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276: 248: 433:, to propose alterations to Compton Verney. Adam’s proposed remodelling was much more extensive than anything that had taken place before. His drawings of the ground, first and attic storeys show what was to be retained from the original building and what was demolished. Three of the four sides of the original courtyard house (the east, north and south wings) were to be torn down, and Adam proposed the addition of a portico on the new east front and the reconstruction of the north and south wings, giving the house its present U-shape. 74: 82: 22: 236: 488:. The painting shows John, 14th Baron and his family in the breakfast room on the ground floor at Compton Verney. Although Adam’s work on the mansion was completed in 1769, building work continued on the other buildings at Compton Verney until the 1780s and it was during this period that the grounds were re-landscaped. In 1769/1770 the ‘Green House’ (which no longer survives) was constructed, and in 1771/1772 the Ice-House and ‘Cow House’ were finished. 542:(1773–1852), an eccentric character who became increasingly reclusive. He made minor alterations to the building, such as architect Henry Hakewill’s transformation of the Saloon into a Dining room in 1824. There was also some work in the grounds, including the extension of the lower lake in around 1815 by the engineer William Whitmore, and the erection of a White Cornish 452:. The most important changes include the removal of the Great Staircase on the west front and its replacement by a Saloon with pairs of columns, plus alterations to the Hall, as well as the creation of an attic storey above it. Adam also added a library and octagonal study to the south wing and adapted the brewhouse and bakery to the north of the house. 265: 384:
the west and south wings, with the servants’ quarters on the north side where the service buildings were. The west wing was dominated by the Great Hall, which probably occupied the same site as the original medieval Hall built in the 1440s. The Great Staircase (now lost) led up from the Hall to the main apartments above.
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The basic layout of Compton Verney in the 1730s can be reconstructed from the surviving evidence, which includes two inventories dating from this period. It was a courtyard house, entered from the east (as today), through an archway with a cupola in the now-lost east wing. The main apartments were in
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of about 1655, published by William Dugdale, shows a great hall, a long south wing with gabled dormer windows and chimneys looking down to the lake. It had octagonal turrets at either end, kitchens to the left (south west) and a chapel. The first surviving inventory of the house, which dates from the
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The Ice House at Compton Verney was originally thatched, but after 1817 there are no further records of re-thatching or repair and the Ice House was either abandoned or possibly covered in earth and grass – an approach seen with other Ice Houses – as this was how it was found when the present owners
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After both sons died, the estate was inherited by George’s great-nephew, John Peyto Verney, (1738–1816) subsequently 14th Baron, who was also fortunate enough to inherit the neighbouring estate of Chesterton, thus raising the family’s income to a substantial £4,000 a year. This additional income and
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Just on the right of the road between Little Keinton and Wellsburn is the seat of the Hon. Mr Verney ... It stands low and is built of Stone; the front is towards the Garden and has 11 Windows ... Below there is a handsome Gallery or Dancing Room... The Gardens, with the room taken up by the house
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At this time the house was passed to Greville Verney (1619–1648). Upon his death, tenure then passed to Sir Greville Verney (1649–1668) and then on to William Verney (1668–1683) the 10th Baron Willoughby de Broke who died aged 15 with no heir. The title went into abeyance until William's great-uncle
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following a fall whilst out hunting with the Warwickshire Foxhounds near his new seat. Lord Manton was buried at his nearby manor of Offchurch, where he was living pending the refurbishment of Compton Verney. His funeral procession departed Compton Verney followed on foot by over one hundred estate
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in 1642, describes a house of thirty rooms (including a hall, two parlours, seventeen bedrooms, an armoury and study as well as servants’ quarters and outbuildings), furnished with velvet, tapestry and pictures to a total value of £900. A silk and wool embroidery showing Lucretia’s Banquet may have
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was employed to lay out the grounds in keeping with the new taste for more naturalistic landscape. He eliminated all trace of the earlier formal gardens, including the canal on the west front and the avenues running east to west. These were replaced with grassland and trees, with the planting of
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interiors had been left as they were. Robert Adam was often responsible for the interior decoration as well as the architectural design of his buildings. However, at Compton Verney he designed the decoration of only a few rooms, including the Hall and the Saloon. The rest were decorated by local
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In 1711, George Verney (1661–1728) the 12th Baron Willoughby de Broke, inherited the estate and decided to rebuild the house and re-landscape the gardens. This was a period when medieval houses were being remodelled in the classical style, and new country seats such as the Duke of Marlborough’s
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and sold his holding, he retired relatively young in his 40s intending to devote the rest of his life to horse-racing, fox-hunting and the life of a country gentleman, whilst also redirecting his business acumen into pioneering industrial agriculture on other estates he had acquired with his
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The 18th Baron also made significant changes to the landscape, the most dramatic being the addition of a long, majestic crescent of Wellingtonia (also known as Giant Sequoias or Sierra Redwoods) between the Upper bridge and the south-eastern gate.
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Ice was cut in blocks from the lake during the winter and dragged up to the Ice house. A drain at the bottom allowed water from the melted ice to escape. The structure was built mainly underground where the temperature is more consistently cool.
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shows three large plaster picture frames placed high on the walls that originally contained large landscape paintings with classical ruins. These landscapes were painted by the Venetian artist and favoured collaborator of Robert Adam,
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invited architect John Gibson to work on the site. He made changes to the Hall, which included the addition of a splendid hunting frieze, the decorated ceiling and a new external door. He also added lodges to the main gates.
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After the army left in 1945, the house was never lived in again. In 1958, it was acquired by Harry Ellard, a local property and nightclub owner, who occasionally authorised film companies to shoot there. One such film was
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was built in 1772 by ‘Capability’ Brown during the extensive remodelling. An Ice House was a ‘must have’ accessory of the day amongst leading gentry, with growing demand for refrigerated food, sorbets and ice creams.
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Richard Verney (1621–1711), who inherited the estate in 1683, decided to exert his claim to the barony. In 1695 the House of Lords accepted the claim and Richard Verney became the 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke.
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was commissioned to repurpose it as an art museum, designing a new wing and providing exhibition spaces and visitor facilities. This now houses the British Folk Art Collection, the largest collection of British
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cedars and over 2,200 oak and ash saplings. Brown also turned the lakes into a single expanse of water by removing the dam between the Upper Long Pool and the Middle Pool to make way for his Upper Bridge.
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when Compton Verney was requisitioned by the army. During the war the grounds were used as an experimental station for smoke-screen camouflage, as an outstation of the Camouflage School established at
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contain 20 Acres. The Gardens rise up an hill, and are well-contrived for Use and Convenience. There are Views down to a Pond; of these Ponds there are 4 in a string, which make a mile in length.
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of the 1870s and 1880s, in common with other landed estates across the country, as they were dependent on agricultural rent for income. The house was let out from 1887 to 1902 due to this.
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Blenheim Palace in nearby Woodstock were being built. George commissioned an extensive reconstruction of the earlier house, whilst preserving much of the plan of the original building.
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The building work for Adam's alterations was carried out from about 1762–1768, supervised by the Warwick architect and mason, William Hiorn, who was also employed locally at
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took over Compton Verney in the 1990s. Clearance of the Ice House at Compton Verney started in 2008. The Ice House has now been fully restored.
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The house was further extended in the late sixteenth century, following the marriage of Sir Richard Verney (1536–1630) to Margaret, daughter of
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The new design that was commissioned – the basis of the house which we see today – has been convincingly attributed by architectural historian
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In 1993 it was bought in a run-down state by the Peter Moores Foundation, a charity supporting music and the visual arts established by former
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The last Verney to live in the mansion was Richard Greville Verney (1869–1923), 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke, whose nostalgic memoir,
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sold the property to Samuel Lamb. It was requisitioned by the army during World War II and became vacant when the war ended.
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been one of the original pieces hanging in the Great Hall from this period. Records show that this was sold in 1913 to the
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Since then, the history of the estate over the last 150 years has been a chequered one. Compton Verney suffered in the
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in Yorkshire, a soap manufacturer at Leeds. Having merged the core part of his business into what became
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over the old family vault near the lake in about 1848. This structure is said to have been based on the
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there was a manor-house built at Compton Verney in about 1442. In 1656 William Dugdale wrote in his
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Hall, Peter; Mullin, Michael (December 1975). "Peter Hall's "Midsummer Night's Dream" on Film".
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During the next 70 years the estate changed hands a number of times. The new owner in 1921 was
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only two months before his death in March 1922 from a heart attack whilst out hunting with the
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bought the property and restored the original building. The architectural practice
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from around the world which inspired the textile designs of 20th century artist
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about 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Banbury. Today, it is the site of the
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in the early 18th century and then remodelled and the interiors redesigned by
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Coats of arms in stained glass windows of Old Compton Verney House, drawn by
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Very little is known about this early house at Compton Verney. A drawing by
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The floor plans of the house were published in the fifth volume of
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Stables were built to the north of the house in 1735 by architect
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in Suffolk. He purchased the famous racehorse training estate of
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John commissioned the prominent Scottish neoclassical architect,
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Gules, three crosses recerclée or a chief vair ermine and ermines
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in Wiltshire, and in 1921 had already produced horses which won
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art from 1450 to 1650; British portraits including paintings of
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The house and its 5,079-acre (20.55 km) estate was sold by
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in a requisitioned house, was filmed at the property in 1977.
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his marriage in 1761 to the sister of Lord North (from nearby
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near Leeds; however, just a few months later, he died from a
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Old Compton Verney, detail of view from south-east, drawn by
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Compton Verney : a history of the house and its owners
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COMPTON VERNEY HOUSE TRUST, registered charity no. 1032478
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and at many of the new college buildings being built in
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By the 1980s, Compton Verney had become semi-derelict.
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Index


grid reference
SP312529
Compton Verney
Kineton
Warwickshire
England
B4086
Compton Verney Art Gallery


John Vanbrugh
Robert Adam
John Gibson
Grade I listed
Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke
George Verney, 12th Baron Willoughby de Broke
Robert Adam
John Peyto-Verney
Lancelot "Capability" Brown
Richard Greville Verney
Joseph Watson
Baron Manton
Warwickshire Foxhounds
Upper Quinton
George Miles Watson, 2nd Baron Manton
Littlewoods
Sir Peter Moores
Neapolitan
medieval

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