#jacobean architecture

[marzipanandminutiae]

Been ages since I saw Crimson Peak (and didnt like it- it felt waaaaay sexist) but anyway- doesnt it say that that is the siblings ancient inherited family home? But it's in (late) Victorian style? I think Guillermo wanted a ~gothic mansion~ but didn't think about the implications of that (unless houses are out of time like ghosts are or some shit like that)

(I respectfully disagree about the sexism, but everyone is entitled to their opinions about media)

I thought that too for a long time! Even as a huge fan of the movie, I chuckled fondly at it with my friends because, oops, this supposed "centuries old" house is clearly Victorian Gothic Revival! oh, Del Toro, you self-indulgent visionary! we'll let it slide this time, haha. :)

my friends who are also from the US, like me. and therein lay our mistake

see, the house was supposed to have been built in the 17th century per the supplemental info in the official art book. and grand European-style buildings didn't really exist in North America back then. so I didn't know that...

(Knole House, Kent, UK. This room decorated in the early 17th century.)

(Audley End, Essex, UK. Also early 17th century)

(Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK. Completed 1611.)

(Aston Hall, Birmingham, UK. c. 1618.)

...yes, this style I'd only ever seen in revival buildings DID have a specific historical precedent.

Obviously Allerdale Hall is a heightened version of this style, incorporating some elements that would end up more popular in later Gothic and Jacobean revival houses than actual manors of the early 17th century. But I think it can pass more for a rather odd Jacobean house than I initially believed.

[abbot-radulfus]

Blicking Estate, Norfolk

"The property was in the possession of the Boleyn family, and home to Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife Elizabeth between 1499 and 1505. Although the exact birth dates of their children are unknown ... all three surviving children were likely born at Blickling – Mary in about 1500, Anne in about 1501, and George in about 1504.A statue and portrait of Anne may be found at Blickling Estate which carry the inscription, 'Anna Bolena hic nata 1507' (Anne Boleyn born here 1507)..."

"The house of Blickling seen today was built on the ruins of the old Boleyn property in the reign of James I, by Sir Henry Hobart, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and 1st Baronet, who bought Blickling from Robert Clere in 1616. The architect of Hatfield House, Robert Lyminge, is credited with the design of the current structure. "

Source: Wikipedia

[charlesreeza]

Audley End, a Jacobean country house outside Saffron Walden, Essex, was built by Thomas Howard between 1605 and 1614.  It was originally three times its current size, on the scale of a royal palace, and was owned by King Charles II for about 30 years.  Its history is closely tied to the history of England.

On the accession of James I of England in 1603, Thomas Howard was made Earl of Suffolk and Lord Chamberlain. In 1614 he became Lord Treasurer, but four years later was convicted of corruption, extortion and bribery. The money he embezzled from the treasury was used to pay massive debts he incurred from building and maintaining a house that was literally fit for a king.

In 1949, Audley End became the first country house acquired by the English Heritage charitable trust that cares for over 400 historic properties that now belong to the people of England. Photos are not allowed inside the house but some of the interior can be seen here.

[midwesternartlovertraveler]

House on Mercer Park Boulevard, Bemis Park, Omaha, Nebraska

http://midwesternartlovertraveler.tumblr.com/

[europeanarchitecture]

Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire, U.K. by Jose Maria Cuellar

[theclassicengland-blog]

Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk por Baz Richardson Via Flickr: Felbrigg Hall, near Cromer in Norfolk, dates from the 1620’s and is built on the site of a medieval hall built by Sir Symon de Felbrigg in the early 15th century. Unfortunately, only part of the cellars survives. In the mid-15th century John Wyndham acquired the property, and in 1615 the Somerset branch of the family acquired the hall and decided to rebuild the house. This Jacobean house is set in extensive parkland and woods. Its interior is mainly Georgian. The house, which was altered in the 1750s and again in the middle of the 19th century, was occupied until the 1960’s when it was left to the National Trust by Mr R Wyndham Ketton-Cremer.

[holdhard]

Odiham

[lost-in-centuries-long-gone]

Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk by Baz Richardson (now away until 9 March) on Flickr.

[holdhard]

Balls Park in Hertfordshire

[holdhard]

Craigevar Castle, a late Jacobean tower house

via cuboetexcubo.blogspot.com

[lost-in-centuries-long-gone]

Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk by Baz Richardson (now away until 9 March) on Flickr.