Located on the first/top floor of the West Wing, with views over the grand drive and front of the house. . The living room is positioned in the entrance of the room with a view of the front of the house, with a separate bedroom through French doors. The scheme is green and cream, with a separate walk-in wardrobe.
Sir Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959) was born at Cookham-on-Thames, Berkshire on 30th June 1891, and the seventh son in a family of eleven children. Spencer received no formal education but in 1908 he entered Slade School in London. He lived and worked in Cookham all his life. He produced many purely realistic landscapes but is best known for works, such as “Christ carrying the Cross” and “The Resurrection” which are interpretations of the Bible in terms of everyday life, using bold distortion of figures. His inspirations for these pictures came when walking through Cookham. He had visions of seeing ‘heaven’ in Cookham’s streets and the incidents of Christ’s life in the everyday lives of the inhabitants of the village.
Spencer became a member of the Royal Academy in 1950 and in 1959 received a knighthood. He died on 14th December 1959 in the memorial hospital at Cliveden.
Please note: Photo is an example of a Junior Suite and may not be of the featured room.
Spencer
