"Dartington Hall" 1970 EMERY, Anthony
$150
EMERY, Anthony
[292] pp.
The Clarendon Press
1970
12 1/2" x 10"
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"A survey of the owners, history, and architecture of this outstanding building [in Devon, England] which dates substantially from the late fourteenth century. Part One describes the history of the Hall and its owners from the ninth to the twentieth century, and gives particular consideration to John Holand, half-brother of Richard II and builder of the Hall. Part Two analyses the building in detail. It is preceded by a survey of residential architecture in England during the late fourteenth century and followed by a discussion on aspects of the original design of the Hall in the light of contemporary and later developments in the field of domestic architecture. Although the book is primarily concerned with a single building, material is included which touches upon many aspects of fourteenth-century history and architecture."
Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is an historic house and country estate of 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) dating from medieval times. The group of late 14th century buildings are Grade I listed; described in Pevsner's Buildings of England as "one of the most spectacular surviving domestic buildings of late Medieval England", along with Haddon Hall and Wingfield Manor. The medieval buildings are grouped around a huge courtyard; the largest built for a private residence before the 16th Century, and the Great Hall itself is the finest of its date in England. The west range of the courtyard is regarded as nationally one of the most notable examples of a range of medieval lodgings. The medieval buildings were restored from 1926 to 1938.