Making an entrance:
Who knows where a gate will lead? Mark Griffiths considers the special kind of magic worked by beautifully designed arches, yards and garden entrances
– "Statement symmetry: a whitewashed stone classical arch by Craig Hamilton …" (p132)
www.countrylife.co.uk Divine Integration
Architect Craig Hamilton's Welsh Farmhouse is a fine example of his trademark moden classic style, combining buildings of various periods with a new, but appropriate, extension, and espousing his belief in the Arts and Crafts philosophy of integration between architecture and art
Text Celia Fox | Photographs Simon Upton
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Oakly Park, Shropshire - The Home of Viscount and Viscountess Windsor
One of C R Cockerell's rare private house commissions was the product of a remarkable partnership of interests.
Richard Haslam unravels its story – Photographs by Paul Barker
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The practice has been working at Oakly Park for several years.
The Exedra bench referred to in the Country Life article was based closely on Cockerell's original drawing which is in the possession of Viscount Windsor and illustrated here (above left).
The bench is carved out of local Grinshill sandstone and is to have two bronze urns by Alexander Stoddart, placed on stone plinths either side of the bench as shown in the Cockerell drawing.
COUNTRY LIFE – 8 SEPTEMBER 2010
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A Pleasant Seat Restored, Aberglasney, Carmarthenshire
"The part-restoration of the 1720 house at Aberglasney and the rediscovery of its unique cloister garden
make for an uplifting story in the grand narrative of Welsh buildings."
– argues Harry Mount
www.countrylife.co.uk Resembling a cluster of old, vernacular buildings, extended over the centuries like many English historic houses, this is a new house, deliberately designed to be at one with its surroundings and to suggest its own 'history'
www.houseandgarden.co.uk Sue Crewe visits the Prince of Wales's Welsh retreat– a former model farm converted with a conscience
www.houseandgarden.co.uk 'A Canova for today' by Gavin Stamp – Alexander Stoddart's superb sculpture in the classical tradition has inspired some fruitful collaborations with contemporary architects
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COUNTRY LIFE – 27 NOVEMBER, 2003
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"A New Classical Hero – Craig Hamilton is one of Britain's leading young exponents of Classicism. Yet the PPG 7 planning clause which could allow some of his outstanding country-house designs to be built is under threat."
– says JOHN MARTIN ROBINSON
www.countrylife.co.uk
Who knows where a gate will lead? Mark Griffiths considers the special kind of magic worked by beautifully designed arches, yards and garden entrances
– "Statement symmetry: a whitewashed stone classical arch by Craig Hamilton …" (p132)
www.countrylife.co.uk Divine Integration
Architect Craig Hamilton's Welsh Farmhouse is a fine example of his trademark moden classic style, combining buildings of various periods with a new, but appropriate, extension, and espousing his belief in the Arts and Crafts philosophy of integration between architecture and art
Text Celia Fox | Photographs Simon Upton
www.houseandgarden.co.uk Shared Enthusiasm
Oakly Park, Shropshire - The Home of Viscount and Viscountess Windsor
One of C R Cockerell's rare private house commissions was the product of a remarkable partnership of interests.
Richard Haslam unravels its story – Photographs by Paul Barker
www.countrylife.co.uk
The Exedra bench referred to in the Country Life article was based closely on Cockerell's original drawing which is in the possession of Viscount Windsor and illustrated here (above left).
The bench is carved out of local Grinshill sandstone and is to have two bronze urns by Alexander Stoddart, placed on stone plinths either side of the bench as shown in the Cockerell drawing.
COUNTRY LIFE – 8 SEPTEMBER 2010
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Left: A Very Personal Classicism:Coed Mawr, Radnorshire
The home of Craig Hamilton and his wife, Diana Hulton
John Martin Robinson reports
Right: Dream House: Radical Classicism
Craig Hamilton outlines his vision for the transformation of a rectory
into a sculptor's paradise
"The part-restoration of the 1720 house at Aberglasney and the rediscovery of its unique cloister garden
make for an uplifting story in the grand narrative of Welsh buildings."
– argues Harry Mount
www.countrylife.co.uk Resembling a cluster of old, vernacular buildings, extended over the centuries like many English historic houses, this is a new house, deliberately designed to be at one with its surroundings and to suggest its own 'history'
www.houseandgarden.co.uk Sue Crewe visits the Prince of Wales's Welsh retreat– a former model farm converted with a conscience
www.houseandgarden.co.uk 'A Canova for today' by Gavin Stamp – Alexander Stoddart's superb sculpture in the classical tradition has inspired some fruitful collaborations with contemporary architects
www.apollo-magazine.com/
COUNTRY LIFE – 27 NOVEMBER, 2003
"A New Classical Hero – Craig Hamilton is one of Britain's leading young exponents of Classicism. Yet the PPG 7 planning clause which could allow some of his outstanding country-house designs to be built is under threat."
– says JOHN MARTIN ROBINSON
www.countrylife.co.uk