Claydon House
Claydon House
Client: National Trust
Services:
Brickwork
Lime Mortar
Skills Coaching
Wall restoration project for a the famous Grade 1 listed country house. The historic bricks screen garden wall had collapsed over many years and required restorative expertise to rebuild and sustain the appearance alongside complete areas of the brick walled garden.
Project required replacing bricks and copings, including new brick moulds to replace the uniquely shaped quatrefoil decorative features, using a clay that matched the legacy brick work precisely.
New brick moulds were created to replace the uniquely shaped quatrefoil features, with precisely matched clay
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About Claydon House
Nestled in the Aylesbury Vale Buckinghamshire, Claydon House stands as fine example of 18th century architecture, with origins dating back to the 12th century. Over time, it underwent various renovations and expansions, transforming into the National Trust property we see today.
Claydon was the seat of the Verney family, dating back to Sir Edmund Verney, Chief Standard Bearer to Charles 1, slain at the Battle of Edge Hill in 1642. One of his surviving sons, Sir Ralph Verney, modified the propery in the latter half of the 17th century, followed by a substantial rebuild in the 18th century, overseen by Sir Ralph 2nd Early Verney. Resultanlty, the exterior is a bland of Jacobean and Georgian styles.
Claydon has received notable visitors over the centuries, incuding Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale, who spent some time recuperating from illness at the house. WW2 saw the house repurposed into a military hospital, whilst the Verney family remained in seat., handing over ownership to the National Trust in 1956, remaining in resident to the present day.
Today the house is open to public admissions, whilst providing a popular location for films, inculding Gwyneth Paltrow’s Emma (1996) and Far from the Maddening Crowd (2015).