2012

ST9589 : Charlton Park House

taken 12 years ago, near to Charlton, Wiltshire, England

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Charlton Park House
Charlton Park House
A Grade I listed building. A house at Charlton was built for Henry Knyvett some time after 1563, when his wife inherited the manor. Charlton manor passed to Thomas Howard, Lord Howard, Earl of Suffolk, through his wife, Knyvett’s daughter Catherine. The manor and earldoms descended in the direct male line to Charles (the bomb disposal expert, who was killed in 1941), and Michael Howard, Earls of Suffolk and of Berkshire. From 1959 Lord Suffolk sold parts of the estate, and the house was divided into flats in the late 1970s. LinkExternal link
The house was enlarged in 1772-6 by Matthew Brettingham the younger, but was not completed until early in the 20th century. It is a Jacobean style house, with corner turrets with leaded onion domes. The south front (shown here) has a central 2-storey porch on coupled Tuscan Doric columns and an open round-arched entrance giving on to an open round-arched loggia which extends along the width of the facade from turret to turret. The oriel window over the porch has octagonal leaded glazing. LinkExternal link
The house is set in parkland, which has been used recently for the Womad festival. In front of the house's entrance is a private airstrip. The grounds, which are surrounded by a high stone wall, also contain a number of lodges, a stable block, a walled garden, several other houses and cottages, a nursery and a business centre.

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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings Country estates other tags: Country House Grade 1 Listed Building Jacobean Manor House Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · WW1 Great War Centenary - Auxiliary Hospitals Automatic Clusters: · Stable Block [3] · Earls of Suffolk and of Berkshire [2] · Wall [2] · Womad Festival [2] Title Clusters: · Charlton Park House [3] ·
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ST9589, 7 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Vieve Forward   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 22 April, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 26 April, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 9523 8916 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:36.0756N 2:4.2159W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 9521 8913
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (Third Visitor for ST9589)
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