Petworth House and Park

Petworth House, West Sussex Quick Tour

The is a record of my visit to Petworth House in West Sussex on 11th May 2014. It is a National Trust property that has a fantastic art collection. Like many Trust houses they allow photography providing you do not use flash.
I used this as an opportunity to try out my new Sony A6000 with 16-50 lens. Like many of these old houses the lighting is kept low to reduce fading to the exhibits, and I was quite pleased at how well the camera performed under these difficult conditions. The Soundtrack is a traditional tune called Bonaparte's Retreat played by Rick Townend from his Just the Tune album volume 5 available form traditionalmusic.co.uk.

Petworth House and Park - National Trust

The vast late 17th-century mansion is set in a beautiful 283-hectare (700-acre) deer park, landscaped by 'Capability' Brown and immortalised in Turner's paintings. The house contains the National Trust's finest collection of pictures, with numerous works by Turner, Van Dyck, Reynolds and Blake, ancient and Neo-classical sculpture, fine furniture and carvings by Grinling Gibbons. The servants' quarters contain fascinating kitchens (including a copper batterie de cuisine of more than 1,000 pieces) and other service rooms. On weekdays additional rooms in the house are open by kind permission of Lord and Lady Egremont.

PETWORTH HOUSE & PARK

In this episode of Inside Outings... The Brook family visit Petworth House & Park in West Sussex. Owned by the National Trust, the house dates back to the 17th Century and is home to the largest collection of art by the famed artist, Turner. The grounds also play host to the largest herd of Fallow deer in England!

Will the house still be standing after Jacob runs amok, and can the family find the elusive deer? Stay tuned to find out...

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A stately mansion nestled in the South Downs housing the finest art collection in the care of the National Trust.

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Th Bald Explorer and the History of Petworth.

Richard Vobes is the Bald Explorer, dashing about Britain discovering the history of its towns and villages. In this episode her is off to Petworth in the heart of West Sussex, close to Chichester and not too far from London. It is a very rural town renown for the beautiful mansion house, upon which land once belong to the Roger de Montgomery and later the de Percy family.

It was the third Earl of Egremont who had a vested interested in the town of Petworth. He supplied the money to build the boys school, which was later destroyed by a stray German bomber during the second World War. It was the Earl who brought water from the near by Rover Rother into the town centre and who land it was the grim House of Correction was built for offenders from all over Sussex.

One of the prettiest streets can be found in Petworth, complete with old shop fronts and cobbles on the ground and the Bald Explorer reveals that he once lived there.

Back in the 19th century, many of the poor were assisted out of poverty and given the chance of a new life in Canada thanks to the local rector. Also, many do not realise that a special kind of stone, Petworth Marble was mined from this area and made into all sorts of wonderful objects.

Of course, most visitors , if not travelling to see Petworth House, go to hunt around the abundance of antique shops that flank the roads or take refreshment inside the independent tea rooms.

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Phases 2 & 3: Reynolds conservation - Petworth House & Park

Watch the team at Petworth House as they complete phases 2 and 3 of the most ambitious painting conservation project undertaken at Petworth House to date.

With thanks to Patina Art Collection Care Ltd and Sophie Reddington, Paintings Conservator and team.

Petworth House, West Sussex

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Petworth House : Re opening the Tijou Gates

Find out about the conservation of the historic and unique Tijou Gates in Petworth Park, currently being restored to their former 19th century glory.

Petworth House with John Cull

John Cull visits Petworth Park in Sussex and looks at its history

FireMaster® fire curtain installed at Petworth House, Petworth, UK

Petworth House in Petworth, West Sussex, England, is a late 17th-century mansion, set within beautiful 283 hectares of deer park land that was landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown. The house contains the finest and most prized collection of the National Trust’s artwork by artists such as Turner, Van Dyck, Reynolds and Blake.
Coopers were commissioned to manufacture and install an active fire curtain barrier to replace the existing fire roller shutter that, in the event of fire, would deploy and prevent the spread of fire from the connecting corridor into the chapel viewing gallery, the chapel and the historic showroom.
Coopers have experience in working in other historic buildings in particular with English Heritage sites such as Royal households and similar buildings and are therefore sympathetic to the restraints as well as the importance that an old listed building presents.
To read more about the Petworth House Case Study click here: coopersfire.com/case-studies/petworth-house

Petworth - St Mary's Church - The Church of England - Butchers Lombard Street - Ferðalag - Kirkja

The Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and war memorial - Petworth - Antiques shops - Lombard Street, the old Butchers streets - Old Butchers Shops - Gömul kirkja í Englandi - antic búðir og slátrara gata - Ferðast um lítið þorp í West Sussex - þar eru skráðar um 500 antíkverslanir. Var fyrr á tímum aðal staðurinn þar sem antic safnarar komu til alstaðar að frá Englandi - og er enn þann dag í dag - þarna er líka merk gata þar sem slátrarar aflífuðu skepnur og er sérstök renna í hlaðinni götunni svo blóðið ran frá sláturdýrum niður hallandi götuna - mjög fallegt og gamalt þorp.

The parish church of St Mary in Petworth has a long history, stretching back probably to Saxon times, but little is known of its earliest days. Today it is still home to a worshipping community. St. Mary’s Church dates from thirteenth century, although restorations in 1827 and 1903 have hidden much of the original structure. The acoustics are exceptionally good for musical performances, and as such the church plays host to a number of Petworth Festival events.

Lombard Street

Once the main shopping street for Petworth with haberdashers, bakers, grocers and butchers, the cobbled Lombard Street now enjoys a more sedate existence, offering restaurants and antique shops. See more:

This current building dates from the 14th century, although it has undergone extensive restoration over the years. In 1827, Sir Charles Barry - the architect renown for his work on the Houses of Parliament - rebuilt the church, adding an octagonal structure to replace the earlier leaded spire (this was later removed). Inside, the ancient font has been in use for six hundred years. See more:

Thomas de Falconberg was, in 1238, the first recorded parish rector. Although it is thought that a church was on this site previously, the present church dates in parts from the 13th & 14thc. Past restorations, in particular those of 1827 & 1902-03 have made most of the earlier structure not visible. The spire became unsafe and was altered in 1947. See more:

The town is mentioned in Domesday Book. It is best known as the location of the stately home Petworth House, the grounds of which (known as Petworth Park) are the work of Capability Brown. The house and its grounds are now owned and maintained by the National Trust. Petworth fell victim to bombing in World War II on 29 September 1942, when a lone German Heinkel 111, approaching from the south over Hoes Farm, aimed three bombs at Petworth House. The bombs missed the house, but one bounced off a tree and landed on the Petworth Boys' School in North Street, killing 28 boys, the headmaster, Charles Stevenson, and assistant teacher Charlotte Marshall. On 20 November (St. Edmund's day) each year, the market square is closed off to traffic so that a fun fair can be held. This is the modern survival of an ancient custom. In earlier centuries the fair lasted several days and may have been wholly or partly held on a field on the south side of the town called fairfield. The London Gazette of November 1666 announced that a fair would not be held that year because of plague still infesting the county, and shows that the fair was then a nine-day event. See more:

Reynolds conservation project - Petworth House & Park

Thu 18 July 2014, saw the successful completion of the first phase of the major Reynolds Conservation Project at Petworth House & Park, West Sussex.

This involved the de-installation of 13 small paintings surrounding the Reynolds masterpiece, 'Macbeth and the Witches' (c1786) which is due to go to London for 6 months of conservation at the end of the month.

The paintings removed in this footage will remain in storage until the conservation project is completed in about 6 months time.

This is the most ambitious painting conservation project undertaken at Petworth House to date, and ranks as one of the most ambitious in the whole wider National Trust.

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Short film of Uppark House

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A visit to Petworth Park

This video is from a visit I made to Petworth Park a few years ago

Petworth, West Sussex, UK

Short vid of a drive through Petworth...can't wait to go back and spend time there!

Places to see in ( Petworth - UK )

Places to see in ( Petworth - UK )

Petworth is a small town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 east-west road from Heathfield to Winchester and the A283 Milford to Shoreham-by-Sea road. Some twelve miles (21 km) to the south west of Petworth along the A285 road lies Chichester and the south-coast. The parish includes the settlements of Byworth and Hampers Green and covers an area of 2,690 hectares (6,600 acres).

The town is mentioned in Domesday Book. It is best known as the location of the stately home Petworth House, the grounds of which (known as Petworth Park) are the work of Capability Brown. The house and its grounds are now owned and maintained by the National Trust.

In the early 17th century, the question of Petworth's status as an honour or a town came up when the Attorney General charged William Levett of Petworth, Gent., son of Anthony Levett, with having unlawfully usurped divers privileges within the town of Petworth, which was parcel of the Honour of Arundel. William Levett's son Nicholas became rector of Westbourne, West Sussex.

Another historic attraction in the town, Petworth Cottage Museum in High Street, is a museum of domestic life for poor estate workers in the town in about 1910. At that time the cottage was the home of Mrs. Cummings, a seamstress, whose drunkard husband had been a farrier in the Royal Irish Hussars and on the Petworth estate. The railway line between Pulborough and Midhurst once had a station at Petworth, but the line was closed to passenger use in 1955, and finally to freight in 1966, though the station building survives as a bed and breakfast establishment.

Petworth fell victim to bombing in World War II on 29 September 1942, when a lone German Heinkel 111, approaching from the south over Hoes Farm, aimed three bombs at Petworth House. The bombs missed the house, but one bounced off a tree and landed on the Petworth Boys' School in North Street, killing 28 boys, the headmaster, Charles Stevenson, and assistant teacher Charlotte Marshall

On 20 November (St. Edmund's day) each year, the market square is closed off to traffic so that a fun fair can be held. This is the modern survival of an ancient custom. In earlier centuries the fair lasted several days and may have been wholly or partly held on a field on the south side of the town called fairfield. The London Gazette of November 1666 announced that a fair would not be held that year because of plague still infesting the county, and shows that the fair was then a nine-day event.

Local tradition tells of a lost charter for the fair, but this is myth because it was determined by travelling justices of King Edward I in 1275 that the fair, then lasting eight days, had already been in existence since time immemorial and no royal charter was needed. At that time tolls on stalls for the sale of cattle provided an income for the Lord of the Manor. The traders of Arundel claimed a right to sell their wares at the fair as Petworth was in the Honour of Arundel. In the 20th century the fair field was used for allotments, and is now housing and the Fairfield Medical Centre.

( Petworth - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Petworth . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Petworth - UK

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VLog: Slinfold Village and National Trust Petworth House

We take a short walk into Slinfold village and then head to the nearby National Trust Petworth House

Places to visit in UK. A walk around Petworth, West Sussex

This is a short video we made on our visit to Petworth .

Petworth is a small town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England
Petworth is a picturesque market town, just over an hour’s drive from London . There are loads of antique shops to browse.


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