A La Ronde by Hugh Meller
This unique sixteen-sided house, described by Lucinda Lambton as having 'a magical strangeness that one might dream of only as a child', was built for two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter, on their return from a grand tour of Europe in the late 18th century. It contains many objects and mementoes of their travels. The extraordinary interior decoration includes a feature frieze and a fragile shell-encrusted gallery, said to contain nearly 25,000 shells, which can be viewed in its entirety on closed-circuit television.
Hugh Meller is a National Trust curator and an expert on the historic buildings of Devon
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843591085 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843591081 |
| Title | A La Ronde |
| Author | Hugh Meller |
| Series | National Trust Guidebooks Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | National Trust |
| Year published | 1991-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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