"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what is made by the friends whom we choose."
~ Tehyi Hsieh
dedication to my friend who visited this place with me
THANK YOU Grzegorz Edward Pukas
Boughton is one of Britain’s grandest and best-preserved stately homes. As well as the splendours of the House, you can also enjoy the 18th-century landscaped gardens, the woodlands and a grand country park.
Boughton contains one of Britain’s most outstanding collections of
fine art, with a superb display of furniture, tapestries, art, porcelain
and carpets adorning the State Rooms and Halls.
Visitors can view a magnificent range of paintings by great artists,
including The Adoration of the Shepherds by El Greco, Gainsborough’s
portrait of Mary Montagu, grisailles and portraits by Van Dyck, and
Breaking Cover by John Wootton.
Boughton has some of the best-preserved baroque State Rooms in the
British Isles. Here you can walk through grand apartments of contrasting
character decorated in extravagant yet elegant taste with the finest
artworks of the House’s golden era. Within a few steps, you will see the
finest French furniture from Boulle, enjoy beautiful Mortlake
tapestries and 16th-century carpets from the Middle East
Boughton House as it stands today is largely the work of Ralph
Montagu, later 1st Duke of Montagu, who inherited what was then a
simpler Tudor building, in 1683.
Montagu had been an English ambassador to France, and he was keen to
bring French beauty and style to an English landscape. He expanded his
home using contemporary French architectural influences and the
resulting masterpiece is often referred to as ‘The English Versailles’.
His son, John, 2nd Duke of Montagu, was passionate about the landscape and made grand changes to the gardens. His new landscape covered 100 acres, with water features, splendid vistas and tree-lined avenues.
What was once a simple Tudor manor, with a Great Hall at its heart,
was now a palatial residence on the scale of the most splendid in the
country. After the death of the 2nd Duke, the House passed
through the female line to noble families whose main residences were
elsewhere. The Dukedom of Montagu became extinct and for two centuries,
the House ‘slept’.
However in the 20th century it once again became a beloved
family home, the residence of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, a
descendant of the Montagus.
Today, the House continues to be a great favourite of visitors
looking for peace, elegance and the expression of man’s pursuit of
cultural excellence.
The House has featured in history and arts programmes, such as
‘Treasure Houses of Britain’, presented by Selina Scott, as well as
appearing in the Oscar winning “Les Misérables”
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| THANK YOU GRZEGORZ FOR WONDERFUL COMPANY DURING VISIT THIS WONDERFUL PLACE |
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