sezincote case study: the cockerell family

sezincote case study: the cockerell family

The Cockerell Family Sezincote’s association with the Cockerells and the East India Company began in 1795 when Colonel John Cockerell (1752 – 1798) purchased the…

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Sezincote case study: Sezincote: A Brief Description

Sezincote case study: Sezincote: A Brief Description

Sezincote: A Brief Description By the standards of early nineteenth-century country houses, Sezincote was relatively small. Its underlying structure follows the conventions of Georgian villa…

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Montreal Park Case Study: A Shared Project

Montreal Park Case Study: A Shared Project

A Shared Project Once returned to England in 1828, the Amhersts initiated other projects to ensure that a sense of familial identity was quickly restored….

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William Rattray of Downie Park

William Rattray of Downie Park

By Ellen Filor Please note that this case study was first published on blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah in May 2013. The case study was last checked by the…

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Warfield Park Case Study: Rebuilding Warfield

Warfield Park Case Study: Rebuilding Warfield

As he had no legitimate children of his own, the inheritance of his estates, including Warfield was entirely at Walsh’s behest. Although it had earlier…

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Warfield Park Case Study: A Country House of One's Own

Warfield Park Case Study: A Country House of One’s Own

When returning to England, how did East India Company officials and their families marry the England they imagined to that they were greeted with? For…

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Englefield House Case Study: The Benyon Legacy (1796-1854)

Englefield House Case Study: The Benyon Legacy (1796-1854)

Richard Benyon the Younger died in 1796, leaving his son Richard Benyon (1770-1854) to inherit. On 27 September 1797, a year after his father’s death…

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Englefield House Case Study: The Wrightes Return (1770s)

Englefield House Case Study: The Wrightes Return (1770s)

During the 1770s Powlett Wright made many changes to Englefield. He added a neo-Classical frieze featuring a repeating lotus and anthemion pattern (which originated in…

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Aske Hall Case Study: Dundas and the Nabob Interior

Aske Hall Case Study: Dundas and the Nabob Interior

Dundas and The Nabob Interior If one of the attributes of a nabob was to live with pretention and ostentation, then the furnishing of the…

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