Upton House and Gardens : National Trust Guidebook
Upton House and Gardens : National Trust Guidebook
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Author(s): Aston, Heather
Powers, Alan
ISBN No.: 9781843592846
Pages: 48
Year: 200901
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 11.06
Status: Out Of Print

Get a taste of country house life as you step into the home of a 1930s' millionaire with internationally important works by artists such as Hogarth, Stubbs, Canaletto, Brueghel, and El Greco. Lord Bearsted's extensive porcelain collection includes 18th-century Sevres porcelain, Chelsea, and Derby figures. Upton has all the elements of a millionaire's country home--with swimming pool, squash court, and a glamorous Art Deco interior in Lady Bearsted's bathroom. The garden planting was principally designed by Kitty Lloyd-Jones with Lady Bearsted in the 1930s. The sweeping lawn gives way to a dramatic series of terraces and herbaceous borders, which descend to a kitchen garden and tranquil water garden. Upton is also home to the National Collection of Asters.


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