Ann Benson

Troy House

A Tudor estate across time

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The architectural history of Troy House in Monmouthshire is positioned at the centre of this extensive new research volume, to support a consideration of how the surrounding land was refashioned over time. Investigating the estate's main components, first individually and then by cross-referencing the findings, extends our current understanding of them as discreet and at the same time interrelating entities. Previously unrecorded historical features are discovered that belong to the house and its landscape, and comprehensive evidence is applied to challenge current understandings. The house and its pleasure gardens, the walled garden, the far… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78316-991-7
EAN: 9781783169917
Produktnummer: 22596684
Verlag: University of Wales Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 27'445 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Ann Benson is a writer and lecturer on Garden and Architectural History specializing in the Tudor and Stuart periods. She has degrees in Garden History (M.A., Distinction), Pedagogy (M.Ed., Ph.D.) and Science (B.Sc., Hons.) Ann taught research methods at the Institute of Historical Research and now gives talks on garden and architectural history to national bodies. She is a history consultant for the Bodleian Library and for several private estate owners including the Duke of Beaufort. Since 2013 she has produced two books, 'A History of Coton Manor and its Garden' and 'Troy House: a Tudor estate across time', and several peer-reviewed articles. Ann is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Formally, Ann was an academic in the field of learning and assessment at the universities of Oxford, Bristol and the Open University, a Fellow of the Royal Chemical Society, and an assessment consultant for the U.K.'s Cabinet Office.