Chevening: A Seat of Diplomacy

by Julius Bryant

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Chevening stands in a magnifi cent park below the wooded escarpment of the North Downs in Kent. It has a history dating back around 800 years, but the house we see today is almost entirely the creation of seven generations of the Stanhope family, building on the original Inigo Jones house of 1630. For 250 years the Stanhopes served their country as soldiers and statesmen, and at Chevening as patrons of architecture and art. This new guide highlights the contributions of the Earls and Countesses Stanhope to the building, furniture, pictures, gardens and landscape of Chevening. It also gives...Read more
  • ISBN10 1911300113
  • ISBN13 9781911300113
  • Publish Date 31 October 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 144
  • Language English