Research Catalog

Title

Newstead Abbey : a Nottinghamshire country house : its owners and architectural history 1540-1931 / by Rosalys Coope and Pete Smith ; additional contributions by Maurice Howard, Colin Briden & John Beckett ; photography by David Wrightson.

Author

Coope, Rosalys

Publication

• [Nottinghamshire, England] : Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 2014.
• ©2014

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Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, Pete
• Howard, Maurice
• Briden, Colin
• Beckett, J. V.
• Wrightson, David

Description

xxiv, 214 pages, [3] folded leaves : illustrations, plans, portraits; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Thoroton Society record series ; volume 48

Uniform Title

Record series (Thoroton Society) ; v. 48.

Subjects

• Nottinghamshire (England) > History
• Newstead Abbey
• Manors > England > Nottinghamshire > History
• Abbeys > England > Nottinghamshire > History
• Architecture, Domestic > England > Nottinghamshire > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

After the Reformation: the monasteries and the country house / by Maurice Howard -- The Augustinian priory, c. 1163-1539 / by Colin Briden -- The Byrons' acquisition & transformation of the priory 1540-1640 -- After the Civil War: the building works of the second & third Lords Byron 1652-1695 / by Pete Smith -- The fourth Lord Byron & his importance for Newstead 1695-1736 -- The 'Gothicking' of the abbey & park by the fifth Lord Byron 1736-1789 / by Rosalys Coope and Pete Smith -- Byron the poet & sixth lord: his redecoration & furnishings 1789-1817 -- A new owner at Newstead: Colonel Thomas Wildman & his family -- Colonel Thomas Wildman & his architect 1817-1859 -- The Webb family & their building works 1860-1925 -- Twentieth century postscript: from private to public ownership / by John Beckett -- Retrospective / by Pete Smith -- Appendix one. Household inventory of Newstead 1740 -- Appendix two. Newstead sale catalogue 1778 -- Appendix three. Visitors' descriptions of Newstead 1760-1814.

Call Number

JQE 15-204

ISBN

• 9780902719262
• 0902719262

OCLC

901010555

Author

Coope, Rosalys, author.

Title

Newstead Abbey : a Nottinghamshire country house : its owners and architectural history 1540-1931 / by Rosalys Coope and Pete Smith ; additional contributions by Maurice Howard, Colin Briden & John Beckett ; photography by David Wrightson.

Publisher

[Nottinghamshire, England] : Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 2014.

Copyright Date

©2014

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Thoroton Society record series ; volume 48

Record series (Thoroton Society) ; v. 48.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Smith, Pete, author.

Howard, Maurice, author.

Briden, Colin, author.

Beckett, J. V., author.

Wrightson, David, photographer.

Research Call Number

JQE 15-204