Stowe House

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country house historic building stately home

Stowe House is a grand neoclassical country mansion in Buckinghamshire, England, renowned for its extensive landscaped gardens and historic role as the seat of the Temple-Grenville family.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Stowe estate 2
Stowe House estate 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country house ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
stately home ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Sir Richard Temple ⓘ
Grenville political family ⓘ
surface form: Temple-Grenville political family

Tory politics ⓘ
Whig politics ⓘ
associatedWithArchitect James Gibbs ⓘ
Robert Adam ⓘ
John Vanbrugh ⓘ
surface form: Sir John Vanbrugh

Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford ⓘ
William Kent ⓘ
associatedWithLandscapeDesigner Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
William Kent ⓘ
constructionBegan late 17th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
financialProblemsLedTo sale of contents in 1848 ⓘ
formerSeatOf Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos ⓘ
Earls Temple ⓘ
Marquesses of Buckingham ⓘ
Grenville political family ⓘ
surface form: Temple-Grenville family

Viscount Cobham ⓘ
surface form: Viscounts Cobham
function educational institution premises ⓘ
heritage attraction ⓘ
gardenManagedBy National Trust ⓘ
governedBy Stowe House Preservation Trust ⓘ
surface form: Stowe House Preservation Trust board
hasLandscapeFeature Stowe Gardens ⓘ
classical temples ⓘ
garden follies ⓘ
landscaped parkland ⓘ
ornamental lakes ⓘ
hasNotableFeature North Front ⓘ
South Front ⓘ
central portico with Corinthian columns ⓘ
hasNotableRoom Library ⓘ
Marble Saloon ⓘ
State Dining Room ⓘ
State Music Room ⓘ
hasViewOver Elysian Fields ⓘ
Gothic Temple ⓘ
Greens Norton Valley ⓘ
Octagon Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palladian Bridge ⓘ
Temple of British Worthies ⓘ
Temple of Concord and Victory ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
Registered historic park and garden ⓘ
laterSale sale of estate in 1920s ⓘ
locatedIn Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
majorRemodellingPeriod 18th century ⓘ
nearestTown Buckingham ⓘ
notableFor extensive landscaped gardens ⓘ
grand neoclassical architecture ⓘ
political and social influence in 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ
occupiedBy Stowe School ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy Stowe House Preservation Trust ⓘ
partOf Stowe House self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Stowe estate
periodOfDecline 19th century ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
restorationWork early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
schoolFoundedAtSite Stowe School in 1923 ⓘ
surroundedBy Stowe landscape gardens ⓘ
surface form: Stowe Landscape Gardens
usedAs school building ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stowe School → campus → Stowe House ⓘ
Capability Brown → employer → Stowe House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stowe estate
Stowe House → partOf → Stowe House self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stowe estate
Stowe landscape gardens → partOf → Stowe House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stowe House estate
Grenville political family → seat → Stowe House ⓘ
Stowe School → usesBuilding → Stowe House ⓘ