![]() ![]() However this design did not meet with the Earl's approval, in 1771 Robert Adam produced a new design for the south front this design was adapted and made more uniform by Thomas Pitt assisted by Giovanni Battista Borra and was finished in 1779. ![]() After Vanburgh's death in 1726, work continued under William Kent, and it was probably he who designed the now-demolished two-tier south portico, which consisted of four Tuscan columns with four Ionic or Composite columns above.įrom the 1740s to 1760, under Viscount Cobham, the western and the eastern state apartments were expanded.įrom 1770 to 1779, Earl Temple obtained a first design from Jacques-François Blondel for the new south front of the house. įrom the 1720s to 1733, under Viscount Cobham, additions to the house included the Ionic North tetrastyle Portico by Vanburgh, as well as the re-building of the north, east and west fronts. Cleare had worked as Christopher Wren's chief joiner and based the design of the house on that of Coleshill. This building was four floors high, including the basement and attics and thirteen bays in length. Between 16, the architect William Cleare was commissioned by Sir Richard Temple to build the central block of the house. The house is the result of four main periods of development. This house is now the core of the mansion known today. In the late 17th century, the house was completely rebuilt by Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet, (c.1683) on the present site. Their family fortune was based on sheep farming, at Witney in Oxfordshire, and in 1546 they rented a sheep farm in Burton Dassett in Warwickshire. The Stowe estate was leased from Thomas Gifford in 1571 by Peter Temple whose son, John Temple, bought the manor and estate of Stowe in 1589 and it eventually became the home of the Temple family. He willed it to his son Thomas Gifford (born about 1542 died 16 February 1593). Sir George Gifford MP owned Stowe Manor and Rectory. ![]() Osney Abbey retained Stowe until it was forced to surrender its estates to the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. From 1330, Osney Abbey maintained a manor house at Stowe occupied by a steward. The medieval settlement of Stowe clustered around the parish church of St Mary's, Stowe. Major alterations were made after that date. Stowe circa 1880 The north or entrance front in 1750. The remaining top floor rooms all face sideways. All of the top floor windows in the earlier version of this front were sacrificed for the sake of architectural effect. History The south or garden front of Stowe from Jones' Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1829). The park and gardens saw 213,721 visitors during 2020/21. The gardens and most of the parkland are listed Grade I separately from the House. National Trust members have free access to the gardens but there is a charge for all visitors to the house which goes towards the costs of restoration. The parkland surrounding the gardens is open 365 days a year. The gardens (known as Stowe Gardens, formerly Stowe Landscape Gardens), are a significant example of the English garden style, and, along with part of the Park, passed into the ownership of the National Trust in 1989. Stowe House is regularly open to the public. It is the home of the private Stowe School and is owned by the Stowe House Preservation Trust which, by 2013, had spent more than £25m on restoration. Stowe House is a grade I listed country house in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens ![]()
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