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'''Stanage Park''' is a Grade II*-listed [[English country house]] set in a large [[park]] located some {{convert|3|mi}} east of [[Knighton, Powys|Knighton]], [[Powys]] near the settlement of [[Heartsease, Powys|Heartsease]]. The extensive parkland and the house were laid out by [[Humphry Repton]] and his son, [[John Adey Repton]], in the early nineteenth century. Repton's [[picturesque]] parkland improvements, [[castellated]] house and enclosed garden survive almost intact. The estate is the last and most complete of his three recognized [[Wales|Welsh]] landscape commissions.<ref name=york/> |
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It is an outstanding [[picturesque]] [[park]]land laid out by [[Humphry Repton]]. The last and most complete of his three recognized [[Wales|Welsh]] landscape commissions. Repton's picturesque parkland improvements, [[castellated]] house and enclosed garden survive almost intact and are recorded in a 'Red Book', still kept at the house. Later nineteenth-century [[arboretum]] and formal terraced gardens lie to the north and west of the house. There is also a pheasant shoot in the parkland surrounding the house. |
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The house was built 1803–07 by the Reptons for Charles Rogers in a picturesque castle style that was explicitly modelled on [[Richard Payne Knight]]'s [[Downton Castle]]. John Repton designed an addition to the rear of the house in 1822. [[John Hiram Haycock]] added [[bay window]]s and remodelled some of the public rooms in a [[Tudorbethan]] style in 1833. Hayock later added a Gothic dining-room extension, [[Romanesque]]-style [[porch]] and the castellated [[stable]] courtyard beginning in 1845. The billiard-room, south wing and baronial tower were added about 1867 by his son, [[Edward Haycock, Sr.]]<ref name="blb">{{cite web|title=Stanage Park|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-9045-stanage-park-ludlow-road-stanage-knighton|website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref> The plans for the Repton's work are recorded in a 'Red Book', still kept at the house.<ref name=york>{{cite web | author= | title=York University |url=http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/stanage.htm| accessdate=28 April 2016 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080129114235/http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/stanage.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 29 January 2008}}</ref> |
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The house itself is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=York University |url=http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/stanage.htm| accessdate=23 January 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080129114235/http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/stanage.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 29 January 2008}}</ref> |
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The house is approached through the terraced lawns on the east front and the building has landscaped woodlands with a pond to the west. North and south of the building are wooded hillsides. The eastern terraces are enclosed by a low castellated wall to [[ha-ha]]s and there is a 1900 [[summer-house]] at the southeastern corner of the walls. The walls are periodically interrupted with rectangular [[exedra]]s with classical [[urn]]s atop piers.<ref name=blb/> |
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Revision as of 19:59, 28 April 2016
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Stanage Park is a Grade II*-listed English country house set in a large park located some 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Knighton, Powys near the settlement of Heartsease. The extensive parkland and the house were laid out by Humphry Repton and his son, John Adey Repton, in the early nineteenth century. Repton's picturesque parkland improvements, castellated house and enclosed garden survive almost intact. The estate is the last and most complete of his three recognized Welsh landscape commissions.[1]
History
The house was built 1803–07 by the Reptons for Charles Rogers in a picturesque castle style that was explicitly modelled on Richard Payne Knight's Downton Castle. John Repton designed an addition to the rear of the house in 1822. John Hiram Haycock added bay windows and remodelled some of the public rooms in a Tudorbethan style in 1833. Hayock later added a Gothic dining-room extension, Romanesque-style porch and the castellated stable courtyard beginning in 1845. The billiard-room, south wing and baronial tower were added about 1867 by his son, Edward Haycock, Sr.[2] The plans for the Repton's work are recorded in a 'Red Book', still kept at the house.[1]
Description
The house is approached through the terraced lawns on the east front and the building has landscaped woodlands with a pond to the west. North and south of the building are wooded hillsides. The eastern terraces are enclosed by a low castellated wall to ha-has and there is a 1900 summer-house at the southeastern corner of the walls. The walls are periodically interrupted with rectangular exedras with classical urns atop piers.[2]
Associations
- The house and gardens featured in the TV drama series Blott on the Landscape.[3]
- The area is also associated with the burial of the fifth century warlord Vortigern.[4]
References
- ^ a b "York University". Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Stanage Park". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "IMDB". Retrieved 23 January 2008.
- ^ "Vortigern Studies". Retrieved 23 January 2008.