Museum · England · Restored
Stowe House
Stowe House is a large Grade I listed neoclassical country house in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England, forming the focal point of the designed landscape known as Stowe Gardens. The present house dates from major 18th‑century remodellings and contains extensive state rooms, libraries and galleries. It is open to the public and has been restored and conserved in modern times.
Its prime
1788
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1788
What Stowe House looked like in its prime.
A very long, symmetrical pale ashlar stone south façade about 140 m across, articulated with a central hexastyle Corinthian portico on a high piano nobile, wide shallow steps descending to a broad lawn, twin quadrant Ionic colonnades at the north ends, and balustraded parapet and pediment. The ground floor is banded rustication with arched windows; carved Portland stone tondos and a continuous Bacchic frieze run above the portico loggia. Broad lawns and an ornamental lake lie before the house.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1788.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Stowe House, including 5 interiors: marble saloon (elliptical dome), north hall (main entrance), state music room (apse and chimneypiece) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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Families who held Stowe House.
The families tied to Stowe House across its history, follow a name to its page.
Temple-Grenville
Seat of the Temple, later Temple-Grenville, family, Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos, from 1589 until the estate's final sale in 1921.
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