Nicky Haslam: A Designer's Life

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Painterly Palettes

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ill probably never know. What we can be sure of, however,

Tudor building, in his seminal

survey of Buildings of England, writing

tersely that it has a ‘pretended Jacobean

Façade’. This is certainly true, for the windows and blank-arched gables are ogee headed

rather than the more usual Gothic pointed. Half shut your eyes, and the building looks

older even than the Dutch it is most obviously

akin to, almost Turkish, and with a real stretch of the imagination, a hint of the Oriental can be detected. Often wonder, did the house’s architectural style originate. Whatever its

origin, the Hunting Lodge, as we see it now, is

a bit of an enigma. Could its ‘pretended’ style,

in fact, be a hangover from the preferred taste of centuries long past? Or is it one of the earliest, conscious revivals of Jacobean

decorative architecture, a period that was not to become fashionable again for 100 years?

We will probably never know. What we can be sure of, however, Or is it one of the earliest, conscious revivals of Jacobean decorative

architecture, a period that was not to become fashionable again for 100 years? We will

The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. I like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the plant stands on the brick I like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the. like white flowers

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Painterly Palettes

W

ill probably never know. What we can be sure of, however,

Tudor building, in his seminal

survey of Buildings of England, writing

tersely that it has a ‘pretended Jacobean

Façade’. This is certainly true, for the windows and blank-arched gables are ogee headed

rather than the more usual Gothic pointed. Half shut your eyes, and the building looks

older even than the Dutch it is most obviously

akin to, almost Turkish, and with a real stretch of the imagination, a hint of the Oriental can be detected. Often wonder, did the house’s architectural style originate. Whatever its

origin, the Hunting Lodge, as we see it now, is

a bit of an enigma. Could its ‘pretended’ style,

in fact, be a hangover from the preferred taste of centuries long past? Or is it one of the earliest, conscious revivals of Jacobean

decorative architecture, a period that was not to become fashionable again for 100 years?

We will probably never know. What we can be sure of, however, Or is it one of the earliest, conscious revivals of Jacobean decorative

architecture, a period that was not to become fashionable again for 100 years? We will

The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. I like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the plant stands on the brick I like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the. like white flowers

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‘Handwritten quote from Nicky to go here’

The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the plant stands on the brick I like white flowers near the house Tulips in the spring and The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. I like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the plant stands on the brick I like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the plant stands on the brick I like white flowers near the house and flowers near the house

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‘Handwritten quote from Nicky to go here’

The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the plant stands on the brick I like white flowers near the house Tulips in the spring and The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. I like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the plant stands on the brick I like white flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and flowers near the house – tulips in the spring and geraniums in the plant stands on the brick I like white flowers near the house and flowers near the house

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‘he plant stands on the brickT‘apron’ echo the shape the sitting room. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron. he plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape the sitting room. The plant stands on the brick errace into the sitting room. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron stands on ‘apronecho the shape straight from the plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape the sitting room. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron. he plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape the sitting room. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron.straight from the terrace into stands on the. he plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape

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bright as day

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tayed, Dogmersfield. Its royal owners dotted the

woods with little brick buildings, mere lodging for

shade or shelter from the chase. And, it was in one of

these lodges that Catherine of Aragon, so the legend goes – a

legend given strong credence by the fact that there is a house

betrothed, Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King Henry VII. The practice of engaged royalty to meet in forests house

betrothed, Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King Henry VII. The practice of continued for many decades; even Marie Antoinette first met the future Louis XVI in the forest of

Compiègne. The marriage of Arthur and Catherine was sho rt-lived. On his early death, she almost instantly gave her hand to his brother, by now Henry VIII. The royal play

The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. the spring and geraniums in the summer. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the terrace into the sitting room plant.The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. the spring and geraniums in the summer. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the terrace into the sitting room plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. the spring and geraniums in the summer. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee

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bright as day

S

tayed, Dogmersfield. Its royal owners dotted the

woods with little brick buildings, mere lodging for

shade or shelter from the chase. And, it was in one of

these lodges that Catherine of Aragon, so the legend goes – a

legend given strong credence by the fact that there is a house

betrothed, Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King Henry VII. The practice of engaged royalty to meet in forests house

betrothed, Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King Henry VII. The practice of continued for many decades; even Marie Antoinette first met the future Louis XVI in the forest of

Compiègne. The marriage of Arthur and Catherine was sho rt-lived. On his early death, she almost instantly gave her hand to his brother, by now Henry VIII. The royal play

The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. the spring and geraniums in the summer. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the terrace into the sitting room plant.The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. the spring and geraniums in the summer. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the terrace into the sitting room plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. the spring and geraniums in the summer. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee

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The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. the spring summer. ds on the. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. the spring summer.ds on the.The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the The plant stands on the brick. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape of the ogee windows. the spring summer.ds on the.The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the. The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the

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‘I always wanted to put a fringe on these pelmets.’

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‘I always wanted to put a fringe on these pelmets.’

The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the The. plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ echo the shape The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the The The plant stands on the brick plant stands on the brick on’ echo the shape The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the The plant stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the The ‘apron’ straight from the The straight from the The plant stands on stands on the brick ‘apron’ straight from the The ‘apron’ straight from the The plant

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green as gr ass

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orphed into, and has stayed, Dogmersfield. Its royal

owners dotted the woods with little brick buildings, mere lodging for shade or shelter from the chase.

And, it was in one of these lodges that Catherine of Aragon, so the legend goes legend given strong credence by the fact that

there is a house betrothed, Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King Henry VII. The practice of engaged royalty to meet in

forests continued for many decades; even Marie Antoinette first met the future Louis XVI in the forest of Compiègne. The

marriage of Arthur and Catherine was short-lived. On his early death, she VIII. The royal playgrounds moved away to another elaborate fêtes champêtres for the amusement of the next

monarch, Elizabeth I.Dogmersfield, too, had changed hands.

Given by the Crown to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, then to the Earl of Southampton, by the early 1700s Dogmersfield had

become the principal home of the Paulet St John family. They of

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green as gr ass

M

orphed into, and has stayed, Dogmersfield. Its royal

owners dotted the woods with little brick buildings, mere lodging for shade or shelter from the chase.

And, it was in one of these lodges that Catherine of Aragon, so the legend goes legend given strong credence by the fact that

there is a house betrothed, Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King Henry VII. The practice of engaged royalty to meet in

forests continued for many decades; even Marie Antoinette first met the future Louis XVI in the forest of Compiègne. The

marriage of Arthur and Catherine was short-lived. On his early death, she VIII. The royal playgrounds moved away to another elaborate fêtes champêtres for the amusement of the next

monarch, Elizabeth I.Dogmersfield, too, had changed hands.

Given by the Crown to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, then to the Earl of Southampton, by the early 1700s Dogmersfield had

become the principal home of the Paulet St John family. They of

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