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Highclere Castle, Hampshire, ( c. 1842-50 ) with its large tower was remodelled in Elizabethan style for the Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, externally the building was completely altered, the plain Georgian building virtually rebuilt, although little of the interior is by Barry, his patron dying in 1849, and Thomas Allom completed it in 1861.
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* Nearby places of interest include Bucklebury Farm Park, Combe Gibbet, Highclere Castle, the Sandham Memorial Chapel, The Nature Discovery Centre, the Watermill Theatre and Watership Down.
Highclere Castle, north front
* Highclere Castle
Born at the family home, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire on 26 June 1866, George Herbert was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding to the Carnarvon title in 1890.
* George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon Bio at Highclere Castle
* Highclere Castle, home of the 5th Earl
In 1684, he married Margaret, only daughter of Sir Robert Sawyer of Highclere Castle and Margaret Suckeley, by whom he had seven sons and five daughters:
Robert Sawyer Herbert ( d. 1769 ), who inherited Highclere Castle
William Herbert ( c. 1696 – 31 March 1757 ), married Catherine Elizabeth Tewes (- 28 August 1770 ) and had Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, who inherited Highclere Castle from his uncle
The family seat is Highclere Castle in Hampshire, which is the setting for the highly successful UK miniseries Downton Abbey created by Julian Fellowes.
Highclere Castle is a country house in the Jacobethan style, with park designed by Capability Brown.
* Totleigh Towers, in the TV version of Jeeves and Wooster, was represented by Highclere Castle.
* Highclere Castle entry from The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses
* Highclere Castle on The Internet Movie Database
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View to the north with Highclere Castle visible on the left and the A34 road to the right
** Highclere Castle Cyclosportive-website
The clock, which has a hand wound mechanism, was built by Gillett and Johnson of Croydon and was originally at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
* Highclere Castle in Tudorbethan style
Educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he inherited Highclere Castle from his uncle the Honourable Robert Sawyer Herbert in 1769.
Highclere and Hampshire
File: Highclere Church-geograph. org. uk-56915. jpg | Highclere Church, Hampshire ( 1869 – 70 )
In the two winters of 1814-1816, he ministered to the English congregation at Geneva, and from 1816 to 1821 was curate of Highclere, Hampshire.
In 1594 he was chosen divinity lecturer to Lincoln's Inn, and soon after was presented by Richard Kingsmill, a bencher of the Inn, to the parish of Burghclere, Hampshire, near Kingsmill's home at Highclere.
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They never lived at Bretby, preferring their home at Highclere, near Newbury.
In 1902, the 5th Earl established Highclere Stud to breed thoroughbred racehorses.
* Fiona Carnarvon, Egypt at Highclere-The discovery of Tutankhamun, Highclere Enterprises LPP, 2009.
* Fiona Carnarvon, Carnarvon & Carter-the story of the two Englishman who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, Highclere Enterprises LPP, 2007.
In order to establish the best breed to be employed as a police service dog, the 1934 committee set up an experimental Home Office dog training school in Washwater, near Newbury, adjoining Lord Carnarvon's Highclere Estate.
Teenoso began his stud career at the Highclere Stud but struggled to attract high-quality mares and was not considered a success as a stallion.
The village of St. Mary Bourne is part of the civil parish of St. Mary Bourne, and is part of the Burghclere, Highclere and St. Mary Bourne ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.
In 1692, Robert Sawyer, a lawyer and college friend of Samuel Pepys, bequeathed a mansion at Highclere to his only daughter, Margaret, the first wife of the 8th Earl of Pembroke.
Highclere and with
The hybrid holly Ilex x altaclerensis ( Highclere holly ) was developed here in about 1835 by hybridising the Madeiran Ilex perado ( grown in a greenhouse ) with the local native Ilex aquifolium.
Highclere and its
Their second son, Robert Sawyer Herbert, inherited Highclere, began its picture collection and created the garden temples.
Highclere and large
To appreciate Highclere one should not come down by the path of the downs but alight from a railway train and drive from Woodhay Station up the gravel road, by the fine timber, and through the large village of trim villas in a station cab!
Highclere and was
During the 19th century there was a huge Renaissance revival movement, of which Sir Charles Barry was a great exponent – Barry described the style of Highclere as " Anglo-Italian ".
His dam, Wind In Her Hair, herself a Group One winner, finished second in the Epsom Oaks to super-filly Balanchine and was out of Burghclere, a daughter of dual-Classic winner Highclere, who was owned and bred by Queen Elizabeth II.
The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Porchester, of Highclere in the County of Southampton.
Highclere and style
At Highclere, however, he worked in the Jacobethan style, but added to it some of the motifs of the Italianate style.
Highclere and for
* It is the main setting for the British television period drama Downton Abbey, as a result of which The Tatler referred to the area around Highclere as " Downtonia ".
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