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the castle, and it was left in its present ruinous state. Although deprived of their castle, the Bankes family owned some 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) of the surrounding Dorset countryside and coastline. The masonry from the destroyed castle was used by local villagers to rebuild their own residences.
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The estate has two main entrances on Blandford Road, each with a lodge and ornate gateway. The broad drives sweep round to a carriage-turning area by the north façade of the house. The park is mainly pastureland with informal plantings of specimen trees, designed to create pleasant vistas. There are
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in 1986, it being "parkland developed in the seventeenth, late eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, together with late nineteenth-century formal gardens and informal pleasure grounds." The estate comprises about 159 hectares (393 acres) of parkland and other ornamental land and about 5 hectares (12
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The formal gardens and pleasure grounds are situated close to the house, with an area of informal pleasure grounds extending to the south-east. Two features are the Cedar Walk and the Lime Walk, both majestic avenues to the south of the house, as well as a plantation known as Blind Wood. There is a
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in Kent. The gardens and parkland were laid down at the same time, including some of the specimen trees that remain today. Various additions and alterations were made to the house over the years and the estate remained in the ownership of the Bankes family from the 17th to the late 20th century.
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Pratt's original plans have been lost, but extensive notes on his intentions have survived. On each of the two main floors he placed identical apartments about 20 ft (6 m) square at the four corners, each with two 10 ft (3 m) square closets at their outer end. This provided
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Apart from the Spanish Room, the library is the most atmospheric of rooms, upon the wall of which are hung the huge keys of the destroyed Corfe Castle, handed back to Mary Bankes after her defence of Corfe Castle during the Civil War. The state bedroom is extremely ornate and has housed such
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During William John's absence the estate was managed by his brother, George Bankes, who inherited it on his brother's death just a year before his own in 1857. His youngest grandson Walter Ralph inherited the estate in 1869, and later in life married Henrietta, and had a son:
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which hang there), has walls hung with gilded leather. It was recently restored at a cost of several hundred thousand pounds over a five-year period. Other important collections include paintings of the Bankes family stretching back over 400 years. Other artworks include
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flexibility of use for the rooms. Two of the inner closets housed servants' stairs. The two ends of the bedroom floor were connected by a balcony supported by columns which may have served the additional purpose of helping support the north side of the
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took ownership. Ralph Bankes died in 1981 and the Kingston Lacy estate, including 12 working farms, and Corfe Castle were bequeathed to the National Trust. The gift was formally accepted on 19 August 1982, the largest bequest that it had ever accepted.
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scandal that could have resulted in a trial and his execution, William John fled the country for Italy. His art collection was left at Kingston Lacy, where his notes and drawings remained for many years in a cabinet, unpublished and forgotten.
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Sited centrally within the 164-hectare (410-acre) grounds, externally the new house was provided with 5 hectares (12 acres) of formal gardens and pleasure grounds; some of these were enclosed by walls, while a series of wide
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rising from its centre. The dormer windows are in a central, balustraded terrace of three, with an outlying window on either side. The house is entered from the north through a later mid-19th-century
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who stayed with the family for a week in 1907. The main staircase is beautifully carved from stone and features three huge statues which look out onto the gardens from their seats. These depict Sir
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On display in the house is an important collection of fine art and antiquities built up by many generations of the Bankes family, the core having been assembled by Sir Ralph Bankes in
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on each of the ground floor and first floor. The bay with the three central windows projects forwards slightly, and the central ground floor window is pedimented. The lead-covered
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and its parliamentary advocate, and some of his collections which were once part of the house, are now in the museum. Bankes entertained his friends at the house, including
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from 1686 until he died there on 21 July 1688. John Bankes the Elder regained the property in 1693, and with his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Parker of
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with balustrade extending the full width of the building, and broad shallow steps leading down to the lawns. The east façade has a triple-arched
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Cleminson, Antony (1988). "The Transition from Kingston Hall to Kingston Lacy: The Bankes' Fifty-Year Search for an Adequate Dining Room".
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terrace in front of the house with urns and vases, overlooking an extensive lawned area. Other features include a Victorian
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an extensive military encampment was established in the south-east quarter of the park, which was only restored after the
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dressings, the house has a compact, rectangular plan and has two main floors, plus a basement and an attic floor lit by
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of the monarchy in 1660, the Bankes family regained their properties. Rather than rebuild Corfe Castle, the eldest son
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with a central circular lawn. The kitchen garden lies to the south of the pleasure grounds and is now a commercial
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before the house was built. One of the rooms, the Spanish room (named by reason of the paintings of
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with access to the garden, while to the west there is access to the later 18th-century laundry and
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which he had visited several times. Construction started the same year, and was completed by 1665.
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radiated throughout the surrounding 159 hectares (390 acres) of parkland. The house is a Grade I
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acres) of gardens. The site slopes gently towards the southwest and includes the summit of the
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The land surrounding Kingston Lacy was registered as being of special historic interest in the
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William John Bankes collected most of the house's antiquities. He travelled extensively in the
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to its northwest. Leased to those who found favour with the monarch, lessees included the
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The Kingston Lacy estate originally formed part of a royal estate within the manor of
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and a decorated plaster ceiling. The library has a ceiling painting attributed to
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to design a new house to be known as Kingston Hall on the current site, based on
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The Bankes of Kingston Lacy and Corfe Castle Archive at Dorset History Centre
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high ceiling with painted decoration and the dining room has panelled walls,
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Design and Plan in the Country House: From Castle Donjons to Palladian Boxes
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towards its northwest extremity, and within the estate is part of the
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Sir Ralph Bankes, during whose life Kingston Lacy was constructed (by
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to encase the red brick hall in stone, and enlarge his other property
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and Lady Bankes, the defenders of Corfe Castle, and their patron,
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in December 1644, the King having retired there for the winter.
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which stands prominently in the grounds of the house. When in
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collected by William John Bankes exhibited at Kingston Lacy
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and a sunken garden. To the west of the house, there is a
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Egyptian antiquities from Deir el-Medina at Kingston Lacy
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Sir Ralph died in 1677, and his widow let the house to
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and was used as a hunting lodge in connection with the
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Left to fend for herself during two sieges, his wife
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in 1958 and the park and gardens are included in the
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By the 18th century the house was in ruins. In 1603
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Country house
Italianate architecture
Wimborne Minster
Dorset
England
Coordinates
50°48′39.39″N 2°1′56.12″W / 50.8109417°N 2.0322556°W / 50.8109417; -2.0322556
Sir John Bankes
Sir Ralph Bankes
National Trust
Red brick
Chilmark stone
Roger Pratt
Inigo Jones
Grade I listed
Charles Barry
Kingston Lacy @ National Trust
Listed Building
country house
Wimborne Minster
Dorset
Bankes family
Corfe Castle
English Civil War
Sir John Bankes
Charles I
Ralph Bankes
Sir Roger Pratt
Chevening

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