The Rebirth of an English Country House - by The Earl of Shaftesbury & Tim Knox (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The brilliantly restored St. Giles House, in the idyllic Dorset countryside, offers high-point Georgian architecture and interiors that bridge many historical styles.</b> <p/>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 being suited to twenty-first-century living. English country-house splendor, through the hands of some of the world's top artisans and craftspeople, returns to the house in the form of re-created wallpapers, customized paints, revived furniture from the Georgian and Victorian periods, reworked antique Brussels tapestries, restored plasterwork and textiles, and a complete overhaul of the landscape, with its sunken garden, woodlands, avenue of beeches, lake, and shell-encrusted grotto. <p/>With stories of noteworthy architecture, beautiful interiors, and centuriesof a single family's involvement in British and world history, this book will appeal to devotees of country living, the aristocratic life, historic houses, and English interior design.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, Nicholas Ashley-Cooper</b>, is an English peer and philanthropist. <b>Tim Knox</b> is a British art historian and director of the Royal Collection Trust. <b>Justin Barton</b> is a London-based photographer.
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