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    Tag: Kemeys

    Bath Stone Bridge: The Restoration

    Part 1: Repairing The Stone Since 2016 mason Mike Orchard has been carving new stone to replace the damaged or lost elements of this Halswell Park icon.… Read more “Bath Stone Bridge: The Restoration”

    March 27, 2017June 5, 2017 by Roy Bolton

    Thomas Wright of Durham (1711-1786) at Halswell

    Part Three:  The Rockwork Screen, or Grotto The history, purpose, later uses and relative obscurity of this fascinating feature makes it one of the most interesting of… Read more “Thomas Wright of Durham (1711-1786) at Halswell”

    April 19, 2016June 5, 2017 by Roy Bolton

    Thomas Wright of Durham (1711-1786) at Halswell

    Part Two: The Bath Stone Bridge “One of the most curious and obscure garden buildings in the country – the 1750’s rockwork and shell encrusted Bridge at… Read more “Thomas Wright of Durham (1711-1786) at Halswell”

    April 12, 2016December 11, 2017 by Roy Bolton

    Thomas Wright of Durham (1711-1786) at Halswell

    Part One: Kemeys-Tynte, Wright and The Druid’s Hut Was Wright responsible for designing Mill Wood and its buildings? In this regard the comparison with Wright’s documented work… Read more “Thomas Wright of Durham (1711-1786) at Halswell”

    April 5, 2016June 5, 2017 by Roy Bolton

    The Temple Bridge

    Part of the Mill Wood Restoration Scheme Opposite the Temple of Harmony and sitting in a high position on the southern bank of Mill Wood’s final pond… Read more “The Temple Bridge”

    March 30, 2016June 5, 2017 by Roy Bolton

    The Roadside Cascade

    Restoration of the Mill Wood lakes outflow The water that springs up in the cold bath at the south of Mill Wood flows through various lakes, over… Read more “The Roadside Cascade”

    February 16, 2016June 5, 2017 by Roy Bolton

    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”

    December 11, 2015June 5, 2017 by Roy Bolton

    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”

    December 8, 2015June 5, 2017 by Roy Bolton

    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”

    November 20, 2015June 5, 2017 by Roy Bolton

    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”

    October 13, 2015June 5, 2017 by Roy Bolton
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