Engleski B - 2023./24. jesen - reading 3.

Heyside Hall

Of all the big houses in the east of Bastshire, Heyside Hall is agreed to be the most eye-catching. It was ordered by Sir Nathaniel Curran-Jones as a wedding gift at the request of his fiancée Penelope on his return from India in 1826. Completed five years after the marriage ceremony in 1831, the hall was designed by the famous architect David Welby. Construction was carried out by John Platt and overseen by Sir Nathaniel's best friend Tom Smith.

The large town of Baschester is quickly reached by the main London to lpswich road, the journey taking half an hour by bus. However, the market towns of Epwick and Bailden are closer: the first ten minutes away and the second about twenty. Bailden is home to the famous annual cheese-rolling competition on St Swithin's Day.

Most big houses in this part of the county are built in the neo-Classical style, particularly evident in the garden designs on display at Birtsley House and Longside Palace. On the other hand, many of those built after Georgian times, such as Heyside Hall, show the neo-Gothic style popular in the country at the time.

There has always been some debate as to the building in the county with the most windows. For many years, Longside Palace had that status, after many of the 590 windows of Birtsley were destroyed during the Civil War. It is said that the youthful George III calculated the exact number to be 550 . Sir Nathaniel supposedly commanded David Welby to go over that total, and with twenty more windows (some impossible to clean!), Heyside Hall broke the record.