Troy House

Benson Ann

Description

The architectural history of Troy House in Monmouthshire is positioned at the centre of this extensive new research volume, to support a consideration of how the surrounding land was refashioned over time. Investigating the estate’s main components, first individually and then by cross-referencing the findings, extends our current understanding of them as discreet and at the same time interrelating entities. Previously unrecorded historical features are discovered that belong to the house and its landscape, and comprehensive evidence is applied to challenge current understandings. The house and its pleasure gardens, the walled garden, the farm and the surrounding parkland are demonstrated together by this research to be a rare surviving example, in Wales especially, of a complete Tudor estate with Jacobean and Carolean aggrandisement. As such, Troy House occupies a significant place in history.

Sujets

• Social History
• Histoire
• History

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 09 mars 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783169900
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 157 Mo

Extrait

Troy House

Troy House A Tudor esTATe Across Time

Ann Benson

universiTy of WAles Press 2017

© Ann Benson, 2017

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Contents 

Preace and Acknowedgements

Lîst o Fîgures

Lîst o Abbrevîatîons

1. Troy House Estate: an Enîgma

2. A Hîstory o te Estate’s Ownersîp: ïdentîyîng te Key Perîods o Estate Deveopment

3. Troy House: a Buîdîng Hîstory

4. Troy House Gardens: Locatîon and Nature Across Tîme

5. he Waed Garden West o Troy House

6. Key Buît Features o te Estate’s Fîedscape

7. Troy House Estate: îts Hîstorîca SîgnîIcance

Appendîx 1 Troy's Hîstory: te Exîstîng Lîterature, 2015

Appendîx 2 he Somerset Famîy Tree

Seect Bîbîograpy

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Preace and Acknowedgements 

HE GENESïS OF THïS BOOK was te work or te dîsser- tatîon o my MA at te Unîversîty o Brîsto (2013), under te T supervîsîon o Proessor Tîmoty Mow. ïn te subsequent years, ï ave pursued numerous new dîrectîons, as we as reInîng materîa pre- sented at tat tîme. ï soud îke to tank Proessor Mow or enabîng me to transer my skîs rom my prevîous career as a scîence educatîon academîc to tat o researcîng te îstory o ouses and teîr desîgned andscapes. He generousy contînues to ofer encouragement, support and a caenge to my tînkîng; ï am partîcuary grateu or îs readîng o a drat o tîs book’s capter on arcîtectura îstory. My researc woud ave been împossîbe wîtout te support o tose wo own te dîferent parts o te Troy estate. ïn partîcuar ï tank te Long amîy (Troy Farm), Gîîan and Coîn Davey (waed garden), and Peter and Kate Carro (Troy House garden). Nîcoa Bradbear provîded înormatîon about te estate’s deeds and auctîons, and te ate Joan Ryan kîndy gave me access to er potograps rom te 1930s, wen se îved at Troy Farm. Mîcae Tampîn as aowed me unîmîted access to memorîes o îs cîdood and workîng îe on te estate. ï owe îm a great debt or îumînatîng te arcîtectura and andscape deveopments made durîng te tîme o te nuns’ occupatîon; te Sîsters o te Order o te Good Seperd ave aso been supportîve o my researc. ï tank te Duke o Beauort or gîvîng me permîssîon to access te arcîves ed at Badmînton House, and arcîvîst Eaîne Mîsom or er expertîse and kîndness. ïndeed, scoars woud be ost wîtout te guîdance and assîstance o arcîvîsts and îbrarîans. ï am îndebted to te staf o te Brîtîs Lîbrary, te Guîda Lîbrary, te Lîndey Lîbrary, te Natîona Portraît Gaery, te Natîona Arcîves, te Socîety o Antîquarîes and