Heathcote, Ilkley

Heathcote is a

Edwardian Baroque style and those of New Delhi.^[2]

It was completed in 1908.

In December 2014

National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.^[5]

House

In 1906,

Neo-Georgian designs, and his correspondence with Herbert Baker displayed a growing enthusiasm for classical architecture.^[2] Later, he acknowledged a stylistic debt at Heathcote to the 16th-century Italian architect Michele Sanmicheli. Lutyens has been criticised for using a grand style more suited to a public building than to the Hemingways' dwelling.^[6] Lutyens came to call his new style "Wrennaissance", after Christopher Wren.^[8]

The house is built of local

pantiles.^[10]

Entry is from King's Road, via a walled entrance court, to a door in the centre of the north

wrought-iron balconies, additional setbacks in the central bay, and Doric pilasters on the flanking pavilions.^[2] English Heritage have called the south elevation a "witty reinterpretation" of Michele Sanmicheli's Porta Palio in Verona.^[4]

For the interior design, Lutyens continued the classical theme.^[2] The vestibule floor was white marble.^[11] The hall had green Siberian marble columns, a black marble staircase and a vivid green carpet. Blue was used for some other surfaces, and for the Lutyens-designed furniture.^[12] He also designed star-shaped light fittings.^[2] Other interior features designed by Lutyens which remain intact include the fireplaces, cabinets and cupboards.^[4]

Emma Jane Hemingway died in the house in 1937.

planning application to split it into two apartments was unsuccessful, it was converted back into an eight-bedroom house in 2012.^[13]

Gardens

retaining walls for the terracing, including that of the central lawn.^[7] The Grade I listing of 12 December 2014 combined numerous garden and courtyard features that were individually Grade II* listed, as well as some outbuildings and a pair of cottages fronting onto King's Road.^[4]

The planting of the gardens was by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll.^[14]

Notes

^ Gradidge (1981), p. 44.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Gradidge (1981), pp. 63–68
^ "Historic home receives upgrade in grade status". Ilkley Gazette. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Historic England. "Heathcote (1133518)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Heathcote, Ilkley (park and garden) (1001219)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brown (1996), pp. 133–136
^ ^a ^b ^c Brown (1982), pp. 108–109.
^ Wilhide (2012), p. 32.
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^ ^a ^b Amery (1981), pp. 108–109.
^ Wilhide (2012), p. 82.
^ Wilhide (2012), p. 136.
^ Greaves, Amanda (24 January 2013). "Call to safeguard Ilkley's Heathcote mansion after sale". Ilkley Gazette. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
^ Brown (1982), p. 186.