Thomas White (c. 1736-1811) : redesigning the northern British landscape /

Acknowledgements
List of figures
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Thomas White in context 
Chapter 2 Early career and working with Brown
Chapter 3 First commissions: 1765–8
Chapter 4 Established landscape designer: 1769–80
Chapter 5 Later career: 1781–1803
Chapter 6 Getting the commission
Chapter 7 His landscape designs
Chapter 8 Working methods
Chapter 9 Arboricultural activities
Chapter 10 Thomas White in Scotland by Christopher Dingwall
Chapter 11 White’s sites in England
11.1 Armley 
11.2 Belle Isle 
11.3 Blyborough 
11.4 Brocklesby 
11.5 Burton Constable 
11.6 Busby 
11.7 Campsall 
11.8 Carlton 
11.9 Colwick
11.10 Copgrove 
11.11 Fryston 
11.12 Goldsborough 
11.13 Grimston Garth 
11.14 Grove 
11.15 Harewood 
11.16 Hawksworth 
11.17 Holme 
11.18 Houghton 
11.19 Kirkleatham 
11.20 Lumley 
11.21 Mulgrave 
11.22 Newby 
11.23 Norton 
11.24 Owston 
11.25 Raby 
11.26 Scarisbrick 
11.27 Sedbury 
11.28 Skelton Castle 
11.29 Sledmere 
11.30 Welton 
11.31 Workington 
11.32 Others – Kilnwick and Stapleton
Bibliography
Index

Aims to restore the reputation of Thomas White who played a vital role in the story of how northern English designed landscapes evolved in the 18th century. This volume aims to restore the reputation of Thomas White, who in his time was as well respected as his fellow landscape designers Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and Humphry Repton. By the end of his career, he had produced designs for at least 32 sites across northern England and over 60 in Scotland. These include nationally important designed landscapes in Yorkshire such as Harewood House, Sledmere Hall, Burton Constable Hall, Newby Hall, Mulgrave Castle as well as Raby Castle in Durham, Belle Isle in Cumbria and Brocklesby Hall in Lincolnshire. He has a vital role in the story of how northern English designed landscapes evolved in the 18th century. The book focuses on White's known commissions in England and sheds further light on the work of other designers such as Brown and Repton, who worked on many of the same sites. White set up as an independent designer in 1765, having worked for Brown from 1759, and his style developed over the next thirty years. Never merely a 'follower of Brown', as he is often erroneously described, his designs for plantations in particular were much admired and influenced the later, more informal styles of the picturesque movement. The improvement plans he produced for his clients demonstrate his surveying and artistic skills. These plans were working documents but at the same time works of art in their own right. Over 60 of his beautifully-executed coloured plans survive, which is a testament to the value his clients placed on them. This book makes available for the first time over 90% of the known plans and surveys by White for England. Also included are plans by White's contemporaries, together with later maps, estate surveys and contemporary illustrations to understand which parts of improvement plans were implemented.