The Rebirth of an English Country House: St Giles House

The brilliantly restored St. Giles House in the idyllic Dorset countryside offers high-point Georgian architecture and interiors that bridge many historical styles.The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury 39-year-old Nicholas Ashley-Cooper invites the reader into the house that his family has called home since the fifteenth century. In recent years his award-winning restoration has brought the house back to life transforming exquisite spaces that honor the past while being suited to twenty-first-century living. English country-house splendor through the hands of some of the world’s top artisans and craftspeople returns to the house in the form of re-created wallpapers customized paints revived furniture from the Georgian and Victorian periods reworked antique Brussels tapestries restored plasterwork and textiles and a complete overhaul of the landscape with its sunken garden woodlands avenue of beeches lake and shell-encrusted grotto. With stories of noteworthy architecture beautiful interiors and centuriesof a single family’s involvement in British and world history this book will appeal to devotees of country living the aristocratic life historic houses and English interior design.

Hardcover: 256 pages

Publisher: Rizzoli (September 25 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0847863204

ISBN-13: 978-0847863204

Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 1.2 x 11.3 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds