Lord Wellesbourne's Taunton Hall
When researching a possible home for Lord Wellesbourne, I fell in love with Great Dixter. Because Great Dixter is in southern England and Lord Wellesbourne lived in Warwickshire, in the Cotswolds, I decided to move the house north.
As I was not able to find floor plans of the building, I had to create my own. After consulting several books on Tudor architecture and sites online, I drew plans based on my research.
As I was not able to find floor plans of the building, I had to create my own. After consulting several books on Tudor architecture and sites online, I drew plans based on my research.
The plans helped me to move the characters throughout Taunton Hall as well as see the hall in a three-dimensional way.
According to the Great Dixter website, "the present Great Dixter is actually three houses, one built in the mid-15th century with slightly later additions, the second a yeoman’s house from Benenden, across the border in Kent, built in the early 16th century and moved in 1910, and the third combines the two with additional accommodation, completed in 1912. It was at this time that the house, hitherto called merely Dixter, was renamed Great Dixter, to distinguish it from Little Dixter next door." Because Great Dixter is a combination of buildings that are a variety of ages, I followed the same path when creating Taunton Hall as well as adding a set of hand-carved staircases.
Like Great Dixter, Taunton Hall has elaborate gardens. Thanks to Lord Wellesbourne's father and brother, the previous Earls of Wellesbourne, they have fallen into neglect--something which the present Lord Wellesbourne is in the process of restoring.
According to the Great Dixter website, "the present Great Dixter is actually three houses, one built in the mid-15th century with slightly later additions, the second a yeoman’s house from Benenden, across the border in Kent, built in the early 16th century and moved in 1910, and the third combines the two with additional accommodation, completed in 1912. It was at this time that the house, hitherto called merely Dixter, was renamed Great Dixter, to distinguish it from Little Dixter next door." Because Great Dixter is a combination of buildings that are a variety of ages, I followed the same path when creating Taunton Hall as well as adding a set of hand-carved staircases.
Like Great Dixter, Taunton Hall has elaborate gardens. Thanks to Lord Wellesbourne's father and brother, the previous Earls of Wellesbourne, they have fallen into neglect--something which the present Lord Wellesbourne is in the process of restoring.