Part 1: Design and Planning Since the late-seventeenth century the Tudor and Elizabethan ranges have been mostly forgotten, eclipsed by the creation of the Baroque Wing in… Read more “The Tudor Finials”
Tag: Halswell
The Roof is Up!
A big thank you to everyone at Corbel Conservation Ltd. for their hard work and dedication in fixing up the roof, as well as everyone involved in the… Read more “The Roof is Up!”
U3A Visit To Halswell House
On Thursday 18th August , Halswell House hosted a visit by members of the Weston Super Mare U3 (University of the Third Age) Architecture Appreciation Society Russell… Read more “U3A Visit To Halswell House”
Hoisting Up the New Chimney Pots
11th February 2016 -RB
The re-roofing of the Tudor Manor
And the removal of twenty-first-century dormer windows The roof structures of the old manor complex at Halswell date from the many different phases of building. Roofing evidence… Read more “The re-roofing of the Tudor Manor”
Revealing the historic Manor House at Halswell (part 1)
Restoration of the south façade. The areas highlighted in red date from the 1590’s improvements to the old manor. The blue outlined addition to the right was probably… Read more “Revealing the historic Manor House at Halswell (part 1)”
Restoration of the Riding School Facade
”…the court [yard] is enclosed by the west facade of the riding school (listed grade II), a red-brick structure designed by John Johnson in 1769.” – Historic… Read more “Restoration of the Riding School Facade”
The Coach House
And its rebirth as the new bat roost The Coach house, or a building of similar proportions, was on this site by 1756 when it was recorded… Read more “The Coach House”
Restoring the Chimneys
The chimney stacks at Halswell consist of two distinct groups; those hidden within the formal architecture of the Baroque north wing, and those that survived from the… Read more “Restoring the Chimneys”
The Sale and Break-up of the Estate
1948-1950
The Survival of Halswell
Amidst the Loss of England’s Country Houses Matthew Beckett, in his excellent online catalogue of lost country houses, has compiled a tally of the great estates that… Read more “The Survival of Halswell”
The Kemeys-Tynte family and the Wharton Barony
A History. The Wharton Barony passed into the Kemeys-Tynte family in 1916 due to the seventeenth-century marriage of the Hon. Mary Wharton (d.1699) and Sir Charles Kemeys,… Read more “The Kemeys-Tynte family and the Wharton Barony”
Halswell’s Lost Orangery
and a history of Orangeries in the Country House. The Orangery at Halswell existed from at least 1756, the date of the earliest map of Halswell known… Read more “Halswell’s Lost Orangery”
Halswell Monuments
At St. Edward’s Church, Goathurst. The monuments erected to the Halswell / Kemeys-Tynte family include names of some of the greatest sculptors to have worked in Britain,… Read more “Halswell Monuments”
The Historic Portraits of Halswell House
Dispersed during the break-up of the estate in 1950 Of the many paintings that hung at Halswell during the 900 years of Halswell/Kemeys-Tynte family possession, it is… Read more “The Historic Portraits of Halswell House”
Somerset Gardens Trust
Annual General Meeting and 25th Anniversary Many thanks to Mrs Camilla Carter, the Chairman of the Somerset Gardens Trust, for holding such a hugely enjoyable gathering to… Read more “Somerset Gardens Trust”
Halswell’s Baroque Wing
Development seen through historic images from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The Rotunda (Mrs. Busby’s Temple)
Completed restoration project
The Georgian Group
Visit to the House and the Georgian Architectural Awards 2014. A gathering of the members of the Georgian Group, led by organiser Tina Graham, was held at… Read more “The Georgian Group”
