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Upton House and Gardens

Alan PowersHeather AstonSimon Murray

出版	History Press Limited, 2009
主題	Architecture / Buildings / ResidentialHistory / GeneralTravel / Europe / Great Britain
ISBN	18435928439781843592846
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=FBmocQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

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.