Castle-Crashing in England With Vogue’s Hamish Bowles Inline

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    The garden front of Castle Howard.

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    A screen by William Morris in the chapel.

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    Stained glass windows in the chapel by Burne-Jones, added in the 1870s.

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    The Castle Howard Bedroom.

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    Squares of printed Japanese paper were applied as bedroom wallpaper in the 19th century.

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    A bird’s-eye view of Vanbrugh’s magnificent entrance gallery.

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    Gates designed by Vanbrugh lead to the romantic gardens.

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    A delphinium display in the gardens.

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    Vanbrugh’s magnificent Castle Howard, seen from the formal parterres.

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    Yours truly in the gardens.

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    Laurence Whistler’s etched glass panel in the sitting room at sunset, illustrating two of Vanbrugh’s fanciful buildings.

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    A staircase, added in the 19th century, revealed in a convex mirror.

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    Vanbrugh’s Temple of the Four Winds, begun in the early 1700s.

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    Hawksmoor’s mausoleum, begun in 1731, with a monumental later base by Daniel Garrett.

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    Inside the mausoleum’s colonnade.

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    The dome of Hawksmoor’s mausoleum.

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    Yours truly repeating a childhood pose on a corner of the Temple of the Four Winds.