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BURTON CONSTABLE
General
I Burton Constable Hall Originally built c.1570 by Sir Henry
Constable, a great Elizabethan mansion house of red brick with stone
dressings. Extensively remodelled from 1730-1778 under Cuthbert
Constable and his son William who employed the York school of
architects - Lightoller, Carr and Atkinson. James Wyatt and William
Collins were also employed for the interior, and the grounds are
said to have been laid out by Capability Brown. There is a park
of over 700 acres. The great house exterior now has a 'Jacobean'
appearance and the interior largely dates from the C18. The
E. entrance front was raised by Cuthbert.
Constable to 3 storeys; it has square castellated end towers and
2 storeyed gabled wings projecting E., the 3 storeyed centre block
has 11 bays with the centre bay breaking forward with Doric porch
feature and windows above surmounted by a great achievement of
arms, the bays towards each end in the form of projecting 3 storeyed
turrets with ogee caps. All the windows on this front are 'Jacobean',
mullioned and transomed with alternate 9 and 12 lights except
in the 3rd storey where they are of 2 lights. The Long gallery which
occupies the whole of the first floor of this E. range was
redecorated with remarkable 'Jacobean' work under Cuthbert Constable.
The W. garden front was largely rebuilt under William Constable but
to the pattern of the C16 S. block; there are 3 storeyed square end
blocks decorated with urns and 2 storayed bay windows of 18 lights, a
2 storeyed centre block of 5 bays with a great projecting 2 storeyed
centre bay with 54 lights to each storey.
The S. side of the house has a courtyard layout attributed to
Capability Brown with castellated square and pavilions and
windows mostly double hung sashes with glazing bars.
The interior details are nearly all of C18 date and there is a
wealth of decorative work by the York school, and by Collins and
Wyatt (drawing room).
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