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Troy House - A Tudor Estate Across Time — A Tudor Estate Across Time
Troy House - A Tudor Estate Across Time — A Tudor Estate Across Time
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Cyfrol sy'n dangos ôl ymchwil helaeth i hanes pensaernïol, tirwedd, gerddi a pherchnogaeth ystad Gymreig Troy yn sir Fynwy, o'r ddeuddegfed ganrif hyd at heddiw. Cynhwysir hefyd nodiadau manwl, llyfryddiaeth ddethol, mynegai a thros 120 o ddelweddau lliw a du-a-gwyn, diagramau a mapiau.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
This extensive new research volume on the architectural, landscape and ownership histories of the Duke of Beaufort's Welsh Troy estate, from the twelfth century to the present, reveals its prime historical importance. Including detailed notes, a select bibliography, index and over 120 colour and black-and-white images, diagrams and maps.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781783169894
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781783169894
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Troy House - A Tudor Estate Across Time — A Tudor Estate Across Time
- Sub Title
- A Tudor Estate Across Time
- Awdur / Author
- Benson, Ann
- Current Price ex VAT
- £29.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £29.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Out of print
- Availability Status (CY)
- Allan o brint
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2017-03-16
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Hardback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr caled
- Pages
- 224 pages
- Size
- 189 × 246 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Hanes - Arall (yn Saesneg) | EN: History - Other (in English)
Cynnwys / Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Abbreviations 1. Troy House Estate: An Enigma 2. A History of the Estate’s Ownership: Identifying the Key Periods of Estate Development 3. Troy House: A Building History 4. Troy House Gardens: Location and Nature Across Time 5. The Walled Garden West of Troy House 6. Key Built Features of the Estate’s Fieldscape 7. Troy House Estate: Its Historical Significance Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Select Bibliography Index
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Dr Ann Benson FSA is a writer and lecturer on Garden and Architectural History, specialising in the history of the Tudor and Stuart periods.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
‘This exhaustive study of Troy House, its historic gardens and estate is a model for scholars of garden history, employing all possible methods of research from unpublished manuscripts to modern archaeological techniques. Generously illustrated and rigorously argued, Benson’s book traces the ownership of this seemingly modest Welsh estate from powerful medieval lords, through the Earls of Pembroke and especially the Somerset family (Earls of Worcester and later Dukes of Beaufort) and finally to a small order of French nuns in the twentieth century. Benson’s fascinating book teases out the contributions made by them all.’ - Dr Paula Henderson, independent architectural and garden historian ‘Troy’s past is that of an aristocratic seat but it is rarely discussed in the history of the great country house. In this book, the author examines both house and estate, reveals documentary and visual evidence from across the centuries and assesses Troy’s significance for the first time. It is a huge achievement and contribution to the field and, since the house has been under threat for a century or more, future historians will be in Ann Benson’s debt for a timely investigation of somewhere so fascinating and yet so fragile.’ - Professor Maurice Howard, President of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain ‘Ann Benson draws on a wide range of sources, including Welsh poetry, to reveal the remarkable story of a forgotten Welsh house from its medieval origins through to the present day. I recommend this very impressive, fascinating study to anyone interested in the history of houses and gardens.’ - Professor Dafydd Johnston, Director of University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
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