estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. ... River Wey near its source at Farringdon, Hampshire Headstream is the origin of water flow that initiates the subject watercourse. ... Sturminster Newton water mill on a July evening. ... Mere is a large village in Wiltshire, England. ... Not to be confused with Wilshire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladios I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, in a modestly priced English translation published in London, 1736. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Stourton is a village in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles NW of Mere, Wiltshire at grid reference ST776339. ... For other uses, see Garden (disambiguation). ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ...

History

The Stourton family had lived in the Stourhead estate for 700 years when they sold it to Henry Hoare I, son of wealthy banker Sir Richard Hoare in 1717. The original manor house was demolished and a new house, one of the first of its kind, was designed by Colen Campbell and built by Nathaniel Ireson between 1720 and 1724. Over the next 200 years the Hoare family collected many heirlooms, including a large library and art collection. In 1901 the house was gutted by fire. However, many of the heirlooms were saved, and the house rebuilt in a near identical style. The last Hoare family member to own the property, Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, gave the Stourhead house and gardens to the National Trust in 1946, one year before his death. His sole heir and son, Captain "Harry" Henry Colt Arthur Hoare, of the Queens Own Dorset Yeomanry, had died of wounds received at the Battle of Mughar Ridge on 13 November 1917 in World War I. Captain "Harry" Hoare is commemorated by a plaque on the Memorial Hall at Stourhead. The last Hoare family member to be born inside the house is Edward Hoare on 11 October 1949. Sir Richard Hoare. ... Ightham Mote For the London district, see Manor House, London. ... Palladian revival: Stourhead House, South facade, designed by Colen Campbell and completed in 1720. ... Julio Pérez Ferrero Library - Cúcuta, Colombia A modern-style library in Chambéry A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, and services: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... Combatants Australia, United Kingdom New Zealand Ottoman Empire Commanders Kress von Kressenstein The Battle of El Mughar Ridge on 13 November 1917 took place at Junction Station, where the Haifa-Jerusalem line branches to Beersheba. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Gardens

View taken from the Grotto, of the lake in Autumn colours. Photograph taken October 2007

Stourhead's lake and foliage as seen from a high hill vantage point.

The gardens were designed by Henry Hoare II and laid out between 1741 and 1780 in a classical 18th-century design set around a large lake, achieved by damming a small stream. The inspiration behind their creation were the painters Claude Lorrain, Poussin and, in particular, Gaspar Dughet, who painted Utopian-type views of Italian landscapes. It is similar in style to the landscape gardens at Stowe Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1074 KB) Stourhead (England) after a rain, view from atop a hill. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1074 KB) Stourhead (England) after a rain, view from atop a hill. ... Henry Hoare II (1705-1785) was an English banker and garden owner-designer. ... For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). ... Claude Lorrain. ... Et in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin. ... Gaspar Poussin, born Gaspar Dughet (1613 - May 27, 1675) was a painter. ... For other uses, see Utopia (disambiguation). ... The south or garden front of Stowe from Jones Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1829). ...

Included in the garden are a number of temples designed to show off the Hoare family's education and wealth. On one hill overlooking the gardens there stands an obelisk and King Alfred's Tower (a 50-metre-tall, brick folly designed by Henry Flitcroft in 1772); on another hill the temple of Apollo provides a vantage point to survey the magnificent rhododendrons, water, cascades and temples. Amongst the woodland surrounding the site there are also two Iron Age hill forts: Whitesheet Hill and Park Hill Camp. The gardens are home to a large collection of trees and shrubs from around the world. The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris Obelisk outside Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. ... King Alfreds Tower or The Folly of King Alfred the Great (grid reference ST746351) in Stourhead, Wiltshire stands near the location of Egberts stone where it is believed that Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallied the Saxons in May 878 before the important Battle of Ethandun (now... This article is about the unit of length. ... For other uses, see Folly (disambiguation). ... Henry Flitcroft (August 30, 1697 – February 25, 1769) was a major English architect in the second generation of Palladianism. ... For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation). ... Subgenera Azaleastrum Candidastrum Hymenanthes Mumeazalea Pentanthera (Azaleas) Rhododendron Therorhodion Tsutsusi (Azaleas) Vireya Source: RBG, Edinburgh Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, rose, and dendron, tree) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. ... 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). ... A hill fort is a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for military advantage. ... Whitesheet Hill (grid reference SU804346) is a 136. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ...

Richard Colt Hoare, the grandson of Henry Hoare II, inherited Stourhead in 1785. He added the library wing to the mansion and in the garden was responsible for the building of the boathouse and the removal of several features that were not in keeping with the general classical and gothic styles (including a Turkish Tent). He also considerably enhanced the planting - the Temple of Apollo rises from a wooded slope, that was planted in Colt Hoare's time. With the antiquarian passion of the times, he had 400 ancient burial mounds dug up in order to inform his pioneering History of Ancient Wiltshire^[1]. Richard Colt Hoare (9 December 1758 - 7 May 1838) was an English antiquarian and archaeologist of the early nineteenth century. ...

Trivia

• A miniature replica of Stourhead House featured as Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward's residence in the Thunderbirds television series.
• Temple of Apollo and Palladian Bridge can be seen in the 2005 movie Pride & Prejudice.
• Stourhead House was featured on the cover of English indie rock band Milburn's single What Will You Do (When The Money Goes)?
• The gardens were used in the film Barry Lyndon.

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Notes

References

• H.M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (1997) ISBN 0-300-07207-4
• C. Hussey, English country houses: Mid Georgian, 1760–1800 (1956) pp.234–8
• Woodbridge, Kenneth, 1982, The Stourhead Landscape, reprinted by the National Trust 2001

Sir Howard Montagu Colvin is the author of A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 ISBN 0300072074 published the Yale University Press in 1997. ... Christopher Hussey (1899 - 1970) was one of the chief authorities on British domestic architecture of the generation that also included Dorothy Stroud and Sir John Summerson. ...

External links

• Stourhead information at the National Trust
• Great Buildings: Stourhead
• Tour UK: Stourhead
• Stourhead Garden — design history
• Don Hyatt's page on Stourhead
• Stourhead Gardens Pictures
• Pictures from the top of King Alfred's Tower
• Stourhead Gardens, Quicktime VR tour
• Photos of Stourhead in 3d (Anaglyphs)
• Estate remembers cavalry action 11 Nov 2007 from BBC News

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