The rebirth of an English country house : St Giles House /
The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, 39-year-old Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, invites the reader into the house that his family has called home since the fifteenth century. In recent years, his award-winning restoration has brought the house back to life, transforming exquisite spaces that honor the past while...
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New York :
Rizzoli,
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Jenny Chesher
- Introduction
- An inheritance
- The house. Phase 1 (The roof ; The external walls ; The family room ; The kitchen ; The study ; The small dining room ; Green room ; The hall & landing ; The Marlborough room & bathroom ; The Cecil room & bathroom ; The Handel room & bathroom) ; Phase 2 (The attic ; Library ; The south drawing room ; The north drawing room ; The tapestry room ; The stone hall ; Great dining room ; The Daimler) ; Phase 2B (The north tower & loggia ; The entrance hall ; The white hall ; The Japan room & bathroom)
- The landscape. The sunk garden ; The beech avenue ; Grotto ; The lake, culvert & bridges ; Castellated arch
- The family / Tim Knox
- Epilogue
- Photographing St. Giles House / Justin Barton
- Evolution of St. Giles House.