The Key Facts of john adams's Visit to Woburn Monastery 1786. 1955, Duchess Anna Maria, the seventh Duke of Wobourne Abbey, opened to the public. It is reported that when she is entertaining friends with this popular activity, she is responsible for making "afternoon tea" as a supplement to her daily English life. A Brief History of Wobourne Monastery The original Wobourne Monastery was founded by Hugh de Bo Libeck in 1 145. But in 1547, it was taken over by Henry VIII. Later, King Edward VI of England of England gave this property as a gift to john russell, Earl of Bedford, in return for his service to Henry VIII. John became Baron Russell and the first Earl of Bedford in 1550. The Russell family actually dates back to the end of 13, when John's great-grandfather Stephen represented weymouth in Parliament.
Francis Russell, the fourth earl and grandson of John, moved his family to Woburn Abbey on 161October 20th. Francis built a two-story wing and a cave in the north of the house. Today, these two additions are still part of the house. 1747, Francis commissioned architects Henry fleet Croft and Henry Holland to carry out a major renovation of the monastery. At that time,
Fleet Croft is responsible for designing the exquisite national apartment in the front of the West Wing of the White House. He also designed an impressive staircase with exquisite wrought iron railings. In order to give people a feeling of being high above, the stairs hang from the wall and narrow to the top, thus becoming a one-way street with only one person's space. Fricklov was also commissioned to design the stables on the site, named Beiyuan and Nanyuan. These churches were built around 1750. Shortly after the building was completed,
Flicrof is responsible for the north of the house, while Holland is responsible for the modernization of the monastery and the redesign of the south side of the building. He completely redesigned the front of the south wing, including a three-part library separated by columns. He also designed the China Dairy Factory in the garden and a large indoor riding school. Holland has designed a tennis court, which is located behind the stable. However, this building was demolished in 1950s due to dryness and decay. Now this library, called Dutch Library and Bookstore, has all kinds of books about plants and birds. Many of them are displayed in the study, and there are life-size copies of john james audubon's Birds of America.
Another architect of the famous painting on display is Sir William William Chambers. He was later called the most outstanding architect in the neoclassical period. His most popular Palladio works have extra connections with French, Oriental and Italian characteristics. He was employed by the Duke, occasionally making some changes, and was also responsible for building Chambers Bridge to separate the pool from the new pool. It was built around 1770 and contains three semicircular arches. The architect of the Sixth Duke was Sir Jeffrey Wright Weil. 18 16, entrusted him to design the Dutch Conservatory of Music for his large sculpture collection in the monastery. He also built a Camellia Pavilion at 1822, adjacent to the eastern end of the sculpture gallery.