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The story of Roundway’s rise and fall, the people who built and owned it, lived and worked there, and the house’s eventual partial demolition in 1954.
Histories of lost country houses involve sophisticated detective work. Simon Baynes’ new book is impressive for its wide ranging research and his absorbing text illustrates just how many stories these houses have to tell.
The Forgotten Country House is a fascinating history of a colourful family and a remarkable building told with passion and authority.
This book is a comprehensive record of a notable country house in Wiltshire. Many long lost photographs and personal family details have been documented under one cover by Simon Baynes and his late father to create this excellent publication.
This handsomely produced volume recounts the history of Roundway Park in Wiltshire, a now mostly demolished Georgian mansion... Part house, part family history, the final decades at Roundway are tinged with sadness... [The] book is a fitting tribute to the house and estate that it commemorates.
Quiller Publishing has once again done an excellent job in presenting this enthralling photographic and literary exposition which has been researched thoroughly by author Simon Baynes... Highly recommended, especially for those interested in English social and cultural history, Georgian architecture and Wiltshire history.
You can read this book like a novel, from cover to cover, or dip into it like a coffee table book, drawn in by its mix of beautiful illustrations and photographs... The Forgotten Country House is a delight. As the book jacket says, it is 'part family history, part love letter to the English country house.' It succeeds brilliantly at both.
Simon Baynes grew up in Montgomeryshire where his father ran Lake Vyrnwy Hotel. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and read history at Magdalene College, Cambridge After a career at stockbrokers Cazenove & Co. and as Managing Director of the merged JP Morgan Cazenove investment bank, Simon moved back to Montgomeryshire where he now focuses on writing and the local community. He ran a second-hand bookshop for five years, is founder of the Montgomeryshire Literary Festival and co-author of Lake Vyrnwy Hotel: The Story of a Sporting Hotel. Simon has stood for parliament in Mid-Wales and is Mayor of his local town, Llanfyllin. His wife, Maggie, is an architect and he is Chairman of the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust; together, they have restored Bodfach Hall and its gardens where they live with their daughters, Clemmie and Francesca.
Histories of lost country houses involve sophisticated detective work. Simon Baynes’ new book is impressive for its wide ranging research and his absorbing text illustrates just how many stories these houses have to tell.
The Forgotten Country House is a fascinating history of a colourful family and a remarkable building told with passion and authority.
This book is a comprehensive record of a notable country house in Wiltshire. Many long lost photographs and personal family details have been documented under one cover by Simon Baynes and his late father to create this excellent publication.
This handsomely produced volume recounts the history of Roundway Park in Wiltshire, a now mostly demolished Georgian mansion... Part house, part family history, the final decades at Roundway are tinged with sadness... [The] book is a fitting tribute to the house and estate that it commemorates.
Quiller Publishing has once again done an excellent job in presenting this enthralling photographic and literary exposition which has been researched thoroughly by author Simon Baynes... Highly recommended, especially for those interested in English social and cultural history, Georgian architecture and Wiltshire history.
You can read this book like a novel, from cover to cover, or dip into it like a coffee table book, drawn in by its mix of beautiful illustrations and photographs... The Forgotten Country House is a delight. As the book jacket says, it is 'part family history, part love letter to the English country house.' It succeeds brilliantly at both.
Simon Baynes grew up in Montgomeryshire where his father ran Lake Vyrnwy Hotel. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and read history at Magdalene College, Cambridge After a career at stockbrokers Cazenove & Co. and as Managing Director of the merged JP Morgan Cazenove investment bank, Simon moved back to Montgomeryshire where he now focuses on writing and the local community. He ran a second-hand bookshop for five years, is founder of the Montgomeryshire Literary Festival and co-author of Lake Vyrnwy Hotel: The Story of a Sporting Hotel. Simon has stood for parliament in Mid-Wales and is Mayor of his local town, Llanfyllin. His wife, Maggie, is an architect and he is Chairman of the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust; together, they have restored Bodfach Hall and its gardens where they live with their daughters, Clemmie and Francesca.