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26 de out. de 2022 · While it was love at first sight for the exterior of this 16th-century manor house in Langport, Somerset, the interiors were a labour of love for owner Sarah Southwell. One year on and the house has a new lease of life, with warm, colourful interiors designed for family life.
By the beginning of the 16th century, manor houses as well as small castles began to acquire the character and amenities of the residences of country gentlemen, and many defensive elements were dispensed with, for example Sutton Place in Surrey, c. 1521.
3 de mai. de 1999 · Manor house, during the European Middle Ages, the dwelling of the lord of the manor or his residential bailiff and administrative centre of the feudal estate. The medieval manor was generally fortified in proportion to the degree of peaceful settlement of the country or region in which it was.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Avebury Manor & Garden is a National Trust property consisting of a Grade I listed early-16th-century manor house and its surrounding garden. It is in Avebury , near Marlborough , Wiltshire, England, in the centre of the village next to St James's Church and close to the Avebury neolithic henge monument.
Manor house: Location: Near Congleton, Cheshire, England: Coordinates: Built: c. 1504 – c. 1610: Architectural style(s) 16th-century half-timbered: Owner: National Trust
27 de mar. de 2022 · Hitherto, richly appointed interiors had always been hung with fabrics (of which tapestry was, from the 14th century, the most prized and expensive). Tapestry and fabrics remained common, but, from the early 16th century, it also became popular to furnish rooms with intricately carved wainscotting ( Fig 1 ) .
English interiors of the mid-eighteenth century show the eclectic tastes of their inhabitants. For example, the dining room at Kirtlington Park ( 32.53.1 ) integrates a Neo-Palladian wall scheme with delicate stucco ornament more in the spirit of the French Rococo.
