Castle Howard
The Castle Howard manor is located in North Yorkshire , England, about 25 miles north of the city of York and is now often referred to as the first truly Baroque building to emerge in England . It is also considered to be the building whose style most closely resembles the Baroque style of mainland Europe.
The 3rd Earl of Carlisle commissioned his friend, the then completely inexperienced architect John Vanbrugh, with the construction of the building; the construction management was largely carried out by Nicholas Hawksmoor , a former employee of Christopher Wrens .
The building design was created from 1699 and was completed by 1712, the west wing was completed in 1759.
Castle Howard was a building unlike any other in England when it was built. The facades and roofs, decorated with columns, statues and flowing ornaments, made this baroque building an instant success in England , which was followed by many similar constructions. As early as 1709, most parts could be obtained from Castle Howard; however, the final work ran through Vanbrugh's entire life. Vanbrugh's last work, the Temple of the Winds, is also located here. Work on the west wing was not completed until after Vanbrugh's death.
Castle Howard is now part of the Treasure Houses of England consortium .
Castle Howard as a film location
Castle Howard was the location of the feature film Barry Lyndon and the television and cinema productions of Brideshead Revisited and can be seen as the fictional Carlyle Castle in the film Garfield 2 . The interiors of Castle Howard portrayed those of Kensington Palace in the television series Victoria .
literature
- Edward W. Leeuwin: Echoes of Arcadia. Rituals in the Arcadian Landscape of Castle Howard . In: Die Gartenkunst 16 (1/2004), pp. 73–84.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Phil Penfold: Filmed in Yorkshire, could Victoria fill the gap left by Downton? . The Yorkshire Post . August 27, 2016.
Coordinates: 54 ° 7 ′ 12 ″ N , 0 ° 54 ′ 36 ″ W.