Tag Archives: Houghton Hall

wanton display: noble disregard

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Dave

The noble houses of eighteenth-century England… Diverse as were the economic enterprises and huge as the domestic staaffs came to be, yet these things do not explain entirely why men built such vast palaces. The need to maintain their social … Continue reading →

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something about them

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Dave

A French noble’s view. However grand the English country houses seemed to Anglo-Saxon eyes, they made quite a different impression on a noble visitor from the Continent. The Comte de Mirabeau, who traveled to London in 1784, left this account … Continue reading →