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Humphry Repton in Hertfordshire Susan Flood

Humphry Repton in Hertfordshire By Susan Flood

Humphry Repton in Hertfordshire by Susan Flood


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Repton made a significant contribution to the landscape of Hertfordshire, working at 18 places in the county. This book - drawn from research by the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust - describes in detail all of these commissions, assessing in each case the extent to which Repton's ideas were actually implemented and how much survives of them today.

Humphry Repton in Hertfordshire Summary

Humphry Repton in Hertfordshire: Documents and landscapes: 2018 by Susan Flood

2018 marks the bicentenary of the death of Humphry Repton, one of the most important and prolific of English landscape designers. Repton made a particularly significant contribution to the landscape of Hertfordshire, working at no less than eighteen places in the county, ranging in size from great mansions like Cashiobury and Panshanger to more modest 'villas' owned by wealthy businessmen and industrialists, such as Woodhill in Essendon. This book - the fruits of many years of research by members of the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust Research Group - describes in detail all of these commissions, assessing in each case the extent to which Repton's ideas were actually implemented and how much survives of them on the ground today. Particular attention is given to those places for which Repton prepared one of his famous 'Red Books', such as Tewin Water, Lamer House, New Barnes and Wall Hall. But sites where Repton's contribution is less well documented are also discussed, including Organ Hall and Hilfield House in Aldenham, Cashiobury Park and The Grove in Watford, Brookmans Park, Bedwell Park, Wyddial Hall, and Marchmont House in Hemel Hempstead. In all cases, the book presents complete transcriptions of all the key documents relating to Repton's activities, including the full text of seven Red Books. The introductory essay by Tom Williamson sets Repton's activities in Hertfordshire within the wider context of his career, and also shows how his work in the county can cast important new light on his style, and on its economic, aesthetic and ideological implications. Profusely illustrated in colour with reproductions of all the Red Book watercolours, together with extracts from contemporary estate maps, sketches and other material, this scholarly yet readable volume will be of considerable interest to garden historians, landscape historians, and all those interested in Hertfordshire's rich historic heritage.

About Susan Flood

Susan Flood was County Archivist for Hertfordshire before her retirement in 2013 and has co-edited several volumes for the Hertfordshire Record Society. Tom Williamson is Professor of Landscape History at the University of East Anglia and author, co-author or editor of more than thirty books, including Lancelot Brown and the Capability Men (with David Brown, 2016 and Hertfordshire: a landscape history (with Anne Rowe, 2013).

Table of Contents

Repton in Hertfordshire: an introduction The Major Sites: Ashridge House, Little Gaddesden Haileybury College, Great Amwell Lamer House, Wheathampstead New Barnes, St Peter and St Stephen (St Albans) Panshanger, Hertford St Andrew Tewin Water, Tewin and Digswell Wall Hall, St Stephen (St Albans) and Aldenham Woodhill, Essendon The Minor Sites: Bedwell Park, Essendon and Little Berkhampstead Brookmans Park, South Mimms Cashiobury Park, Watford Digswell, Digswell The Grove, Watford Hilfield, Aldenham Little Court, Buntingford (Layston) Marchmont House, Hemel Hempstead Offley Place, Great Offley Organ Hall, Aldenham Wyddial Hall, Wyddial

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GOR010764643
9781909291980
1909291986
Humphry Repton in Hertfordshire: Documents and landscapes: 2018 by Susan Flood
Used - Very Good
Hardback
University of Hertfordshire Press
20180315
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