Wakehurst Manor House, Salve Regina University
- Title:
- Wakehurst Manor House, Salve Regina University
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Newton, Dudley (American architect, 1845-1907)
Kempe, Charles Eamer (English glass painter and craftsman, 1837-1907)
- Creation Date:
- 1884-1887 (building)
ca. 1887 (photograph)
- Location:
- Newport, Rhode Island, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 532
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00532
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00532.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- construction sites
Construction views
mansions
dormers
Wakehurst Manor, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island
photographs - Measurement:
- 17.78 x 22.86 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "Wakehurst was the home of international sportsman, political figure and anglophile James J. Van Alen. The mansion, conceptualized in 1882, was built between 1884 and 1887. It was designed to replicate Wakehurst Place, an Elizabethan manor house built in Sussex, England in 1570, that still stands today. Charles Eamer Kempe, an English architect and stained glass artist drew the original plans to design the mansion. Newport architect Dudley Newton supervised the construction on Ochre Point Avenue, including the assembly of certain rooms that were created and built in England. . . . Typical of Prodig y Houses designed for the countryside, Wakehurst is characteristic of rural England during the late 16th century. The mansion's roof alone provides a prime example of the distinguished place it holds in America's architectural history. The rooflines and pitch, copper and lead detailing, and exceptio nally large slate tiles are all representative of the 16th century technology utilized in the construction of Wakehurst Place. Even though Wakehurst is a Gilded Age home, it replicates a much earlier source that in its own day was unique. In doing so, Wakehurst's significance as an example of except ional achievement in architecture and craftsmanship is heightened. It was intended that Wakehurst be a dramatic landmark with clusters of diamond-paned bay windows acting as beacons in the night. Because of Van Alen's romantic traditionalism, it was lit entirely by gaslight and candle for many years. Salve Regina University purchased Wakehurst in 1972." Source: Sal ve Regina University Web Site:
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.