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Mellon Collectionhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/09.png09https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/08.png08https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/07.png07https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/06.png06https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/05.png05https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/04.png04Johnson of Burhill and Glastonhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/03.png03The arms of the Kemeys-Tyntes upon their ennoblement to the Barony of Wharton in 1916. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/02.png02https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/01.png012026-02-11T17:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/gallery/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/drone-halswell-tidied-up--1.jpgdrone halswell tidied uphttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/drone-halswell-tidied-up-.jpgdrone halswell tidied uphttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wynn-davis-extra-large.jpgWynn Davis Extra Largehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_5611-2-1.jpgIMG_5611 (2)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/halswell-4-2.jpgHalswell 4https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/halswell-4-1.jpgHalswell 4https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3436a-2.jpgIMG_3436ahttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/halswell-2-1.jpgHalswell 2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/halswell-19-1.jpghalswell 19https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/halswell-1-1.jpgHalswell 12025-12-08T17:27:55+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/2015/11/21/on-this-day-in-1908/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/121-e1496633934294.jpg12https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.jpg1https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/8.jpg8https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/7.jpg7https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/6.jpg6https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/5.jpg5https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/4.jpg4https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3.jpg3https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2.jpg2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11.jpg12025-11-05T16:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2025/10/22/country-life/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/country-life-17-nov-2021-cvover.webpcountry life 17 nov 2021 cvoverhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cl2.pngCL2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cl3.pngCL3https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cl1.pngCL12025-11-05T16:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2025/10/13/the-west-facade/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/da7f85f6-2022-4b55-b4ec-cdd6688d3e0a-1-1.jpgda7f85f6-2022-4b55-b4ec-cdd6688d3e0a (1)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_8163-1.jpgIMG_8163https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_8162-1.jpgIMG_8162https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_8156-1.jpgIMG_8156https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_8153-1.jpgIMG_8153https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_8159-1.jpgIMG_8159https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_8154-1.jpgIMG_8154https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_6817-1.jpgIMG_6817https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_6827-1.jpgIMG_6827https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_7830-1-1.jpgIMG_7830 (1)2025-10-13T16:08:28+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2025/07/28/heritage-open-days-2025/2025-07-28T11:56:34+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/04/12/the-bath-stone-bridge/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bath-stone-bridge-at-halswell.webpBath Stone Bridge at Halswellhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bsb-detail2.jpgbsb-detailhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bsb-detail1.jpgbsb-detailhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bsb1.pngBSB1Click to view Full Reporthttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image10.pngimage10The restoration of the bridge and dam is now underway. Under the guidance of Mrs. Ann Manders the Bristol firm Architecton has been appointed to create a full plan of works for restoring the buildings and waterways. The Bath Stone Bridge is one of the most complex of these projects, but also the most urgent and important. The dam structure below lets a great deal of water through which will be undermining everything above. The rear of the apse has for many decades had serious structural issues due mainly to ivy and other growth breaking apart its fine ashar dome. This decline requires immediate action and to that end, until the complex dam issues below are rectified, the visible structure above ground has now been temporarily stabilised with a wooden structure and the invasive trees and their roots are being dealt with. Simple maintenance has resolved the issue of the attached pond overfilling and putting undue pressure on the sturctures and with the structural engenieers, ecologists and architects that are now engaged in tackling the complex and interconnected issues that effect the bridge it shoud not be long before the visible and working elements of the bridge once again function and look as they were intended. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image9.jpgimage9The bridge in 1986, with one term statue missing and a concrete balustrade added.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image8.jpgimage8The Bridge soon after Mill Wood was deforested in 1950. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image7.jpgimage7John Piper (1903-1992) Cascade Bridge, Halswell, 1987.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image6.jpgimage6The caryatid-type figure on the bridge is female; the sex of the missing sculpture and it is unknown but was probably also female. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image5.jpgimage5The ‘tripartite’ nature of this breakwater and the semi-circular, apse-like hollow that rises above the bridge were flanked by two mysterious terms, one of which remains. 2025-07-15T11:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/01/22/the-temple-of-harmony/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/the-temple-of-harmony-at-haslwell.webpThe Temple of Harmony at Haslwellhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image172.jpgimage17https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/harmony-plinth.pngHarmony plinthThe plinth below the statue of Terpsichore in the Temple of Harmony. Is this unusual decoration of wave-like groves flowing around a central circular motif representative of wind around a string? Abandoning Robert Adams’ own plinth design for this unusual feature would surely have been done for some good reason. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image18.jpg(c) Manchester City Galleries; Supplied by The Public Catalogue FoundationJoseph Mallord William Turner’s (1775-1851) “Thomson's Aeolian Harp” of 1809 at Manchester City Galleries. The Muses dance and sing around an Aeolian Harp on a plinth as it plays music by wind power. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image171.jpgimage17Terpsichore by John Walsh, completed in 1771 for the Temple of Harmony, where it resided until 1950. Museum of Somerset.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image16.pngimage16Letter from Sir Charles Kemeys-Tynte to Mr Escott, 1767. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image152.jpgimage15Robert Adam’s design as built, abandoned and left ruinous, then saved by the Somerset Building Preservation Trust. The statue of Terpsichore is a replica of the original which left the estate in 1950 and was purchased by the Museum of Somerset, with aid from the Art Fund, in 1994.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image142.jpgimage14Robert Adam’s final design. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image132.jpgimage13Robert Adam’s record drawinghttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image122.jpgimage12Robert Adam’s preliminary design2025-07-15T11:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/mill-wood/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/halswell-15-1.jpghalswell 15https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/bath-stone-bridge-mill-wood-halswell-park-.jpgBath Stone Bridge, Mill Wood, Halswell Parkhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/12.jpg12https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/11.jpg11https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/10.jpg10https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/09.jpg09https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/08.jpg08https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/07.jpg07https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/06.jpg06https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/05.jpg052025-03-26T12:56:27+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/stay-with-us/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/halswell-18.jpghalswell 18https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/halswell-19.jpghalswell 19https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3436a-1.jpgIMG_3436ahttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/halswlel-14-1.jpghalswlel 14https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_5611-2.jpgIMG_5611 (2)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a03a5b59-2258-49ce-bb92-7476c1494e05-2.jpga03a5b59-2258-49ce-bb92-7476c1494e05https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_9299.jpgIMG_9299https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_8920.jpgIMG_8920https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_8997-2.jpgIMG_8997 (2)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_3436a.jpgIMG_3436a2025-03-25T14:27:08+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/2015/03/26/live-and-completed-project/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-55-501.pngscreen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-55-50https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-59-50.pngScreen shot 2015-03-26 at 14.59.50https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-58-01.pngScreen shot 2015-03-26 at 14.58.01https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-57-34.pngScreen shot 2015-03-26 at 14.57.34https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-56-56.pngScreen shot 2015-03-26 at 14.56.56https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-55-50.pngScreen shot 2015-03-26 at 14.55.50https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-33-46.pngScreen shot 2015-03-26 at 14.33.46https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-55-08.pngScreen shot 2015-03-26 at 14.55.08https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-35-45.pngScreen shot 2015-03-26 at 14.35.45https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-26-at-14-35-35.pngScreen shot 2015-03-26 at 14.35.352025-03-25T12:17:27+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2024/04/24/we-support/2024-04-24T11:27:36+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/we-support/2024-04-23T07:07:51+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/about/2023-07-28T14:14:59+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/about/halswell-house-mill-wood/2023-07-28T14:10:08+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/about/a-structural-history/2023-07-28T14:07:40+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/2017/03/27/bath-stone-bridge-the-restoration/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20161021_1158351.jpgimg_20161021_115835https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bath-stone-bridge-1950s-smaller-version.jpgBath Stone Bridge 1950s smaller versionThe bridge in c. 1950 after the deforestation of Mill Wood.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/058_resized.jpg058_resizedThe results of the hard work begin to mount.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2304.jpgIMG_2304The pediment and cornice coming back to life; this section of the bridge had been missing for well over 100 years. The arrangement that was in its place, possibly from about 1900, was made of concrete, not the original pediment painted by William Hogarth in 1753.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2307.jpgIMG_2307Stonemason Mike Orchard at work on Halswell’s Bath Stone Bridge.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2303.jpgIMG_2303The missing apse and cornice stones.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2305.jpgIMG_2305Working plans of this 3d puzzle which needs to tie in hundreds of blocks of new and old stone with millimetre precision.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20161019_131717.jpgIMG_20161019_131717https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20161021_115813.jpgIMG_20161021_115813A section of keystone found in the water.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20161021_115835.jpgIMG_20161021_115835The Bath Stone Bridge in Mill Wood was created by Sir Charles Kemeys-Tynte (1710-1785) and probably Thomas Wright (1711-1786) as the show piece in the of their water garden vision.2023-07-27T13:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2017/04/18/the-dam-at-the-bath-stone-bridge/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog15.jpgblog1https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog14.jpgBlog14https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog13.jpgBlog13This appears to be a mixture of redbrick and blue lias flagstones – presumably taken up after 1950.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog12.jpgBlog12The earth level on the bridge was also removed by archaeologist James Brigers who has identified the original flooring. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog11.jpgBlog11A stone pillar with half-balustrades at either side, found beneath the concrete layer. The red brick wall behind in 1970’s work added to the bridge where this type of stone balustrade was originally sited.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog10.jpgBlog10Added to this collection of found stone that we had already complied a great deal of original material can now be re-incorporated into the fully restored bridge.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog9.jpgBlog9Chris Stones and Simon Bowditch with some of the huge quantity of original bridge stone found under the archaeological watch of James L. Brigers, this is not being sorted and catalogued for re-inclusion where possible in the bridge restoration.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog8.jpgBlog81950, image courtesy of Mrs Gill Durman. Sadly the Term figure on the left side was removed from the listed bridge by a previous owner of Mill Wood and has been lost. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog7.jpgBlog7William Hogarth, c. 1753, a detail from his portrait of Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blog6.jpgBlog6The original pond drainage channel found! The wall section directly above it has been re-built at some point, one of the many historic changes that we have discovered during the first week of exploration works.2023-07-27T13:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/videos-2/2022-03-20T10:40:47+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/2019/07/09/garden-party-for-the-church-of-st-edward-king-and-martyr-goathurst/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ds2.jpgDS2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ds1.jpgDS1https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gp7.pngGP7https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gp6.pngGP6https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gp5.jpgGP5https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gp4.jpgGP4https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gp3.jpgGP3https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/rics1.jpgRics1Halswell House, Halswell Park2019-07-10T10:37:45+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/12/17/halswell-sales-catalogues/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sale-newspaper1-e1496634042905.jpgsale-newspaperhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sale-newspaper.jpgSale newspaperhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/003.jpg0031950 Sales Cataloguehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/002.jpg0021948 Sales Cataloguehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/001.jpg0011948 Sales Catalogue2019-05-16T14:10:34+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2018/09/28/the-halswell-armorial/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hassel-arms-on-urn.jpghassel arms on urnhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/goathurst-church-halswell-monument.jpgGoathurst church Halswell monumenthttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180216_120257.jpg20180216_120257https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/3-1689-quartered-arms-and-date-stone-1.jpg3. 1689 quartered Arms and date stone (1)????????????????????????????????????https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2-1689-quartered-arms-and-date-stone.jpg2. 1689 quartered Arms and date stone????????????????????????????????????2023-07-25T15:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2018/09/28/the-tudor-finials-part-2-halswell-revisited-tom-waughs-workshop/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/finials-xx.jpgFinials xxhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/finials-x.jpgFinials xhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/16-photo-31-03-2017-15-33-43.jpg16. Photo 31-03-2017, 15 33 43https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/15-photo-31-03-2017-12-46-12.jpg15. Photo 31-03-2017, 12 46 12https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/14-img_0568.jpg14. IMG_0568https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13-img_0567.jpg13. IMG_0567https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/12-img_0558.jpg12. IMG_0558https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/11-img_4700-1.jpg11. IMG_4700 (1)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/10-img_0557-1.jpg10. IMG_0557 (1)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9-pomegranates.jpg9. pomegranates2018-09-28T17:00:15+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/events/2018-02-19T12:30:19+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/2015/11/09/the-venison-hut/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/deer-hut1.jpgdeer-huthttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mr-dorrington-gamekeeper-at-halswell-park.jpgMr Dorrington, Gamekeeper at Halswell ParkMr Dorrington, Gamekeeper at Halswell Park by Henry S. Parkman (1814 - 1864)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3389090_4f5f8ccb1.jpg3389090_4f5f8ccb1At Dunham Massey is north east Cheshire, deer were slaughtered in the lower of the larder’s two storeys, and then hung to mature abovehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/uppark.jpgupparkAbove and below; the very pretty and ornate game larder (with a half-octagonal end) at Uppark in Sussex. Surprisingly the floor of the larder is not raised from the surrounding ground levelhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/406027_9f17049e.jpg406027_9f17049eAnother smaller octagonal game larder; this time at Tottenham House in Wiltshirehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/game_larder_haddo_house-_-_geograph-org_-uk_-_619040.jpgGame_larder_Haddo_House._-_geograph.org_.uk_-_619040The petite octagonal game larder at Haddo House in Aberdeenshirehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/l311217.jpgL311217The delightful, near-fantasy octagonal game larder at
a now-demolished house at Bromham in Wiltshire.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the_game_larder_audley_end_-_geograph-org_-uk_-_1281671.jpgThe_game_larder_Audley_End_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_1281671The curious octagonal game larder at Audley End House in Essex – made of wood (note the brick piers keeping it off the ground, to avoid rot and help keep out rodents).https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/800px-farnborough_hall_game_larder.jpg800px-Farnborough_Hall_Game_LarderA smaller, and noticeably more plain hexagonal game larder at Farnborough Hall in Warwickshirehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/game-larder-1.jpgGame-Larder-1Combermere Abbey’s delightful gothic game larder2018-01-09T11:25:45+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2014/11/27/48/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_048211.jpgdsc_04821https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0616.jpgDSC_0616https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0851.jpgDSC_0851https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0837.jpgDSC_0837https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0833.jpgDSC_0833https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0832.jpgDSC_0832https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0830.jpgDSC_0830https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0803.jpgDSC_0803https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0795.jpgDSC_0795https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0782.jpgDSC_07822018-01-08T12:23:25+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2017/10/11/the-country-land-and-business-association-annual-general-meeting-and-tour/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/image4-2.jpgimage4-2The Tudor Manor under restoration. From left to right: the restored Coach House battlements; the Viewing Tower which will overlook the restored Tudor Knot Garden; the south wing which is currently undergoing its interior restoration which includes the C18th Lady Tynte’s Dairy; the Tudor Manor proper with its restored render made with local sand to give it its correct pinkish colour; the Baroque Wing looms above and has also been re-rendered on this façade in the traditional way. The garden wall under scaffolding in the foreground is being strengthened and coping stones will be added before it is also rendered. 2017-10-11T16:06:54+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/the-day-to-day-restorations/2017-10-11T12:14:57+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/contact-us-2/2021-09-30T23:35:29+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/videos/2017-06-06T16:56:00+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/blog-posts/2017-06-06T16:52:23+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/2016/10/19/the-roof-is-up/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-51.jpgunnamed-5https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed.jpgunnamedhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-6.jpgunnamed-6https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-5.jpgunnamed-5https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-4.jpgunnamed-4https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-3.jpgunnamed-3https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-2.jpgunnamed-22017-06-05T09:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2017/05/08/the-tudor-finials/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/untitled-51-e1496636077214.jpguntitled-5https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/image5.pngimage5Roof plan with numbered finial base locations. (Click image for full pdf)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/image10.pngimage10West Façade: The surviving bellcote with two new bell finials called The Twins.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/image9.pngimage9South Façade: Larger open pomegranates with twisted bases on the pair of gable towers overlooking the Tudor Knot Garden.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/image8.pngimage8East Façade: The Halswell crest animal, the gryphon, on the central gable flanked by a matching pair of gabled dormer windows with small closed pomegranates on twisted bases themselves flanked by mannerist obelisks topped with balls.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tom-waughs-sketches.pngTom Waugh's SketchesFinial Sketches by mason Tom Waugh, numbered to match the bases upon which they will sit. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1710.jpg1710Halswell House, c. 1710.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/untitled-5.jpgUntitled-5Roof plan with numbered finial base locations. (Click Image for https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/plan-one-image.pngplan one imageRoof plan with numbered finial base locations. (Click Image for Full PDF)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/finial-photo-zero.pngfinial photo zero2017-06-05T09:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/halswell-house/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/great-domesday-book-1086-part-1.jpgGreat Domesday Book 1086 part 1https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0296-1.jpgDSC_0296 (1)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screen-shot-2014-11-03-at-15-44-05.pngScreen shot 2014-11-03 at 15.44.052017-06-05T04:26:32+00:00weekly0.6https://halswellpark.com/2016/08/31/u3a-visit-to-halswell-house/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/081825831.jpgSAMSUNG CSCSAMSUNG CSChttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/08182583.jpgSAMSUNG CSCSAMSUNG CSC2017-06-05T03:50:05+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/04/19/thomas-wright-of-durham-1711-1786-at-halswell-2/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image1-2.jpgimage1-2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image26.jpgimage26Inside the grotto at Stourhead, home of Sir Charles’s great gardening friend and rival Henry Hoare III. This rusticated stonework is similar to that used at Halswell throughout the water system. This River God statue at Stourhead is an extremely grand version of the type of river god statues which may have adorned niches of the Halswell Grotto originally, when water surrounded and cascaded down its façade.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image25.jpgimage25Rural Grotto, from 'Grotesque Architecture or Rural Amusement', by William Wright, published c.1767-90.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image24.jpgimage24The Grotto in Carshalton Parkhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image23.jpgimage23Mrs Mary Delany’s 1781 designs for a grotto at Bulstrode Park (originally built for Judge Jefferys) for the Duchess of Portland. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image22.jpgimage22Coplestone Warre Bampfylde of Hestercombe, Temple of Flora at Stourhead (originally called the Temple of Ceres). This picture pre-dates the building of the Stourhead dam in 1754.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image21.jpgimage21John Piper (1903-1992) “The Grotto, Halswell” Executed in 1987 at the invitation of Dr. Roger White to visit and paint Halswell. Dr White returns to Halswell again in April 2016 leading his group from the Oxford Graduates Architectural Society. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image20.jpgimage20Thomas Rowlandson’s caricature the hapless Dr Syntax academically in search for perfection in his famous series 'The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque' https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image19.jpgimage19https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image18.jpgimage182017-06-05T03:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/04/05/thomas-wright-of-durham-1711-1786-at-halswell/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/thomas-frye-of-charles-k-t1-e1496634471516.pngthomas-frye-of-charles-k-thttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image13.pngimage13Diagram of the Druid’s Hut trench.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image12-e1460643209357.jpgimage12The Druid’s Hut 2015: Archaeology by Mr. James Brigers which has revealed the original postholes which allow for an accurate circumference of the building and therefore the full dimensions for re-construction. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image11.pngimage11The Druid’s Hut, 200 years after it was built, photographed in the 1960’s with two children playing impishly in the arches – photograph courtesy of Mrs Gill Durman. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image10.jpgimage10Another hut influenced by Wright is Dr. Jenner’s Hut (or the Temple of Vaccinia as Dr Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccination in this folly in 1796) near Berkeley Castle, where Wright worked extensively for Norborne Berkeley, Lord Botetourt as well as his sister the Duchess of Beaufort at Badminton House.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image91.jpgimage9The Druid's Hut in the 1980shttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image81.jpgimage8https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image71.jpgimage7https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image61.jpgimage6https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image5.pngimage5“The water winds away through the grove in a proper manner....Turning the corner you catch a bridge, under a thick shade, and then come to the Druid’s Temple, built, in a just stile, of bark, &c, the view quite gloomy and confined: the water winds silently along, except a little gushing fall, which hurts not the emotions raised by so sequestered a scene.”2017-06-05T03:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/03/30/the-temple-bridge/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/article-image1-e1496634429272.pngarticle-imagehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tb1.pngTB1Click this image to open full contentshttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image5.pngimage5https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image4.pngimage4https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image3.pngimage3https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image2.pngimage2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/article-image.pngarticle image2017-06-05T03:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/02/16/the-roadside-cascade/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1887-os-map-goathurst1.jpg1887-os-map-goathursthttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rc-4.pngRC 4https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rc-3.pngRC 3https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rc-2.pngRC 2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rc-1.pngRC 1https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1887-os-map-goathurst.jpg1887 OS Map Goathurst1887 Ordnance Survey Map with the position of the roadside cascade to the immediate north of Mill Wood, the water flow and associated remains of the old weirs or sluices weave north east toward St Edward’s Church, Goathurst. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1771-parchment-map-edited-2.jpg1771 Parchment map edited (2)1771 Estate map by William Day. The roadside cascade is on the southern side of the road that passes the northern end of Mill Wood, near to where the Temple of Harmony is marked on the left of this map.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rc-opening-image.pngRC opening image2017-06-05T03:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/02/16/hoisting-up-the-new-chimney-pots/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-41.jpgimage-4https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/chimneys-2.jpgchimneys 2Chimney pot up and chimney stack repairs being carried out, with Robin Hood’s Hut beyond.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0069.jpgDSC_0069Chimney pot up and chimney stack repairs being carried out, with Robin Hood’s Hut beyond.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image3.jpgimage3The meagre, and often missing, chimney pots of the twentieth century before replacement.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image2.jpgimage2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image1.jpgimage1A few days before the chimney pots are put in place they act as useful tables in the Mansion House, with Edward Strachan, Stuart Senior, Claire Fear of Architectural Thread, Helen Senior, Camilla Carter of the Somerset Gardens Trust and Councillor Ian Dyer of Sedgemoor District Council. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-6.jpgImage 6https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-5.jpgImage 5 Chimney pot up and chimney stack repairs being carried out, with Robin Hood’s Hut beyond. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-4.jpgImage 4Some of the new pots being installed. 2017-06-05T03:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/02/16/somerset-gardens-trust-tree-presentation/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_00951.jpgdsc_0095????????????????????????????????????https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/tree-planting.jpgtree plantingSimon Bonvoisin, braving the cold having graciously given up his coat for a lady, discusses the final phases of tree planting in Mill Wood with Edward Strachan. Some small areas have been left unplanted to leave room for archaeological work and rebuilding the missing follies and the necessary structural work that must be carried out on the dams and bridges. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_9700.jpgIMG_9700Inspecting the trimming of the laurels at the Grotto and Cold Bath. The Roman Bath-style grotto arches have had the full force of thick laurel roots burying into their structures so a careful removal of the worst offenders was needed to secure the structures. Laurel is believed to have always been the plant of choice around this area to give it a canopy of natural wild overgrowth appropriate to the rather pagan elements of the river source and the surrounding follies.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0095.jpgDSC_0095Some of the brave windswept enthusiasts Left to right: Alyona Strachan, Chris Stones, Roy Bolton, Alex Sergeyevs, Ann Manders, Stuart Senior, Edward Strachan, Camilla Carter, Simon Bonvoisin, James Harris, Councillor Ian Dyer, Ann Dyer, Helen Senior and Mark Lidsterhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0086.jpgDSC_00862017-06-05T03:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/01/22/the-mill-wood-tree-planting/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image431.jpgimage43https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image151.jpgimage15Said wildlife! - The Mill Wood Mowers. Sheep and rams courtesy of Conor Doherty who is the resident shepherd at Halswell. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image141.jpgimage14Securing the newly planted small trees from hungry wildlife with the addition of thousands of tree guards. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image131.jpgimage1320 years after Simon Bonvoisin (far right) wrote his comprehensive study of the Halswell Estate and Mill Wood he finally gets the chance to put his back into its restoration. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image121.jpgimage12The delivery of materials and trees begins at the south side of Mill Wood, Monday 18th January 2016.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image111.pngimage112016: The Mill Wood planting plan by Simon Bonvoisin of Nicholas Pearson Partnership which, within the areas of Mill Wood itself, is now being enacted in full.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image101.jpgimage10Mill Wood as seen by overlaying a 2015 aerial photograph with the 1897 Ordnance Survey map. These pathways through the woodland will be restored. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image71.jpgimage7Mill Wood in 1944; fully populated with mature trees as intended. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image63.jpgimage6The Druid’s Hut, built in 1756 (burnt down c.1968) at the south west of Mill Wood.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image9.pngimage9Mill Wood 1960. (Courtesy of Mrs. Gill Durman.)2017-06-05T03:45:10+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/01/14/the-re-roofing-of-the-tudor-manor/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image421.jpgimage42https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image1-2.pngimage1 (2)The roof plans of Halswell, courtesy of Claire Fear of Architectural Thread Ltd. The areas highlighted in red correspond to the Tudor Great Hall, which takes up the northern half of the east range, the 1590’s south range and the three gabled additions to the Great Hall in the east of the courtyard.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image11.pngimage1The roof plans of Halswell, courtesy of Claire Fear of Architectural Thread Ltd. The areas highlighted in red correspond to the Tudor Great Hall, which takes up the northern half of the east range, the 1590’s south range and the three gabled additions to the Great Hall in the east of the courtyard.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image15.jpgimage15The same roof area with dormer windows now removed, ready for its final finish of slates.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image14.jpgimage14The removal of the offending modern dormer windows in the top floor of the Great Hall. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread.)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image13.jpgimage13The same view with the addition of the dormer windows above the Great Hall and Solar.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image12.jpgimage12Halswell’s east range showing the Great Hall building in-between the Baroque house of 1689 to the north and the three gable ends to the south. The two banks of large mullion windows in this early Tudor Manor building correspond to the Great Hall on the ground floor and the Solar (or medieval Lord’s quarters) directly above on the first floor.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image11.jpgimage11The finished product; beautiful lead-capped grey slates roofs over a fully restored, sealed and insulated structure. As crisp and long-lasting as the day these gables and roofs were first built nearly 500 years ago. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image10.jpgimage10With the lead gullies complete and the protective lead layers embedded in the historic stone groves of the gables, the slates are ready to be hung. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image9.jpgimage92. Insulation complete, the felt and batons are applied and the slates delivered. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread)2017-06-05T03:44:12+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/01/13/south-range-exterior-restoration/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-range-restoration1.jpgsouth-range-restorationhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image61.jpgimage6The old manor of Halswell from the south east, c. 1900, photographed before the eighteenth-century sash windows on the east side were removed and replaced with more original sixteenth-century mullion windows. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image5.jpgimage5 The structurally unsound south east gable, built c. 1900 was in danger of collapse without this full rebuilding using the original materials. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image41.jpgimage4The south range in late 2015, covered in scaffolding to repair and restore the roof and stonework. This image was taken before the removal of the incorrectly placed bushes and trees that hid the old manor from view and natural light. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image32.jpgimage3The south east corner, covering the same area highlighted in blue in the first photo. The gabled additions of c. 1900 included a gable with chimney to the south and dormer window to the east. The original eighteenth-century wooden roof structure was left inside, though structurally now redundant. The gable was built more for aesthetics than strength and with the addition of the oversized chimney topping in c. 1927 a full structural strengthening and repair became inevitable as the chimney canted over precipitously.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image22.jpgimage2The south range being restored in 2016. 2017-06-05T03:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/01/12/the-1769-riding-school/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image19.jpgimage1https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0138.jpgDSC_0138https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image31.jpgimage3Restoredhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image21.jpgimage2A dangerously crumbling gate pillarhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image6.jpgimage6The northern most gate pillar, attached to what was the electricity sub-station from c.1950-2015, had a precipitous lean and had to be kept upright by scaffolding in order to keep it from collapsing completely. In 2015 this pillar we took this down brick by brick to its foundations so that essential repairs to re-straighten its angle could be undertaken. The pillar was then painstakingly re-built brick by brick in to their original positions and re-capped with its original stone entablature. The work carried out on this pillar included the complete restoration of the ‘Cider House’.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image5.pngimage5By at least 1908, when this photo was taken, the riding school had ceased to function and had been turned over to become part of the gardens. The C17th dovecote is the gardens most prominent feature with the C18th lean-to stable buildings to the far right. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image4.jpgimage4The central stone entablature, shattered by weather and vegetation until all the stonework was fully restored.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image1.jpgimage12017-06-05T03:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/12/11/the-survival-of-halswell/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1923-fire-halswell1.jpg1923-fire-halswellhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-11-at-14-12-04.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-11 at 14.12.04SAVE's campaign to save Mentmore Towers in 1974 was unsuccessful. The priceless contents were sold and are now dispersed over the world, and the house was sold and allowed to decay. Today, 42 years after it ceased to be a private house, it lies empty, "at risk" and facing an uncertain future.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-11-at-14-03-55.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-11 at 14.03.55Halswell, Mill Wood c. 1950. 6,100 trees were clear felled from the estate, some were ancient chestnut and oak standing for over 300 years, many more were parkland and woodland walk specimens which had been nurtured since the mid-eighteenth century.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-11-at-14-04-07.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-11 at 14.04.071950, Bridgwater newspaper report.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-11-at-14-04-28.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-11 at 14.04.28Belvoir House, Newtownbreda, Belfast, the former seat of the Viscounts Dungannon and latterly the Barons Deramore, was demolished in 1961 by the Northern Ireland Forest Service.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-11-at-13-57-01.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-11 at 13.57.01Tong Castle, demolished in 1954.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-11-at-13-47-53.pngScreen Shot 2015-12-11 at 13.47.53Mentmore Towershttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/woburn-abbey-may-2012.jpgWoburn-Abbey-May-2012Woburn Abbey shortly after WWII https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/woburn-abbey-1939-1945-aerial-view-of-the-abbey.jpgwoburn abbey-1939-1945-aerial-view-of-the-abbeyWoburn Abbey during WWIIhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/west-lothian-scotland-robert-adam.jpgWest Lothian, Scotland, Robert Adam,Balbardie House, 1792, West Lothian, Scotland. Designed by Robert Adam, it has been described as his best classical house in Scotland. Destroyed in two stages, 1954 and 1975. 2017-06-05T03:41:07+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/01/11/restoring-the-chimneys/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chimneys-east-range1.jpgchimneys-east-rangehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chimneys-east-range.jpgchimneys East Rangehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-range-restoration.jpgSouth Range restorationThe south range photographed in c. 1898. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chimneys-img_0623-2.jpgchimneys IMG_0623 (2)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chimneys-being-thrown.jpgchimneys being thrownClay chimney pots(larger than those made for Halswell), being thrown by West Meon Pottery, specialists who have re-created period pots for The National Trust, The British Museum and Kensington Palace amongst others. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chimney-dscf6861.jpgChimney DSCF6861Utilitarian pots from the early C20th. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chimney-dscf6532.jpgChimney DSCF6532 The 1920’s redbrick replacement that now tops the Great Hall stack. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread)2017-12-26T20:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2016/01/11/the-coach-house/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/unt71.pngunt7https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/untitled1.pngUntitledThe estate workshop with Corbel Conservation working on the old and new doors to the Coach House. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/unt9.pngunt9The Bat Hatches. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/unt8.pngUnt8After. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/unt7.pngunt7The coach house under scaffolding while undergoing its full restoration. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/coach-house-gopr0082.jpgDCIM100GOPROGOPR0082.The battlements and east wall being renewed. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/coach-house-dscf6892.jpgcoach house DSCF6892The final finish: An ‘original’ eighteenth-century door in the centre, made using the salvageable materials from all three doors, flanked by two new doors made using the same traditional techniques and hung on new ironmongery in the original, recessed, C18th positions. (Courtesy of Architectural Thread)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/un6.pngun6The roof void area designated for the new bat roost, assessable through openings in the slate and lead roof. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/un5.pngun5Edward Strachan overseeing works with Mark Lidster of Corbel Conservation. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/un4.pngun4The hinge circled in yellow is the original, in its original eighteenth-century position. The later hinge circled in blue is from the nineteenth-century hanging of the doors, outside the archway instead of within it as originally intended. 2017-06-05T03:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/11/25/halswells-lost-orangery/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1898-estaate1.jpg1898-estaatehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/kensington-palace-orangery-2.jpgkensington palace orangery 2The orangery in Kensington Palacehttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1898-estaate.jpg1898 estaateHalswell from the South Meadow, with the agricultural buildings in the foreground, the Dovecote and Tudor Manor in the centre ground, the Baroque North Wing in the distance and the Orangery to the right.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0311.jpgDSC_0311https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/orangery-halswell.jpgOrangery HalswellThe Orangery, c. 1898https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/montacute-house-orangery1840.jpgMontacute House Orangery1840https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/orangery-interior-hestercombe-house-halswell-lutyens.jpgOrangery interior, Hestercombe House Halswell LutyensThe Orangery (1904-09) by Edwin Lutyens (1869 –1944) at Hestercombe House. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/haslwell-overlaid-map-2015-and-1904.jpgHaslwell overlaid map 2015 and 19042015 Googlemap overlaid with the 1888 OS maphttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/orangery-hanbury-hall-1750.jpgOrangery Hanbury Hall 1750The Orangery, Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire, c. 1745.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/orangery2002.jpgorangery2002Orangery interior, c. 1700 2017-06-05T03:36:34+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/11/20/halswell-monuments/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156834_800d59741.jpg3156834_800d5974https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156817_fd884df6.jpg3156817_fd884df6Monument to Milborne Kemeys-Tynte. This is a soldier's memorial decorated at the top with a crossed sword and rifle, a pistol and a helmet. The unfortunate Milborne Kemeys Tynte, late a lieutenant in the 4th Royal Irish Regiment of Dragoon Guards, died of his injuries caused by his horse falling upon him at Kilcash, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, on 10 March 1845, aged 21. The monument was erected by the colonel of the regiment and his brother officers.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156764_06e815bc.jpg3156764_06e815bcMonument to Isabella Kemeys. Represented as a sleeping child in marble is Isabella Anne Kemeys aged 3 years and 9 months, who died in 1835. By Raffaele Monti.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156787_31dfdf61.jpg3156787_31dfdf61Monument to Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte (detail) https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156786_0b79a4ab.jpg3156786_0b79a4abMonument to Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte. This standing wall monument to Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte (†1785) is by Nollekens. The grieving female figure is extinguishing a torch, and leans on a pedestal containing a portrait medallion of the deceased.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156749_68f3083a.jpg3156749_68f3083aMonument to Sir John Tynte. This large monument by J M Rysbrack has at the top the bust of Sir John Tynte (†1742), a former rector of the church.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156669_c63535ee.jpg3156669_c63535eeHalswell family monument A large standing monument containing a faded lengthy Latin inscription to the Halswell family, and flanked by columns supporting an open segmental pediment. On each side are two standing allegorical figures. Dated c.1650.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156599_ddcc5d55.jpg3156599_ddcc5d55The sons and daughters of Sir Nicholas Halswell (†1663) and his wife Bridget.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156569_617d0e14.jpg3156569_617d0e14The well carved effigies of Sir Nicholas Halswell (†1633) and his wife Bridget.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3156587_cb1a35f7.jpg3156587_cb1a35f7Sir Nicholas Halswell (†1633) and his wife Bridget.2017-06-05T03:35:42+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/10/13/the-historic-portraits-of-halswell-house/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/61.jpg6https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/5.jpg5Country Life 1908, the Staircase. https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hogarth.jpgHogarthSir Charles Kemeys-Tynte by William Hogarthhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/6.jpg6Country Life 1908, the Saloonhttps://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/w3.jpgw3https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/w6.jpgw6https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/w14.jpgw14https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/w13.jpgw13https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/w12.jpgw12https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/w7.jpgw72017-06-05T03:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/09/19/somerset-garden-trust-annual-general-meeting-and-25th-anniversary/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0247-21.jpgdsc_0247-2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0247-2.jpgDSC_0247-2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0257-1-2.jpgDSC_0257 (1)-22017-06-05T03:33:58+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/08/10/halswells-baroque-wing/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/halswell-baroque-north-wing-c-17101.jpghalswell-baroque-north-wing-c-17101https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/04.jpg04Halswell’s Baroque north wing, c. 1740 with a capriccio of a naturalistic landscape surrounding the building. The exaggerated hilly landscape and maturity of the trees suggest this was painted as an impression of what the landscape may become, once the rigid 1680s formal garden was swept away in the 1740’s.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1740s.jpg1740'sDetail of the promontory area where the seventeenth-century Banqueting House once stood, the Rockwork Screen, or dam that preceded it, sits below amongst the foliage.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/14.jpg(C) allister freeman 2010. all rights reserved2015https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/13.jpg13Before 1950https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/12.jpg121923 after the fire that damaged the north wing.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11.jpg11https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/10.jpg10c. 1850 from a newspaper article covering the village fete hosted at Halswell.https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/09.jpg09Augostino Aglio, c. 1830https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/08.jpg08c. 17882017-06-05T03:33:33+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/07/20/edward-strachan-speaks-with-somerset-gardens-trust-magazine-summer-edition/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/01.jpg01https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/08.jpg08https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/07.jpg07https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/01.jpg012017-06-05T03:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/05/08/edward-strachan-speaks-with-somerset-gardens-trust-magazine-spring-edition/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1.jpg1https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/15.jpg15https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/14.jpg14https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/13.jpg13https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1.jpg12017-06-05T03:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/04/11/the-folly-fellowship-private-group-visit-to-the-house-landscape-gardens-and-of-course-the-follies-2/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/numer11-e1496633378788.jpgnumer1https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/no21.jpgno2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/num3.jpgNum3https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/no2.jpgno2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/numer1.jpgNumer12017-06-05T03:29:43+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2015/03/19/bath-university-study-visit-by-masters-students-in-the-conservation-of-historic-buildings-and-the-conservation-of-historic-gardens-and-cultural-landscapes/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/41.jpg4https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_2519.jpgIMG_2519https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_2518.jpgIMG_2518https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1861-2.jpgIMG_1861 (2)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1857-2.jpgIMG_1857 (2)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1856-2.jpgIMG_1856 (2)https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image-3.jpgImage 3https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-18-15-44-39.jpg2015-03-18 15.44.39https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-18-14-59-19.jpg2015-03-18 14.59.19https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-18-14-02-21.jpg2015-03-18 14.02.212017-06-05T03:27:19+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.com/2014/10/09/the-georgian-group/https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/g1.pngg1https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/g2.pngg2https://halswellpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/g1.pngG12017-06-05T03:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://halswellpark.comdaily1.02026-03-12T12:16:14+00:00