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Prince Charles' favourite architect has dealt a blow to a development dubbed a 'Poundshop Versailles' after plans to erect stables and a riding school at a £7million mansion were rejected. Quinlan Terry CBE - who helped design Prince Charles' traditionalist village, Poundbury in Dorset - is among scores of people opposing the swanky Higham Park mansion development in Suffolk. Apoplectic conservationists fear extension works on the existing property will blight the bucolic countryside famously painted by John Constable, who lived nearby. But they can now celebrate a small victory in their pla...
Opposed - Charles Clover, the Dedham Vale Society’s chairman, is against the extension He said: “This Poundshop Versailles could not be more out of character with Constable Country. Constable consciously celebrated the workaday modesty of this part of the English countryside and depicted a harmonious society, not the gaudy excess on the part of the rich that led to revolution in France. “Pasture is an important part of the character of the area, not formal gardens.” Carol Gurney, from Higham, also objected to the application on the council’s planning portal. “I feel I must...
Prince Charles's favourite architect is in 'Poundshop Versailles' row Simon Walters for the Daily Mail © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Prince Charles's favourite architect is embroiled in a row over claims that the view that inspired one of Constable's most famous paintings will be ruined by a house critics have branded a 'Poundshop Versailles'. Quinlan Terry, known as Britain's 'high priest of classical architecture', has complained about the £7million mansion being built by Craig Bisson, 41, and his wife Nicole. The project to extend the couple's existing prope...
Prince Charles's favourite architect is embroiled in a row over claims that the view that inspired one of Constable's most famous paintings will be ruined by a house critics have branded a 'Poundshop Versailles'. Quinlan Terry, known as Britain's 'high priest of classical architecture', has complained about the £7million mansion being built by Craig Bisson, 41, and his wife Nicole. The project to extend the couple's existing property has also led to a fall-out between Mr Terry, 83, and his son, Francis, 51, who has his own rival classical architecture business. Prince Charles's favourite ar...