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bears the Beaufort arms and the roof is partly domed. The room has a plaster ceiling by Kent, depicting fruit and flowers of the four seasons, described as very fine by Historic England. Kent also designed the convex mirror with a sunburst pattern. Outside, the ornamental flanking quadrant walls on
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of 1086, while one century earlier the name 'Badimyncgtun' was recorded, held by that family since 1275. Edward Somerset's third son Sir Thomas Somerset modernized the old house in the late 1620s, and had a new T-shaped gabled range built. Evidence suggests he also had the present north and west
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or was invented during the hard winter of 1863 by the children of the eighth duke in the Great Hall (where the featherweight shuttlecock would not mar the life-size portraits of horses by
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Weddings and parties can be booked at Badminton House. Occasionally, houses and cottage on the estate can be rented. The estate was the location for some scenes of the films
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At the north entrance to the park, near the Tetbury road and reached from the house by the Three Mile Ride, the Grade I listed Worcester Lodge was designed in 1746 by
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centrepiece raised on the north front. The two-bay flanking elevations were five storeys high, reduced to three storeys in 1713. Their domed crowning pavilions are by
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main block has four storeys. Over the high central archway is a dining room with generous windows and balustraded balconies; a
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Except for the Grade I listed parish church and Worcester Lodge, all structures named below are Grade II* listed.
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The servants' wing southwest of the house, three ranges, late 17th century, altered and extended in the 19th
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West of the house, Castle Barn is a castellated range of buildings including a barn and two flanking
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Stables, barns and blacksmith's shop forming the four sides of the stable court, 1878, possibly by
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style, but many earlier elements remain. The duke was instrumental in bringing the Venetian artist
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In the deer park, the park-keeper's house is styled as a rustic cottage, one storey with attics
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Nearby, the Hermit's Cell or Root House is a small square wooden building with a thatched roof
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Badminton House entry from The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses
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Several buildings and follies were designed by Thomas Wright of Durham, around 1750.
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since the late 17th century. The house, which has given its name to the sport of
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held there since 1949. Badminton House has also been strongly associated with
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In the later 20th century, Badminton House became best known for the annual
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acquired the property in the late 17th century, when the family moved from
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About half of this article is devoted to a discussion of Badminton House.
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Set on a motte at the end of a main drive from Badminton House is the
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For the fourth duke, who succeeded his brother in 1745, the architect
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to England: Canaletto's two views of Badminton remain in the house.
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Adjacent to Badminton House is the Grade I listed parish church of
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Orangery, 50 yards southeast of Church of St Michael and All Angels
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Great Badminton Conservation Area - South Gloucestershire Council
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Lower Slait Lodge, at the northwest entrance, has two storeys in
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Laundry and dairy house 30 yards west of Badminton House
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Grade I listed parks and gardens in Gloucestershire
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Badminton
51°32′42″N 2°16′50″W / 51.5449°N 2.2805°W / 51.5449; -2.2805
Francis Smith of Warwick
James Gibbs
William Kent
Palladian
Duke of Beaufort
Listed Building
Listed Building
Listed Building
Listed Building
Listed Building
Badminton House is located in Gloucestershire
country house
Listed Building
Badminton, Gloucestershire
Dukes of Beaufort
badminton
Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester
sic
Domesday Book
Dukes of Beaufort
Raglan Castle
Civil War
Jonesian
James Gibbs
William Kent
Palladian

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