A Delicious Retreat: The Marine Villa and its Setting in England, C. 1760 to C. 1840. A Contextual Study
Author(s): Kate Feluś
This study was commissioned to better understand the significance of Norris Castle on the Isle of Wight as a late 18th century marine villa and landscape. It compares Norris Castle with other villa developments on the island, the wider Solent area and at strategic points around the English coastline. Marine villas were highly fashionable and numerous, from the late 18th century into the 19th century. Over time, with increasing demand for seaside land, their numbers have diminished considerably. In some places the house might survive, but its setting is lost. In a very few places the setting remains, but the house has gone. Therefore surviving ensembles of marine villas and their settings are now extremely rare. The report concludes that Norris Castle and its setting is particularly fine and unusual. It is a rare surviving example as so many marine villas have been lost.
- Report Number:
- 93/2022
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 130
- Keywords:
- Gardens Archaeology Villa Marine Building and Landscape Conservation Protection
