The East Banqueting House and the Church of St. James from the Coneygree, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England
In 1613 the newly-enriched Sir Baptist Hicks began work on a house in Chipping Campden. It was a noble edifice in the latest fashion with intricate gardens. 30 years later it was destroyed by Royalists, when in 1645 they withdrew from the town. ‘The house (which was so faire) burnt,’ noted one sadly.
Only a shell was left, now shrunk to a single fragment. But other lesser buildings escaped the fire and are still there, together with the raised walks of the garden.
The East and West Banqueting Houses are the most substantial remnants of the original building. They stand at either end of the broad terrace that ran along the garden in front of Old Campden House. They serve as a reminder of the richness and quality of the main house before it was razed to the ground. Today it is one of the most important Jacobean sites in the country and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
It has been owned by the Landmark Trust since 1987 and is now a very stylish holiday let.
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The name 'Coneygree' is derived from ‘Conyger’ and was an area set aside for raising of rabbits. Largely through the efforts of local benefactor Frederick Landseer Griggs, the Coneygree was bought by the National Trust for £1,500 in May 1934.
Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (1876-1938), etcher, draughtsman and illustrator, came to Campden in 1903. In 1925 he founded the Campden Society to protect the town’s heritage and also saved Dover’s Hill for Campden in 1926.
The East Banqueting House and the Church of St. James from the Coneygree, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England
In 1613 the newly-enriched Sir Baptist Hicks began work on a house in Chipping Campden. It was a noble edifice in the latest fashion with intricate gardens. 30 years later it was destroyed by Royalists, when in 1645 they withdrew from the town. ‘The house (which was so faire) burnt,’ noted one sadly.
Only a shell was left, now shrunk to a single fragment. But other lesser buildings escaped the fire and are still there, together with the raised walks of the garden.
The East and West Banqueting Houses are the most substantial remnants of the original building. They stand at either end of the broad terrace that ran along the garden in front of Old Campden House. They serve as a reminder of the richness and quality of the main house before it was razed to the ground. Today it is one of the most important Jacobean sites in the country and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
It has been owned by the Landmark Trust since 1987 and is now a very stylish holiday let.
www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/east-...
The name 'Coneygree' is derived from ‘Conyger’ and was an area set aside for raising of rabbits. Largely through the efforts of local benefactor Frederick Landseer Griggs, the Coneygree was bought by the National Trust for £1,500 in May 1934.
Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (1876-1938), etcher, draughtsman and illustrator, came to Campden in 1903. In 1925 he founded the Campden Society to protect the town’s heritage and also saved Dover’s Hill for Campden in 1926.