Clandon House - a wall clock by C Ljungdahl, Stockholm - probably lost in the fire of 29.4.2015.
On the afternoon of 29 April 2015, a fire started in the house's basement, and quickly spread to the roof.[1] At 16:09 Surrey Fire and Rescue Service received an emergency call, and the fire was subsequently attended by a total of 16 fire engines and more than 80 personnel.[1] While fire fighters tackled the blaze National Trust volunteers were joined by conservators in recovering items from the house.[1] Items were first stored on the lawns then placed in bubble wrap and sent to a local storage unit.[1] Surrey Fire and Rescue Service remained at the property until the fire was fully extinguished and then began an investigation into the cause of the fire
Clandon Park is an 18th-century Palladian mansion in West Clandon just outside Guildford, Surrey, England. It has been a National Trust property since 1956 and is a Grade I listed building.
The house was built, or perhaps thoroughly rebuilt, around 1730–33 (the latter date is on rainwater leads), designed by the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni, replacing an Elizabethan property. The estate had been bought in 1641, together with Temple Court Farm at Merrow, by Sir Richard Onslow, MP for Surrey in the Long Parliament, from Sir Richard Weston, canal builder & pioneering agriculturalist, of nearby Sutton Place.[4] The new building was commissioned by his great-grandson Thomas, 2nd Baron Onslow. Many members of the Onslow family followed political careers—three of them, including Arthur Onslow, were Speakers of the House of Commons. Clandon Park's interiors, which were finished into the 1740s, feature a two-storey Marble Hall, containing marble chimney pieces by the Flemish sculptor Michael Rysbrack.
StatusGutted by fire[1]
Architectural stylePalladian
LocationWest Clandon, Surrey
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.25046°N 0.50836°WCoordinates: 51.25046°N 0.50836°W
ClientThomas, 2nd Baron Onslow
OwnerNational Trust
Design and construction
ArchitectGiacomo Leoni
Other designersLancelot Brown (Garden)
DesignationsGrade I listed
Wikipedia
Clandon House - a wall clock by C Ljungdahl, Stockholm - probably lost in the fire of 29.4.2015.
On the afternoon of 29 April 2015, a fire started in the house's basement, and quickly spread to the roof.[1] At 16:09 Surrey Fire and Rescue Service received an emergency call, and the fire was subsequently attended by a total of 16 fire engines and more than 80 personnel.[1] While fire fighters tackled the blaze National Trust volunteers were joined by conservators in recovering items from the house.[1] Items were first stored on the lawns then placed in bubble wrap and sent to a local storage unit.[1] Surrey Fire and Rescue Service remained at the property until the fire was fully extinguished and then began an investigation into the cause of the fire
Clandon Park is an 18th-century Palladian mansion in West Clandon just outside Guildford, Surrey, England. It has been a National Trust property since 1956 and is a Grade I listed building.
The house was built, or perhaps thoroughly rebuilt, around 1730–33 (the latter date is on rainwater leads), designed by the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni, replacing an Elizabethan property. The estate had been bought in 1641, together with Temple Court Farm at Merrow, by Sir Richard Onslow, MP for Surrey in the Long Parliament, from Sir Richard Weston, canal builder & pioneering agriculturalist, of nearby Sutton Place.[4] The new building was commissioned by his great-grandson Thomas, 2nd Baron Onslow. Many members of the Onslow family followed political careers—three of them, including Arthur Onslow, were Speakers of the House of Commons. Clandon Park's interiors, which were finished into the 1740s, feature a two-storey Marble Hall, containing marble chimney pieces by the Flemish sculptor Michael Rysbrack.
StatusGutted by fire[1]
Architectural stylePalladian
LocationWest Clandon, Surrey
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.25046°N 0.50836°WCoordinates: 51.25046°N 0.50836°W
ClientThomas, 2nd Baron Onslow
OwnerNational Trust
Design and construction
ArchitectGiacomo Leoni
Other designersLancelot Brown (Garden)
DesignationsGrade I listed
Wikipedia