A private library symbolizing Britain's "ancient wealth"

Founded in 1895, the British National Trust currently owns more than 60% of the existing ancestral houses and castles of celebrities, and the library is the most magnificent place in these buildings. In terms of quantity, the National Trusteeship Organization claims that its 65,438+070 libraries have more than 300,000 books.

These 300,000 books were published from the Roman period to the last century.

Private libraries were originally designed next to bedrooms.

According to the research of Mark purcell, deputy director of the research and collection department of Cambridge University Library, the trend of establishing private libraries began at 1720. Libraries are often designed by architects to be placed next to bedrooms, which is both private and public. It is not only a place for private gatherings, but also a place to show off social activities and work. Many private houses have their own librarians to deal with library-related matters. Private libraries have become another place for famous British architects to display their talents. The library designed by William Kent and Robert Adam is said to express the mature Georgian style, and the arrangement and display of books has become a part of the basic aesthetics of space.