Bradgate House (19th century)
Bradgate House was a country house in Groby in the English county of Leicestershire . Today only the ruins of the stables remain.
history
In 1856, George Harry Gray, 7th Earl of Stamford , had the house built to replace the Bradgate House from the 1510s, which was already a ruin, three kilometers northeast in Bradgate Park .
The house was sold in 1925 and then demolished. Only the four-sided stables have been preserved. Although they are also in ruins today, they are still a great building.
description
The house was built in Jacobean style and was called the "calendar house" because it had 365 windows, 52 rooms and 12 main chimneys. The Earl of Stamford was known for his extravagance. Only the stables that were built when the Earl became Master of the Quorn Hunt cost £ 30,000, a very large sum at the time.
Individual evidence
- ^ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England . Chapter: Leicestershire and Rutland . Penguin Books, 1960. p. 71.
- ^ A b Leicester Mercury: Bradgate House - Stable Block . groby.org.uk. 2004. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ Leicester Mercury: Bradgate House . groby.org.uk. 2004. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ 35.8 " N , 1 ° 15 ′ 1.4" W.