Editing Charles Barry (section)

== Country house work ==

[[File:Trentham Hall from Morriss Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1880).JPG|thumb|right|Trentham Hall, demolished]]

A major focus of his career was the remodelling of older [[English country house|country houses]]. His first major commission was the transformation of [[Henry Holland (architect)|Henry Holland]]'s [[Trentham Gardens|Trentham Hall]]<ref>Girouard, p. 422</ref> in [[Staffordshire]], between 1834 and 1840. It was remodelled in the Italianate style with a large tower (a feature Barry often included in his country houses). Barry also designed the Italianate gardens,<ref name="bisgrove"/> with [[parterre]]s and fountains. Largely demolished in 1912, only a small portion of the house, consisting of the [[porte-cochère]] with a curving corridor, and the stables, are still standing, although the gardens are undergoing a restoration. Additionally, the [[belvedere (structure)|belvedere]] from the top of the tower survives as a folly at [[Sandon Hall]].<ref>Pevsner, 1974, p. 231</ref>

Between 1834 and 1838, at [[Bowood House]],<ref>Pevsner & Cherry, pp. 121–123</ref> [[Wiltshire]], owned by [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne]], Barry added the tower, made alterations to the gardens, and designed the Italianate entrance lodge. For the same client, he designed the [[Lansdowne Monument]] in 1845.<ref>Barnes, p. 75</ref> Walton House in [[Walton-on-Thames]]<ref>Girouard, pp. 49–50</ref> followed in 1835–39. Again Barry used the Italianate style, with a three-storey tower over the entrance porte-cochère (which was demolished 1973). Then, from 1835 to 1838, he remodelled Sir [[Roger Pratt (architect)|Roger Pratt]]'s [[Kingston Lacy]], with the exterior being re-clad in stone. The interiors were also Barry's work.

[[File:Highclere Castle.jpg|thumbnail|left|Highclere Castle, north front]]

[[Highclere Castle]],<ref>Girouard, p. 130</ref> Hampshire, with its large tower, was remodelled between about 1842 and 1850, in [[Elizabethan architecture|Elizabethan style]], for [[Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon]]. The building was completely altered externally, with the plain Georgian structure being virtually rebuilt. However, little of the interior is by Barry, because his patron died in 1849 and [[Thomas Allom]] completed the work in 1861. At [[Duncombe Park]],<ref>Pevsner, 1966, p. 140</ref> Yorkshire, Barry designed new wings, which were added between in 1843 and 1846 in the [[English Baroque]] style of the main block. At [[Harewood House]]<ref>Mauchline, P,125</ref> he remodelled the [[John Carr (architect)|John Carr]] exterior between 1843 and 1850, adding an extra floor to the end pavilions, and replacing the portico on the south front with [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] pilasters. Some of the [[Robert Adam]] interiors were remodelled, with the dining room being entirely by Barry, and he created the formal terraces and [[parterre]]s surrounding the house.

Between 1844 and 1848, Barry remodelled [[Dunrobin Castle]],<ref>Girouard, p. 430</ref> [[Sutherland]], Scotland, in [[Scots Baronial Style architecture|Scots Baronial Style]], for [[George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland]] for whom he had remodelled Trentham Hall. Due to a fire in the early 20th century, little of Barry's interiors survive at Dunrobin, but the gardens, with their fountains and parterres, are also by Barry. [[Canford School|Canford Manor]],<ref>Newman & Pevsner, p. 127</ref> Dorset, was extended in a [[Gothic Revival architecture|Tudor Gothic style]] between 1848 and 1852, including a large entrance tower. The most unusual interior is the [[Nineveh]] porch, built to house [[Assyria]]n sculptures from the eponymous palace, decorated with Assyrian motifs.

[[File:Shrubland Hall.jpg|thumbnail|right|Shrubland Hall]]

[[James Paine (architect)|James Paine]]'s [[Shrubland Park]]<ref>Pevsner & Radcliffe, pp. 417–418</ref> was remodelled between 1849 and 1854, including an Italianate tower and entrance porch, a lower hall with Corinthian columns and glass domes, and impressive formal gardens based on [[Italian Renaissance garden]]s. The gardens included a {{convert|70|ft|adj=on}}-high series of terraces linked by a grand flight of steps, with an open temple structure at the top. Originally there were cascades of water either side of the staircase. The main terrace is at the centre of a string of gardens nearly {{convert|1|mi|m}} in length.<ref>Bisgrove, p. 180</ref>

Between 1850 and 1852, Barry remodelled [[Gawthorpe Hall]],<ref>Hartwell & Pevsner, p. 493</ref> an [[Elizabethan architecture|Elizabethan]] house situated south-east of the small town of [[Padiham]], in the borough of [[Burnley (borough)|Burnley]], Lancashire. It was originally a [[pele tower]], built in the 14th century as a defence against the invading Scots. Around 1600, a [[Jacobean architecture|Jacobean]] mansion had been dovetailed around the pele, but today's hall is re-design of the house, using the original Elizabethan style.

[[File:Cliveden, June 2005.JPG|left|thumb|Cliveden House as seen from its lawn]]

Barry's last major remodelling work was [[Cliveden House]],<ref>Crathorne, pp. 94–96</ref> which had been the seat of the [[Earl of Orkney|Earls of Orkney]] from 1696 till 1824. Barry's remodelling was again on behalf of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland. After the previous building was burnt down (1850–51), Barry built a new central block in the Italianate style, rising to three floors, the lowest of which have arch headed windows, and the upper two floors have giant [[Ionic order|Ionic]] [[pilaster]]s. He also designed the parterres below the house.<ref>Bisgrove, p. 181</ref> Little of Barry's interior design survived later remodelling.