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Somerhill (other)
Somerhill may refer to: *Somerhill House, Tonbridge, United Kingdom **The Schools at Somerhill Somerhill Independent School (''formerly known as The Schools at Somerhill'') is an independent prep school in Tonbridge, Kent, located at Somerhill House and overseen by Somerhill Charitable Trust. The school is composed of three sections: So ... (located in Somerhill House) * Somerhill Gallery, Durham, North Carolina, an art gallery See also * Summerhill (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerhill House
Somerhill House ( ) is a listed building, Grade I listed Jacobean architecture, Jacobean mansion situated near Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom. It was built for Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde, The 4th Earl of Clanricarde in 1611–13. The estate was sequestrated by Parliament in 1645, and restored to its rightful owner in 1660. The building had become derelict by the mid-eighteenth century but was later restored. Somerhill was painted by J. M. W. Turner, Turner in 1811. It was bought by a member of the Goldsmid family in 1849 and greatly extended between 1879 and 1897, making it the second largest house in Kent, after Knole House, Sevenoaks. Somerhill housed a Prisoner of War camp, Prisoner of War Camp No. 40, during the Second World War, following which it became the home of the d'Avigdor-Goldsmids and was visited by many celebrities of the time. Somerhill was sold by the d'Avigdor-Goldsmids in 1980, and again went into decline, being damaged by vandalism and storms. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Schools At Somerhill
Somerhill Independent School (''formerly known as The Schools at Somerhill'') is an independent prep school in Tonbridge, Kent, located at Somerhill House and overseen by Somerhill Charitable Trust. The school is composed of three sections: Somerhill Pre-Prep (coeducational pre-prep for children aged 2.5 to 7), Yardley Court (for boys aged 7-13), and Derwent Lodge (for girls aged 7-11). History Yardley Court was founded in 1898 in Tonbridge and moved to the Somerhill site in 1990 to expand. Derwent Lodge, established in the 1930s, moved to Somerhill House in 1993, relocating from their Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells (formerly, until 1909, and still commonly Tunbridge Wells) is a town in Kent, England, southeast of Central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone ... town centre home, which they had outgrown. The establishment of Somerhill Pre-Prep followed shortly after in 1995. The three s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerhill Gallery
Somerhill Gallery was a contemporary art gallery based in Durham, North Carolina owned by Joseph D. Rowand. Founded in 1972, the gallery shut its doors due to bankruptcy and failure to pay its artists in 2010.Historic Preservation Society of Durham: "Brighter Leaves: Celebrating the Arts in Durham, North Carolina." Pages 197 and 216. Historic Preservation Society of Durham, 2008. ASIN: B001G6NLVM Abstract and representational artwork in all visual disciplines was on display in the gallery's setting. Somerhill featured fine art glass and jewelry, a contemporary photography gallery, an open-air glass atrium which stood at the center of the main salon where featured exhibitions were shown. The gallery also featured white oak floors, fabric walls and over 40 skylights. Exhibited artists include Herb Jackson, Maud Gatewood, John Beerman, Claude Howell, Carol Bechtel, and Peter Butler. History 1972-1989 Somerhill Gallery was founded in April 1972 by Joseph Rowand. Its first location w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
