Bowood is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Wiltshire, England, that has been owned for more than 250 years by the Fitzmaurice family. The house, with interiors by Robert Adam, stands in extensive grounds which include a garden designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. It is adjacent to the village of Derry Hill, halfway between Calne and Chippenham. The greater part of the house was demolished in 1956.
Bowood House from Morris's County Seats (1880). The block on the right is the "Big House", which has been demolished. The wing on the left, starting with the short tower, remains.
Italianate terrace gardens at Bowood
The Doric Temple folly in the landscape gardens designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown
The Adam Room, as reinstalled at Lloyd's building, London
Robert Adam was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his older brother John, Robert took on the family business, which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance, after William's death.
Portrait attributed to George Willison, c. 1770–1775
Robert Adam by James Tassie (medallion)
Royal High School (1578–1777) on site of Blackfriars Monastery, Edinburgh.
Entrance front of Hopetoun House, designed by William Adam and modified by the Adam Brothers
