New Hall is one of the oldest inhabited moated houses in England.
Built of local sandstone and warm Midlands brick, it sits in what
was once the vast hunting forests of Sutton Chase, in the ancient
county of Warwickshire. Sir Nicholas Pevsner, the great 20th
century British architectural historian, describes New Hall's
plaster ceilings, Solar (known as the Great Chamber), the
seventeenth century staircase and various other additions as 'a
major mansion in a moat'. The house was added to and adorned by
subsequent owners, including the Earls of Warwick, whose fortunes
rose and fell in the social, political and economic upheavals over
the centuries; it is this story, told for the first time, that is
England's history in miniature. This is a house that has lasted
almost a millennium and the light bouncing off the lily-filled
moat, its diamond-shard mullioned windows, their rippling ancient
glass, the elegant hubris of the Victorian cupola-ed, castellated
wing, are now enjoyed by guests of the wonderful, luxury hotel it
is today. Written by Kate Holt, an internationally acclaimed
photojournalist, with a foreword by Dr David Owen, OBE, a member of
the last private family to own New Hall, this is a book that will
engage, delight and inform.
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