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ID: 700002884
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002884
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Bowood House (country house; unknown architect with additions by Henry Keene (British arc...; ca. 1727, additions 1755-1761,...; Derry Hill (Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Worl...)
Note: Georgian country house located adjacent to the village of Derry Hill, between Calne and Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. Interiors by Robert Adam, garden by Capability Brown. The house was largely demolished in 1956.
Titles:
Bowood House (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
country house [300005567] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by location or context>, <houses by location: settlement area>, rural houses)
house [300005433]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1727, additions 1755-1761, ca. 1770s

Creator Display:
unknown architect with additions by Henry Keene (British architect, 1726-1776) [preferred,VP]
architect unknown (unknown cultural designation) Extent: execution [500125274]
owner Bridgeman, Orlando (British politican and baronet, born ca. 1679, died 1746) [500356797]
interior designer Adam, Robert (Scottish architect and designer, 1728-1792) Extent: interior [500008907]
architect Keene, Henry (British architect, 1726-1776) Extent: addition [500006580]
Locations:
Current: Derry Hill [8697557] Wiltshire (county), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 51° 25′ 43.46″ N, 2° 2′ 15.83″ W
Display Materials: stone
stone (worked rock) [300011176]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: unavailable
Events:
destruction: largely demolished in 1956

Cultures:
British (preferred)
English

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style) [300021048] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance-Baroque styles, Renaissance-Baroque regional styles, British Renaissance-Baroque styles, <British Renaissance-Baroque by reign>)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:
dwelling [300005425]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: residential structures
Sources and Contributors:
Bowood House........ [JPGM,VP]
........ Gauci, William Beckford (2013) 269
........ Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre [online] (2011)
........ British History Online (2014-) accessed 16 January 2015
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre [online] (2011)
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