Hi Christian - great to hear from you. This sounds like a wonderful project.
This is not what you asked for, but I am inclined to think that your
original title was the best (which is so often the case). Even though the
word "plantation" conveys a meaning much broader than "house", it does set
the context for the house and acknowledge the nature of its function and its
environment. The fact that the builder chose the Palladian format for his
dwelling, in company with so many of his Piedmont Virginia neighbors, is
important. The house defined the status of the whole plantation and
fulfilled the material requirement of its owner, to have a seat that was
durable, useful, and beautiful - the essence of the Palladian ideal. So, for
what it's worth, I say stick to your guns, and hang in there for "Palladian
Plantation!"
Sorry to be of so little help in your search for something new.
Sally
Sally Gant
Director of Education and Special Programs
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA)
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Post Office Box 10310
924 S. Main Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27108
336-721-7361
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Christian,
If you're willing to toss out parallelism, how about "Palladian
PORTICOES, Italianate Villa, Aesthetic Retreat"
--Diane
Diane Goldman
Bethesda, Maryland
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This project will focus on the three primary phases of the house's
architectural history: its original form as a Palladian house built in
the late 18th century (white columns, double portico), its renovation
as an Italianate villa in the mid-19th century, and its reincarnation
as a monument to the Aesthetic Movement, complete with roaming peacocks
and bamboo forests in the late 19th century. .... The working title is:
"Sweet Briar House, 1800-1900: Palladian Plantation, Italianate Villa,
Aesthetic Retreat."
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