Wanstead House

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Wanstead House was an early 18th-century English Palladian mansion in Essex, celebrated as one of the grandest country houses of its time before its demolition.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wanstead House canonical 3
Wanstead estate 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Palladian mansion ⓘ
country house ⓘ
architect Colen Campbell ⓘ
architecturalStyle Palladian architecture ⓘ
category Palladian architecture in England ⓘ
buildings and structures in the London Borough of Redbridge ⓘ
demolished country houses in England ⓘ
causeOfDemolition financial difficulties of its owner ⓘ
sale of estate to pay debts ⓘ
client Sir Richard Child ⓘ
completionDate circa 1722 ⓘ
constructionStart 1713 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
demolitionDate 1824 ⓘ
documentedIn 18th-century engravings ⓘ
architectural pattern books ⓘ
hasHeritage site now part of a public park ⓘ
hasPart avenues of trees ⓘ
extensive parkland ⓘ
flanking wings ⓘ
formal gardens ⓘ
grand central block ⓘ
ornamental canals ⓘ
heritageStatus demolished building ⓘ
inception early 18th century ⓘ
influenced subsequent English Palladian country houses ⓘ
influencedBy Italian Palladian villas ⓘ
work of Andrea Palladio ⓘ
locatedIn Essex ⓘ
London Borough of Redbridge ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wanstead ⓘ
namedAfter Wanstead ⓘ
near Epping Forest ⓘ
River Roding ⓘ
notableFor being one of the grandest country houses in England of its time ⓘ
early adoption of Palladian style in England ⓘ
originalOwner Earl Tylney of Castlemaine ⓘ
Sir Richard Child ⓘ
ownedBy Child family ⓘ
linked to: Child

Tylney family ⓘ
partOf Wanstead Park ⓘ
patron Sir Richard Child ⓘ
precededBy earlier manor house at Wanstead ⓘ
surroundedBy Wanstead Park ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colen Campbell → designed → Wanstead House ⓘ
Josiah Child → residence → Wanstead House ⓘ
Josiah Child → owned → Wanstead estate ⓘ
linked to: Wanstead House