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Anthony Salvin's Harlaxton Manor, 1837–1855, is an embodiment of Jacobethan architecture. The Jacobethan (/ ˌ dʒ æ k ə ˈ b iː θ ən / jak-ə-BEE-thən) architectural style, also known as Jacobean Revival, is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, [1] which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the English ...
The Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. [1] It is named after King James VI and I, with whose reign (1603–1625 in England) it is associated. At the start of James' reign, there was little stylistic break in architecture, as Elizabethan trends continued their development.
The Elizabethan era saw growing prosperity, and contemporaries remarked on the pace of secular building among the well-off. The somewhat tentative influence of Renaissance architecture is mainly seen in the great houses of courtiers, but lower down the social scale large numbers of sizeable and increasingly comfortable houses were built in developing vernacular styles by farmers and townspeople.
The Jacobean era was the period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of James VI of Scotland who also inherited the crown of England in 1603 as James I. [1] The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabethan era and precedes the Caroline era.
Its architecture, which combines elements of Jacobean and Elizabethan styles with Baroque decoration, makes it unique among England's Jacobethan houses. Harlaxton is a Grade I listed building on the National Heritage List for England, and many other structures on the estate are also listed.
Wothorpe Towers are the remains of Wothorpe Hall (also known as Wothorpe Lodge), a late-Elizabethan, early-Jacobean country house in Wothorpe, Cambridgeshire, England.Built for the Cecil family in the early 1600s, the house was occupied for 150 years before it was partially demolished, with only the towers and outer walls surviving.
For similar reasons, a later article stated that the entire palace "splits quite naturally into three contiguous houses: the Jacobean Hall, a central medieval hall house, and an Elizabethan hall house incorporating the 18th-century orangery." [30] The interior of Apethorpe Palace
Episode 2: The Heart of England: Living It Up. In this programme Dimbleby examines how England had been changed by the Elizabethan Renaissance and visited stately homes including Burghley House, Harvington Hall, the Triangular Lodge and Chastleton House, one of Britain's most complete Jacobean houses. Episode 3: Scotland: Towering Ambitions