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Cottesbrooke Hall 
COT-iss-brook
Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire, England
Started 1702
Completed 1713
Status: Fully Extant
COT-iss-brook
Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire, England
Started 1702
Completed 1713
Status: Fully Extant
Special Info / Location/ Date
Special Info
Phonetic Pronunciation of House Name
COT-iss-brook
Location
Country
England
District Today
Northamptonshire
Historic County
City / Town / Village
Cottesbrooke
Latitude
52.355358
Longitude
-0.95767
Date
Start Date
1702
Completion Date
1713
Circa Date
Images
The New Entrance Front (originally the Rear Front)
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The New Entrance Front (originally the Rear Front)
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The Original Entrance Front (now Garden Front)
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The Gardens
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The Gardens
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Architects
| Designed | Remodeled House |
| Date | 1937-38 |
| Designed | House's north front flanking bow bays for Sir James Langham, 7th Bt. |
| Date | circa 1770-95 |
| Designed | House for Sir John Langham, 4th Bt. |
| Date | 1702-13 |
| Attribution of this work is uncertain. |
Extant / Listed / References
Extant
Extant Type
Fully Extant
Extant Details
Listed
House Listed As
Grade I
Gardens Listed As
Grade II
On SAVE Britain's Heritage's List of Buildings at Risk
No
Country House: Yes
References
Vitruvius Britannicus
Vitruvius Scoticus
J.B. Burke (Burke's Visitation of Seats)
Country Life
LXXIX, 168, 194, 1936. CXVII, 736, 806, 1955. CXLVII, 434, 1970.
J.P. Neale (Neale's Views of Seats)
Access / Ownership / Seat
Access
Open to Public Please note: Houses listed as being open "By Appointment" are usually country house hotels or B&Bs.
Yes
Historic Houses Association Member
Yes
Phone Number If calling from the U.S., delete the first "0" in British numbers.
01604-505-808
Fax Number
01604-505-619
Email
Website
Awards
HHA/Christie’s Garden of the Year Award 2000.
Current Ownership
Current Ownership Type
Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use
Private Home
Current Ownership Use / Details
Seat ("Seat" is loosely defined
as any family that occupied the house for a period of 2 years or more)
Today Seat of
Captain J. Macdonald-Buchanan; family here since 1937.
A Past Seat(s) of
Langham family, 1637-1911. R.B. Brassey, 1911-37. Ronald Tree, 20th century.
Possible (Unsure) Seat of
History / Gardens & Park / Movies
History
Earlier House(s) / Building(s)
House Replaced By
Built / Designed For
Sir John Langham, 4th Baronet
House & Family History
In 1937 the entrance to the Hall was moved from the East Front to the West Front, with the old entrance hall converted into the Pine Room. Cottesbrooke was reputedly the inspiration for Jane Austen’s "Mansfield Park."
Collections
This field lists art objects that are currently or were previously in the collection of the house.
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One of the finest collections of sporting paintings in the world (and certainly the finest in Europe), the Woolavington Collection at Cottesbrooke was begun by Sir James Buchanan (later Lord Woolavington). The sporting collection at Cottesbrooke includes works by Ben Marshall, Sir John Frederick Herring Sr., Sir Alfred Munnings, John Ferneley Sr., and George Stubbs. The collection was formed principally at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries and was originally housed at Lavington Park in Sussex. It moved to Cottesbrooke when Lord Woolavington’s descendants, the Macdonald-Buchanan family, came to live here in the 1930s. Other artists included in the collection are Lionel Edwards, de Laszlo, and Zoffany. In addition to the Woolavington Collection, there is also a collection of notable furniture, including excellent 18th century English and French, as well as English, Continental, and Chinese porcelain. John Constable’s "Stratford Mill on the Stour" was sold to The National Gallery in lieu of inheritance tax.
Comments
Gardens & Park
Garden, Park, Follies and Outbuildings
The Park includes old cedars, herbaceous borders, and water gardens. Won the HHA/Christie's Garden of the Year Award, 2000.
Chapel & Church
Movies
Location for Movies / TV
"The Flying Gardener" (2003 - TV BBC documentary, episode 3.7, "Bedford/Northamptonshire").
Bibliography
| Author | NA |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Reference |
| Author | Sayer, Michael |
| Year Published | 1993 |
| Reference |
| Author | Cantor, Leonard |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Reference |
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