tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post7791137238653399952..comments2024-03-16T16:12:13.296+00:00Comments on some LANDSCAPES: StourheadPliniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-20021224023111338942014-09-05T09:06:03.569+01:002014-09-05T09:06:03.569+01:00In our own homes most of us keep things around tha...In our own homes most of us keep things around that remind us of the past at the expense of an overall coherence in design. Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Henry's grandson, preserved the essentials but made some changes. He disliked 'nature overcrowded with buildings' and removed some of the garden structures - a Turkish Tent, a Chinese Alcove, a Venetian Seat and 'a greeenhouse of false Gothic.'Pliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-82703191627033072932014-09-04T02:06:04.449+01:002014-09-04T02:06:04.449+01:00Tastes and inspirations come and they go. History ...Tastes and inspirations come and they go. History charges forward relentlessly.<br /><br />I am assuming that King Alfred's Tower was originally named after the place where Alfred's Saxon army defeated marauding the Danes. But between the time the tower was conceived and the time it was completed, many other patriotic references popped up: you noted the end of the Seven Year's War and the succession of George III in particular. And you noted that there was only _some_ symbolism in some of Stourhead's statues and inscriptions <br /><br />Does it matter that there are different sources of inspirations and tastes in one estate? Especially if the original home owner was giving out the original commissions but later his son and grandson had different ideas.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com