DISCOVERING THE WORLD OF THE PRODIGY HOUSE
What is a prodigy house. Put simply it is a large, showy, late -Elizabethan or Jacobean house with North-European Renaissance detailing and certain post-Gothic features, such as mullioned-and-transomed windows. Indeed, "just over four centuries ago, a series of extraordinary show mansions sprang up in the English countryside, each designed to attract a brief visit by the monarch and his or her 150-strong retinue." These large, over the top houses known as ‘prodigy houses’, were built by the nobility and the rich between 1570 and 1620. "They were constructed by families who had grown rich under the Tudors, often chiefly in the hope of impressing the monarch – Elizabeth I, and then James I, the first Stuart king – and were designed to be able to provide the lavish entertainment that a queen or king required." In this lecture, discover the world of the prodigy house likes of Hardwick Hall, Longleat, Wollaton Hall and many more...
Tuesday 16 April 2024 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM (UTC+11)
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DISCOVERING THE WORLD OF THE PRODIGY HOUSE
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