Wanstead House

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Wanstead House was an early 18th-century English Palladian mansion in Essex, celebrated as one of the grandest country houses of its time before its demolition.

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Label Occurrences
Wanstead House canonical 2
Wanstead estate 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Palladian mansion
country house
architect Colen Campbell NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Palladian architecture NERFINISHED
category Palladian architecture in England
buildings and structures in the London Borough of Redbridge
demolished country houses in England
causeOfDemolition financial difficulties of its owner
sale of estate to pay debts
client Sir Richard Child NERFINISHED
completionDate circa 1722
constructionStart 1713
country England
demolitionDate 1824
documentedIn 18th-century engravings
architectural pattern books
hasHeritage site now part of a public park
hasPart avenues of trees
extensive parkland
flanking wings
formal gardens
grand central block
ornamental canals
heritageStatus demolished building
inception early 18th century
influenced subsequent English Palladian country houses
influencedBy Italian Palladian villas NERFINISHED
work of Andrea Palladio
locatedIn Essex
London Borough of Redbridge NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
Wanstead NERFINISHED
namedAfter Wanstead NERFINISHED
near Epping Forest NERFINISHED
River Roding NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the grandest country houses in England of its time
early adoption of Palladian style in England
originalOwner Earl Tylney of Castlemaine NERFINISHED
Sir Richard Child NERFINISHED
ownedBy Child family NERFINISHED
Tylney family NERFINISHED
partOf Wanstead Park NERFINISHED
patron Sir Richard Child NERFINISHED
precededBy earlier manor house at Wanstead
surroundedBy Wanstead Park NERFINISHED

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Colen Campbell designed Wanstead House
Josiah Child residence Wanstead House
Josiah Child owned Wanstead House
this entity surface form: Wanstead estate