Ven House
Ven House is a mansion [note 1] in Milborne Port, Somerset, England, which was classified by English Heritage as a Grade I building.
History
In the 16th century a part of the manor house where the family CARENT family, who sold it in 1679 to Edward Carteret. When Sir Edward died, it let his son Sir Charles Thomas Medlycott from London and later sold it to his brother James.
The construction of the smaller ones in the style of the reign of William III. and Mary II built house was completed 1698-1700; to 1725-1730 [Note 2] it was by Nathaniel Ireson for James Medlycott [note 3] extended. The west facade of the former home remained. The house stands on an artificially raised terrace and is surrounded by the park, which was created at the time of Richard Grange. It was rebuilt by Thomas Cubitt and Decimus Burton 1835-1836 and expanded.
The house was owned by the Medlycot family until they sold most of the estate during the 18th and 19th century, 1918-1925. The house had a number of residents until it sold by Hubert Mervyn Medlycot 1957. Since 1993 it was resold four times, most recently in 2006 for the price of £ 8,500,000. In 2009 it belonged to Jasper Conran.
Architecture
The house, whose rectangular floor plan includes seven and five spans, is built of red brick in Flemish bond, with isolated Hamstone is interposed. North and south facades are divided by two large Corinthian columns, which are arranged so that they give the impression of a central block that spans three yokes. The gable roof with slate wallisischem begins behind a balustrade parapet. Zusammengebaucht With the house are pavilions in the northwest and northeast. There is a terrace which is adjusted by the balustrade to the house on the south side of the house.
When the house was built, the Hauptzufahrtstor was about 400 m north out of the house on East Street and The Old Road. In the 19th century the London Road was built, whereby a large part of the park was separated from the house and the gate pillars with wrought iron gates were moved 35 m north-west of the house to its present location.
The carried out by Decimus Burton construction from 1836 created a new reception room for Sir W. Medleycott [note 4] and included the construction of a Korridores who joined the Ven House with the Orangery and the construction of the Orangery itself Also in 1836 came the barn and some other outbuildings on the east side of the house.
Gardens and Park
The house was originally surrounded by 70 hectares of land, of which about six acres were laid out as gardens and the rest Parkland was. This area is now considerably smaller, it is traversed by an arm of the River Yeo.
On the south side of the house is a walled garden, which served as a herb garden and nursery, but now largely used for decoration. It is surrounded by red brick walls that are about four feet tall.
The remains of formal gardens and parkland from the early 18th century are classified as Grade II in the South Somerset Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.