Henbury

An Extraordinary House

Jeremy Musson, Gilly De Ferranti, Gilly De Ferranti

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Pimpernel Press Ltd
19 September 2019

Architecture; Houses, apartments, flats, units; History

Henbury Hall in Cheshire has been described as the most beautiful house built in Britain in the last hundred years. This late twentieth-century house rises from the rolling contours of its ancient parkland as a Palladian masterpiece of symmetry, elegance and simplicity. Full of intriguing historic references, its form both venerable and familiar, it is unique in the story of twentieth-century British architecture. Writing in Country Life in 2002, Jeremy Musson highlighted the enduring English love affair with the Palladian tradition, which, for lovers of classic country houses, makes 'a first sight of the great villas of the Veneto feel like coming home'. For the de Ferranti family, the Veneto was indeed home. So perhaps it is hardly surprising that when Sebastian de Ferranti (1927-2015), came to realize his vision for his house it should be based on Palladio's villa La Rotunda at Vicenza. Henbury Hall was designed by Julian Bicknell and Felix Kelly and built in the mid-1980s, with interior design by David Mlinaric. This book, written by Jeremy Musson and drawing on more than thirty years of superb photography, is the complementary vision of Sebastian de Ferranti's widow, Gilly de Ferranti, her tribute to her husband's creation, and as beautiful a book as Henbury Hall is a house.

By: Jeremy Musson
Other: Gilly De Ferranti, Gilly De Ferranti
Imprint: Pimpernel Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 229mm,
ISBN: 9781910258118
ISBN 10: 1910258113
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 19 September 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Jeremy Musson is a distinguished architectural historian, writer and broadcaster. He was Architectural Editor of Country Life magazine from 1998 2007. Previous books include English Country House Interiors (Rizzoli, 2011), The Drawing Room: English Country House Decoration (Rizzoli, 2014) and Robert Adam: Country House Design, Decoration and the Art of Elegance (Rizzoli, 2017). He also presented the BBC 2 series The Curious House Guest. Gilly Ziani de Ferranti is Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti's widow. She lives at Henbury.

Reviews for Henbury: An Extraordinary House

"""This handsome book...written by architectural historian Jeremy Musson, and richly illustrated, tells the story of the house, from the twinkle in Sebastian's eye that was his first idea for a new building on the site of a demolished 17th-century mansion, to the details of its interior decoration by David Mlinaric...there is space for digressions via the history of the De Ferranti family, the work of Palladio and a close examination of how the design for the house evolved."" * World of Interiors * ""Beautifully illustrated, full of wonderful photography, drawings, letters and portraits."" -- Timothy Brittain-Catlin * Apollo * ""This beautiful book pays splendid tribute to the finest late 20th-century Classical house in England...a fascinating record of a unique building, as well as a visual treat."" -- John Martin Robinson * Country Life * ""The death of beautiful new country houses has been exaggerated - as you will discover on reading Henbury: An Extraordinary House."" * The Oldie * ""Readers not familiar with Henbury will be surprised to discover the Palladian-style house was built in 1986. As Jeremy Musson explains, it is a house built by dreamers, country gentlemen aiming to recapture the magic of a bygone age."" * House and Garden *"