Ven House

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Ven House

Ven House is a manor house in Milborne Port , Somerset , England , which is classified as a Grade I building by English Heritage .

history

In the 16th century, the manor belonged to the Carent family, who sold it to Edward Carteret in 1679. When Sir Edward died, his son Sir Charles rented it to Thomas Medlycott of London and later sold it to his brother James.

The construction of the smaller one in the style of the reign of Wilhelm III. and Maria II. was completed in 1698–1700; around 1725-1730 it was expanded by Nathaniel Ireson for James Medlycott. The west facade of the previous house remained. The house stands on an artificially raised terrace and is surrounded by the park that was laid out by Richard Grange at the time . It was rebuilt and expanded by Thomas Cubitt and Decimus Burton between 1835 and 1836.

The house was owned by the Medlycot family during the 18th and 19th centuries until they sold most of the property between 1918 and 1925. The house had a number of residents until it was sold by Hubert Mervyn Medlycot in 1957. It has been resold four times since 1993, most recently in 2006 at a price of £ 8,500,000. In 2009 it belonged to Jasper Conran .

architecture

The house, whose rectangular plan seven and five yokes includes is red brick in Flemish bond brick, with isolated Hamstone interposed therebetween. The north and south facades are divided by two large Corinthian columns , which are arranged in such a way that they give the impression of a central block spanning three yokes. The gable roof with Welsh slate begins behind a balustrade - parapet . Pavilions in the northwest and northeast are bulged together with the house . On the south side of the house there is a terrace that is adapted to the house by the balustrade.

When the house was built, the main access gate was about four hundred yards north of the house on East Street and The Old Road. In the 19th century, London Road was built, separating a large part of the parkland from the house, and the gate pillars with the wrought iron gate were moved to their present location 35 m northwest of the house.

Decimus Burton's construction in 1836 created a new reception room for Sir W. Medleycott and included the construction of a corridor connecting the Ven House to the orangery and the construction of the orangery itself. The stable and a few other outbuildings were also added around 1836 the east side of the house.

Gardens and park

The house was originally surrounded by 70  acres of land, around 6 acres of which were landscaped and the rest was parkland. This area is much smaller today, with an arm of the River Yeo flowing through it.

On the south side of the house there is a walled garden that served as a herb garden and nursery , but is now largely used for decoration. It is surrounded by red brick walls that are about four meters high.

The remnants of the formal gardens and parkland from the early 18th century are classified as Grade II on the South Somerset Register of Historic Parks and Gardens .

Remarks

  1. ↑ A hamlet called Ven or Fenn existed in the middle of the 13th century.
  2. ↑ Howard Colvin gives in his work A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1660-1840 around 1725 as the date. (The third edition of the book was published by Yale University Press in 1995.)
  3. ↑ The Barone Medleycoot, of Ven House was created in 1808.
  4. ↑ Burton's drawings of Ven House were viewed by Howard Colvin in 1967 and described in his work A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1660-1840 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ven House ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  2. ^ A b c Penny Churchill: For sale: Ven House, Dorset ( English ) Country Life. June 16, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Ven House Gardens, Milborne Port ( English ) In: Somerset Historic Environment Record . Somerset County Council. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  4. ↑ Conran's kicking up a stink over slurry pit (English) , Western Daily Press. March 31, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2009. 
  5. ↑ Stephen Adams: Slurry pit threatens Jasper Conran's £ 8.5m country retreat (English) , The Telegraph. March 29, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2009. 
  6. ↑ Milborne Port ( English ) In: A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999) . British History Online. Pp. 138-156. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  7. ^ North-West Pavilion and balustraded link wall, Ven House ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  8. ^ North-East Pavilion and balustraded brick wall, Ven House ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  9. ^ Terrace along South Garden front, Ven House ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  10. ↑ Main entrance gateway, 35 meters North-West of Ven House ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  11. ^ Corridor linking Ven House and the Orangery ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  12. ↑ The Orangery, attached to the Southwest corner of Ven House ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  13. ↑ Stabling and other outbuildings, attached to the East side of Ven House ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  14. ↑ Walls Enclosing Kitchen Garden, immediately East of Stables, Ven House ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  15. ^ South Somerset Register of Parks and Gardens ( English ) South Somerset Council. Retrieved July 10, 2009.

Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 51.8 "  N , 2 ° 27 ′ 23.1"  W.