Andrew Hann is Properties Historians’ Team Leader at English Heritage with particular responsibility for researching and writing about the country houses in their care. Before joining English Heritage in 2007 he worked for a number of years as an academic. His research interests centre on the history of retail, consumption and material culture. Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University.

This is an impressive collection of essays about country houses and the ways their inhabitants furnished them and bought the other things they needed and wanted. English Buidings Blogspot There is very much more to ponder and enjoy in this well-illustrated and thoroughly researched book and as it is packed with interesting references I suspect that it will not gather dust on the bookshelf. -- David Brown Landscape History, Volume 38, Issue 1, 2017

• Introduction Jon Stobart The country house and cultures of consumptionSection 1: Elites, consumption and the country house1. Yme Kuiper - The rise of the country house in the Dutch Republic: beyond Johan Huizinga’s narrative of Dutch civilisation in the 17th century2. Jane Whittle - The gentry as consumers in early 17th-century England3. Johanna Ilmakunnas - To build according to one’s status: a country house in late 18th-century Sweden4. Mark Rothery and Jon Stobart - Geographies of supply: Stoneleigh Abbey and Arbury Hall in the 18th century5. Shelley Garland - The use of French architectural design books in De Grey's choice of style at Wrest ParkSection 2: Continuity, heritage and the country house6. Hannah Chavasse - Fashion and ‘affectionate recollection’: material culture at Audley End, 1762–17737. Hanneke Ronnes - A sense of heritage: renewal versus preservation in the English and Dutch palaces of William III in the 18th century 8. Victor Hugo López Borges - An Anglo-Irish country house in Spain: the Palacio de CastrelosSection 3: Eastern connections, adoptions and imitations9. Emile de Bruijn - Consuming East Asia: continuity and change in the development of chinoiserie10. Kate Smith - Imperial objects? Country house interiors in 18th-century Britain11. Patricia F Ferguson - ‘Japan China’ taste and elite ceramic consumption in 18th-century England: revising the narrative12. Helen Clifford - ‘Conquests from North to South’: The Dundas property empire. New wealth, constructing status and the role of ‘India’ goods in the British country house.Section 4: Country house interiors as lived spaces13. Rosie MacArthur - Settling into the country house: the Hanburys at Kelmarsh Hall14. Susan Jenkins - Fashion and function: the decoration of the library at Kenwood in context15. Karol Mullaney- Dignam Useless and extravagant? The consumption of music in the Irish country house16. Annie Gray - Broccoli, bunnies and beef: supplying the edible wants of the Victorian country houseSection 5: Presenting the country house17. Nicola Pickering M- ayer Amschel de Rothschild and Mentmore Towers: displaying ‘le goût Rothschild’18. Anna McEvoy - Following in the footsteps of 18th-century tourists: the visitor experience at Stowe over 300 years19. Karen Fielder - X marks the spot: narratives of a lost country house

Andrew Hann is Properties Historians’ Team Leader at English Heritage with particular responsibility for researching and writing about the country houses in their care. Before joining English Heritage in 2007 he worked for a number of years as an academic. His research interests centre on the history of retail, consumption and material culture. Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University.

This is an impressive collection of essays about country houses and the ways their inhabitants furnished them and bought the other things they needed and wanted. English Buidings Blogspot There is very much more to ponder and enjoy in this well-illustrated and thoroughly researched book and as it is packed with interesting references I suspect that it will not gather dust on the bookshelf. -- David Brown Landscape History, Volume 38, Issue 1, 2017

• Introduction Jon Stobart The country house and cultures of consumptionSection 1: Elites, consumption and the country house1. Yme Kuiper - The rise of the country house in the Dutch Republic: beyond Johan Huizinga’s narrative of Dutch civilisation in the 17th century2. Jane Whittle - The gentry as consumers in early 17th-century England3. Johanna Ilmakunnas - To build according to one’s status: a country house in late 18th-century Sweden4. Mark Rothery and Jon Stobart - Geographies of supply: Stoneleigh Abbey and Arbury Hall in the 18th century5. Shelley Garland - The use of French architectural design books in De Grey's choice of style at Wrest ParkSection 2: Continuity, heritage and the country house6. Hannah Chavasse - Fashion and ‘affectionate recollection’: material culture at Audley End, 1762–17737. Hanneke Ronnes - A sense of heritage: renewal versus preservation in the English and Dutch palaces of William III in the 18th century 8. Victor Hugo López Borges - An Anglo-Irish country house in Spain: the Palacio de CastrelosSection 3: Eastern connections, adoptions and imitations9. Emile de Bruijn - Consuming East Asia: continuity and change in the development of chinoiserie10. Kate Smith - Imperial objects? Country house interiors in 18th-century Britain11. Patricia F Ferguson - ‘Japan China’ taste and elite ceramic consumption in 18th-century England: revising the narrative12. Helen Clifford - ‘Conquests from North to South’: The Dundas property empire. New wealth, constructing status and the role of ‘India’ goods in the British country house.Section 4: Country house interiors as lived spaces13. Rosie MacArthur - Settling into the country house: the Hanburys at Kelmarsh Hall14. Susan Jenkins - Fashion and function: the decoration of the library at Kenwood in context15. Karol Mullaney- Dignam Useless and extravagant? The consumption of music in the Irish country house16. Annie Gray - Broccoli, bunnies and beef: supplying the edible wants of the Victorian country houseSection 5: Presenting the country house17. Nicola Pickering M- ayer Amschel de Rothschild and Mentmore Towers: displaying ‘le goût Rothschild’18. Anna McEvoy - Following in the footsteps of 18th-century tourists: the visitor experience at Stowe over 300 years19. Karen Fielder - X marks the spot: narratives of a lost country house

Andrew Hann is Properties Historians’ Team Leader at English Heritage with particular responsibility for researching and writing about the country houses in their care. Before joining English Heritage in 2007 he worked for a number of years as an academic. His research interests centre on the history of retail, consumption and material culture. Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University.

This is an impressive collection of essays about country houses and the ways their inhabitants furnished them and bought the other things they needed and wanted. English Buidings Blogspot There is very much more to ponder and enjoy in this well-illustrated and thoroughly researched book and as it is packed with interesting references I suspect that it will not gather dust on the bookshelf. -- David Brown Landscape History, Volume 38, Issue 1, 2017

• Introduction Jon Stobart The country house and cultures of consumptionSection 1: Elites, consumption and the country house1. Yme Kuiper - The rise of the country house in the Dutch Republic: beyond Johan Huizinga’s narrative of Dutch civilisation in the 17th century2. Jane Whittle - The gentry as consumers in early 17th-century England3. Johanna Ilmakunnas - To build according to one’s status: a country house in late 18th-century Sweden4. Mark Rothery and Jon Stobart - Geographies of supply: Stoneleigh Abbey and Arbury Hall in the 18th century5. Shelley Garland - The use of French architectural design books in De Grey's choice of style at Wrest ParkSection 2: Continuity, heritage and the country house6. Hannah Chavasse - Fashion and ‘affectionate recollection’: material culture at Audley End, 1762–17737. Hanneke Ronnes - A sense of heritage: renewal versus preservation in the English and Dutch palaces of William III in the 18th century 8. Victor Hugo López Borges - An Anglo-Irish country house in Spain: the Palacio de CastrelosSection 3: Eastern connections, adoptions and imitations9. Emile de Bruijn - Consuming East Asia: continuity and change in the development of chinoiserie10. Kate Smith - Imperial objects? Country house interiors in 18th-century Britain11. Patricia F Ferguson - ‘Japan China’ taste and elite ceramic consumption in 18th-century England: revising the narrative12. Helen Clifford - ‘Conquests from North to South’: The Dundas property empire. New wealth, constructing status and the role of ‘India’ goods in the British country house.Section 4: Country house interiors as lived spaces13. Rosie MacArthur - Settling into the country house: the Hanburys at Kelmarsh Hall14. Susan Jenkins - Fashion and function: the decoration of the library at Kenwood in context15. Karol Mullaney- Dignam Useless and extravagant? The consumption of music in the Irish country house16. Annie Gray - Broccoli, bunnies and beef: supplying the edible wants of the Victorian country houseSection 5: Presenting the country house17. Nicola Pickering M- ayer Amschel de Rothschild and Mentmore Towers: displaying ‘le goût Rothschild’18. Anna McEvoy - Following in the footsteps of 18th-century tourists: the visitor experience at Stowe over 300 years19. Karen Fielder - X marks the spot: narratives of a lost country house