UPTON HOUSE AND GARDENS WARWICKSHIRE

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Alan Powers is a Professor in Architecture and Cultural History at the University of GreenwichGet a taste of country house life as you step into the home of a 1930s millionaire with internationally important works by artists such as Hogarth Stubbs Canaletto Brueghel and El Greco. Lord Bearsteds extensive porcelain collection includes 18thcentury Sevres porcelain Chelsea and Derby figures.Upton has all the elements of a millionaires country home with swimming pool squash court and a glamorous Art Deco interior in Lady Bearsteds bathroom. The garden planting was principally designed by Kitty LloydJones with Lady Bearsted in the 1930s. The sweeping lawn gives way to a dramatic series of terraces and herbaceous borders which descend to a kitchen garden and tranquil water garden.Upton is also home to the National Collection of Asters.Get a taste of country house life as you step into the home of a 1930s millionaire with internationally important works by artists such as Hogarth Stubbs Canaletto Brueghel and El Greco. Lord Bearsteds extensive porcelain collection includes 18thcentury Sevres porcelain Chelsea and Derby figures.Upton has all the elements of a millionaires country home with swimming pool squash court and a glamorous Art Deco interior in Lady Bearsteds bathroom. The garden planting was principally designed by Kitty LloydJones with Lady Bearsted in the 1930s. The sweeping lawn gives way to a dramatic series of terraces and herbaceous borders which descend to a kitchen garden and tranquil water garden.Upton is also home to the National Collection of Asters.A National Trust guidebook about Upton House and Gardens Warwickshire

Data Publikacji: 2009-01-01
Wymiary: 210 mm 210 mm