How and Why Have Styles of Architecture Changed Over Time (1100 1900)?

Question 1 Which is more useful for telling us about changing architectural styles up to the end of the 19th century: Wimpole Hall or Hinchingbrooke House? Use both sites and other sources to explain your answer. (10 marks)

Introduction (1 paragraph)  How and why have styles of architecture changed over time (1100 – 1900)?  Why and when were stately homes built?  Answer the question – state which house you think can tell us more about changing architectural styles and briefly explain why you have made this choice. You must then make sure you refer back to this argument throughout the rest of your essay.

What architectural and design changes have taken place in the two homes? (modifications) (2- 3 paragraphs)  Give examples of features from BOTH houses (interior and exterior) and explain which period they fit in to. (e.g. “Although it was built at the end of the Tudor-Jacobean period, Wimpole Hall mainly has classical features such as ……, …which reflects the changing fashions of the time. It therefore tells us nothing of the Tudor-Jacobean period…”)  Explain how BOTH houses have changed over time. Give examples of features added later on and explain WHY they were added. (e.g. changes in fashion, conspicuous consumption)  Use the sources and your own notes to explain how changes were popular (e.g. Mansfield Park “each generation has its own improvements to make”, source 8)

Which site is more useful? (1-2 paragraphs)  What can Hinchingbrooke tell us?  How is Hinchingbrooke limited?  What can Wimpole Hall tell us?  How is it limited?

How does the changing use of Hinchingbrooke House affect how we can use it as a historical source? (1 paragraph)  Talk about its use as a school and conference centre.  How could the site be improved as a historical resource? (e.g. information signs)

How does Wimpole Hall being a National Trust property affect how we can use it as a historical source? (1 paragraph)  Talk about both the benefits and limitations of National Trust properties. (e.g. preservation of stately homes, changing rooms round to attract more visitors)  How could the site be improved as a historical source?

Conclusion (1 paragraph)  Repeat your answer that was in your introduction, but this time give a more detailed explanation of why you think this house is more useful.  Which other stately homes around the country can tell us more about the changing architectural styles? (e.g. Osterly Park – Tudor-Jacobean, Tattershall castle – shows how motives for buildings changed in country homes)

DO NOT FORGET  You need to use points from the sources throughout your answer. Don’t forget to comment on how useful they are as well as cross-referencing them. Use P.E.E to structure each paragraph Question 2 STRUCTURE

 Introduction State your line of argument – i.e. answer the question. (You might want to write your introduction AFTER you’ve written the rest of the essay as this will give you more of an idea of what your argument is actually going to be)

 Paragraph one – outline national trends In this paragraph you need to explain what happened to the power and position of the ruling classes between the 19th and 20th sources. Make sure you use specific detail such as the Reform Acts and Secret Ballot Act as part of this explanation. You should also reference sources 10 and 13 during this paragraph. Make sure when you do this that you EVALUATE the source. (We will discuss this in lesson). Start with the short paragraph you wrote a few lessons ago on how local politics worked in 18th century society…

 Paragraph two – discuss the issue of ‘power’ versus ‘status’ Explain the difference between political power and national / local status. For example, we can see in source 11 that the eighth Earl retained local status through being Chairman of the County Council… Victor Montagu is another good example – he gave up his seat in the House of Lords in order to become an MP…

 Paragraph three – How does Wimpole Hall fit in? Explain the points from your graph – what happened at Wimpole? What do these events suggest about the power of the ruling classes?

 Paragraph four – How does Hinchingbrooke House fit in? Do the same as above, but this time using your HH line from the graph. Don’t forget to refer to the sources in both of these paragraphs.

 Paragraph five – general comparisons to other country houses Use this paragraph to discuss what happened to other country houses around Britain – are there any others that became schools or were taken over by the National Trust? Did anything different happen to any of them? What does this tell us about how typical WH and HH are?

 Conclusion Sum up all of your main points – what can Wimpole and Hinchingbrooke tell us about? What do they NOT tell us? Which is more useful for telling us about the power and position of the ruling classes and why?