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Sir John Vanbrugh is celebrated today as one of England's finest country house architects. His masterpieces include palatial private homes such as Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace, greatly admired by any enthusiast of English Baroque architecture. However, his work extended far beyond such projects, and included a remarkable variety of temples, belvederes, pyramids and many other features which he designed for the gardens and parks of the estates at which he worked.
The originality of such work has shown that Vanbrugh played a crucial role in the development of the eighteenth-century English garden, and this unique and fascinating book uses the fruits of new research to assess just what contribution this great man made to our heritage.
5th June, 2023 in Local & Family History, Natural World
Nick Stewart Smith author of The Thousand Year Old Garden unlocks the gates and invites us to wander through a beautiful park‚ situated between the urban bustle of Peckham and the busy streets of Camberwell in London. Early every Saturday morning, there is organised run…
23rd August, 2016 in Archaeology, History
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was a man made for his time. Georgian society in England in the 18th century was rich, sophisticated and eager for change… It was a golden age of architecture – Wren, Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor, Kent and the peerless Robert Adam created the great count…
