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unusual facts about Jacobean architecture


Virginia State Route 10

The state highway traverses Lower Chippokes Creek and passes the Old Brick Church and Bacon's Castle, a rare American example of Jacobean architecture, in the namesake hamlet.


Bank Hall Action Group

The Friends of Bank Hall is the new charitable name for the former Bank Hall Action Group who are a voluntary group which aims to raise public awareness and secure the future restoration of Bank Hall, a Jacobean mansion house and gardens, near the banks of the River Douglas, in Bretherton, Lancashire.

Birdingbury

Birdingbury today consists mostly of 20th century developments, but Birdingbury Hall dates back to the early 17th century, and was rebuilt in Jacobean style in 1859 following a major fire.

Chateau Impney

The function rooms have been carefully restored, maintaining the original ceiling mouldings and panels, and original features such as the oak-carved Jacobean staircase and stained glass windows in the Grand Bar have been sympathetically cared for and renewed.

Eynsham Hall

Built in 1780 as a Georgian house, it was demolished in 1904 and rebuilt as a Jacobean style mansion in 1906-8 by Ernest George for the Masons family who took up residence in 1866.

Fulshaw Hall

In 1886 major additions were made by Richard Lingard Monk in Accrington brick; these were in Jacobean style.

Marks Hall

Marks Hall was a Jacobean country house some 3 km (2 miles) north of Coggeshall in Essex, England.

Swarkestone

Nearby is the Jacobean grandstand called Swarkestone Hall Pavilion and walled area, formerly connected with Harpur Hall, where (it is believed, see Pevsner, loc. cit.), they used to bait bulls.

Thomas Holte

Sir Thomas Holte, 1st Baronet (c. 1571 – 14 December 1654) was the original owner of Aston Hall (a Jacobean country house in Birmingham), the man after whom the Holte End stand of Villa Park is named, and the possessor of quite a legendary temper.

Winslow Crocker House

Thacher's collection of furniture, accented by colorful hooked rugs, ceramics, and pewter, presents a thorough survey of early American styles, from Jacobean, William and Mary, and Queen Anne to Chippendale.


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