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Treasure Houses of Britain

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Recapturing the Past
Building a romantic castle was a favourite form of escapism for 19th-century magnates; hence the Gothic turrets of Penrhyn, based on a slate fortune. New money also built an ideal arts and crafts house at Wightwick Manor, outside
Wolverhampton; while the Duke of Rutland restored beautiful Haddon Hall with antiquarian care. The most romantic landscape, though, was created in this century, by Rex Whistler for Lord
Anglesey's dining-room at Plas Newydd. Presented by John Julius Norwich
... wrought with infinite taste and skill.... a dazzling reminder that western civilization has sometimes produced quintessentially habitable treasure houses.
(CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR)

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Rex Whistler
Presented By:
John Julius Norwich
Source: Radio Times

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