2013

SE4017 : The State Dining Room, Nostell Priory

taken 11 years ago, near to Wragby, Wakefield, England

The State Dining Room, Nostell Priory
The State Dining Room, Nostell Priory
In the eighteenth century this room would have hosted great feasts. The plasterwork is full of symbols for wine and food; the horned faces symbolise Pan, the god of music and the faces wreathed in vines are of Dionysus the god of wine and intoxication.

The painting over the fireplace is "A Capriccio of Roman Ruins, with Arch of Constantine, Trajan’s Column, the Colosseum, and the statue of Marcus Aurelius" by Joseph Nichols. It is signed and dated 1751.
Nostell Priory

Nostell Priory is an elegant 18th-century Palladian mansion set in hundreds of acres of parkland. It takes its name from a 12th century monastery which was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1540. The land passed through several owners until it was bought by the Winn family in 1654, with plans to build a new country house. After the Civil War they supported the monarchy and were rewarded by Charles II with a baronetcy in 1660.

Building the mansion began around 1733. Rowland Winn, the 4th Baronet, hired James Paine to supervise the work and he worked on the house for the next 30 years, using an ornate rococo style. In 1765 Rowland Winn, the 5th Baronet, inherited. He and his Swiss wife Sabine employed Robert Adam to finish the house in the neoclassical style. Adam was commissioned to design additional wings, only one of which was completed, and complete the state rooms. He added a double staircase to the front of the house, and designed buildings on the estate, including the stable block. Thomas Chippendale was commissioned to decorate the interiors and, as a result, Nostell has one of the largest and finest Chippendale collections in the country.

The House, which is a Grade I listed building (English Heritage ID: LinkExternal link British Listed Buildings) was given to the National Trust in 1953.

LinkExternal link Nostell Priory and Parkland (National Trust Visitor Information)


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SE4017, 218 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 13 September, 2013   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 17 September, 2013
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OSGB36: geotagged! SE 4042 1752 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:39.1574N 1:23.3962W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SE 4042 1752
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