2006

SO8844 : Croome Court

taken 17 years ago, near to High Green, Worcestershire, England

This is 1 of 106 images, with title Croome Court in this square
Croome Court
Croome Court
Croome Court was built for the 6th Earl of Coventry in the 1750s and 60s replacing an earlier house on the same site. The house remained in the family until it was sold in the 1940s. Croome Court was purchased by the Croome Heritage Trust in December 2007. The National Trust now lease the property on 999 years lease and it opened to the general public in September 2009.
Croome Court

The Croome Court we see today is the result of a rebuild or makeover by 'Capability' Brown (possibly with some influence from Sanderson Miller) in the 1750s and 1760s for the 6th Earl of Coventry. Brown added the west and east wings which as top with the corner towers and pyramid roofs. The Palladian hides an earlier Carrollian house behind its Bath stone facade. The chimneys are part of this earlier house. The Carrollian house replaced an earlier house which was the victim of a fire in the early 17th century. The house was the seat of the earls of Coventry and it remained the family home until the Second World War. For many years after the war the court was a private school, and then in the early 1980s it belonged to the Society of Krishna Consciousness. The parkland the court is set in is of historical importance, being the first park landscaped by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. The park is now in the care of the National Trust. Croome Court was purchased by the Croome Heritage Trust in December 2007. The house opened to the public in September 2009 and is leased by the National Trust. Many aristocratic families had a London home the Earls of Coventry owned a house on Piccadilly. See: TQ2880 : Former London home of the Earls of Coventry


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Croome Court [542] · National Trust [117] · 6th Earl of Coventry [89] · Croome Heritage Trust [49] Other Photos: · The Earls of Coventry · Entrance to Earl's Croome Court Title Clusters: · Croome Court [106] ·
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SO8844, 1268 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Philip Halling   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 5 November, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 9 November, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 885 445 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:5.9447N 2:10.0876W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 883 444
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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