Cottage orné
The Hermitage, Hanwell,inEaling,west London
Cottage orné(Frenchfor 'decorated cottage')[1]dates back to a movement of "rustic" stylised cottages of the late 18th and early 19th centuries during theRomantic movement,[2]when some sought to discover a more natural way of living as opposed to the formality of the precedingBaroqueandNeoclassicalarchitectural styles.English Heritagedefines the term as "A rustic building of picturesque design."[3]Cottages ornés often feature well-shaped thatch roofs with ornate timberwork.
England
[edit]In England cottage orné were often built by the landed wealthy either as rustic retreats for themselves or as embellishments for their estates. They were not necessarilycottagesin the usual sense of a small dwelling for the rural poor: examples range from the cluster of retirement cottages built by a Bristol banker for his retired staff atBlaise Hamletto the expansiveRoyal Lodge,built by kingGeorge IVfor his own use. Houghton Lodge,Hampshire, is a fine example with beautiful gardens.
The cottage orné is the archetypal "chocolate box"cottage, but many chocolate box cottages are attractive cottages of conventional purpose, in no way associated with the Romantic era cottage orné.
An early cottage orné isQueen Charlotte's CottageinKew Gardens,built to an idea byQueen Charlottein 1772, and possibly executed by SirWilliam Chambers.[4]Originally a single storey, the cottage was extended in 1805 with a half-timbered second storey and a thatched roof.[5]
United States
[edit]In the United States the cottage orné was characterized by the use of rustic motifs with a picturesque use of lattice/trellis, fancyscrollsawwork, and lightweight porch supports.
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^From the masculine French nounle cottage(Larousse French Dictionary) from the English wordcottage,from the ancient French wordcote,"a cabin". Used in modern French to denoteune petite maison de campagne rustique et elegante.
- ^Sturgis, Russell (1901).A Dictionary of Architecture and Building.Macmillan. p. 1/694.
- ^"Thesaurus".English Heritage. Archived fromthe originalon 7 August 2012.Retrieved29 May2012.
- ^Knight, Caroline (2011). "An Early Cottage Orné: Craven Cottage and Lady Craven".The Georgian Group Journal.XIX:137.
- ^"Cottage Orné".Atkey and Company.Retrieved13 April2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Lyall, S. (1988),Dream Cottages: From Cottage Ornée to Stockbroker Tudor. 200 years of the Cult of the Vernacular.Hale, London.
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