Tyntesfield - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Tyntesfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Tyntesfield - History
William Gibbs purchased Tyntes Place, the original Regency-Gothic house that stood on the site, in 1843. In 1863 he began the full-blown ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia - Country House
In Britain and Ireland, the term country house generally refers to a large house which was built on an agricultural estate as the private...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Somerset: Encyclopedia Ii - Somerset - History
The Somerset Levels, and specifically the dry points such as Glastonbury and Brent Knoll, have a long history of settlement, and are know...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Defining The Country House
Subject to qualifications which are discussed below, a country house will once have been the centrepiece of an agricultural estate large ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Who Built The Houses, And Why
The architectural historian Mark Girouard argues in Life in the English Country House, that country houses were essentially "power houses...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Somerset: Encyclopedia Ii - Somerset - Culture
Somerset has long traditions of art, music and literature. Wordsworth and Coleridge wrote while staying in Nether Stowey, Alfoxden and Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - The Country House In Recent Years
At some point in recent decades—perhaps after the exhibition, The Destruction of the Country House, at the Victoria and Albert Museum i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Somerset: Encyclopedia Ii - Somerset - Trade Industry And Tourism
The main part of Somerset has few significant industrial centers. Bridgwater was developed during the Industrial Revolution as the West C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Somerset: Encyclopedia Ii - Somerset - Place Names
Somerset placenames are mostly Saxon in origin, though the settlements may well be older. In many cases it is likely that a Saxon place n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Somerset: Encyclopedia Ii - Somerset - Settlements
The original county town of Somerset was Somerton, but in recent years that role has been transferred to Taunton. The county has two citi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - The Decline Of The Country House
The decline of the English country house began during the Agricultural Depression of the 1870s and was dramatically accelerated by World ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Who Built The Houses And Why
The architectural historian Mark Girouard argues in Life in the English Country House, that country houses were essentially "power houses...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - The Architectural History Of The Country House
The headings in this section are merely intended to provide a rough indication of the main periods in the architectural history of the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Life In The Country House
Country house - Social structures. The country house was the centre of its own world, providing employment to literally hundreds of peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - Outside England
Welsh country houses were perhaps only different from their English counterparts in minor ways, but Scottish, Irish, and Continental Euro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country House: Encyclopedia Ii - Country House - The Country House In Recent Years
At some point in recent decades—perhaps after the exhibition, The Destruction of the Country House, at the Victoria and Albert Museum i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyntesfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Tyntesfield - The Gibbs Family
William Gibbs was the son of Antony Gibbs. Antony, rather than bow to tradition and follow his father into medicine, instead went into bu...   » Read the article