Chatsworth

A Landscape History

John Barnatt and Tom Williamson

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Price:	£20.00
Published:	July 2005
ISBN:	1-905119-01-1
Details:	PB, 240 pp; illus: 50 col, 56 b/w

Synopsis

The seat of the Cavendish family since 1549, Chatsworth is more than a great country house: it is one of Europe's finest designed landscapes. This book tells the story of Chatsworth's park and gardens, a grand, thousand-year narrative which draws together evidence from a wealth of different sources, especially Chatsworth's own archives and recent systematic surveys of the park's archaeological earthworks and trees.

John Barnatt and Tom Williamson, who together have been responsible for the ground-breaking research which has transformed our understanding of this magnificent landscape, show how its history is like a tapestry. Particular individuals - for instance Elizabeth of Hardwick, the successive Dukes of Devonshire, 'Capability' Brown and Joseph Paxton - come and go, weave their distinctive threads, and then move on. The authors trace these threads backwards and forwards in time, showing in detail the way the place has evolved into a great landscape. They reveal for the first time the details of the medieval and earlier field systems and settlements that existed at Chatsworth 'BC' - Before Cavendish' - and which still underlie the park.

Richly illustrated with historic maps, paintings and new archaeological plans, this is a book for every enthusiast of landscape and garden history.

Reviews

..a beautifully illustrated landscape history of the very best kind, which integrates estate documents and maps, engravings, historic photographs and archaeological fieldwork. The ultimate guidebook for the discerning visitor. British Archaeology