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summer_jackelOK, so I am perhaps 40% done both outlining and scripting 'The Bone Shard' which, regrettably (for me, albeit possibly not for those who may be enjoying the Danielle/Shard stories) appears to be approaching a full-blown graphic novel in the making. I'm happy about this although I'm also nervous, and dammit, I WILL finish the darn thing. I will.
I also digress. My problem is this: the physical setting of the story. It is set in a more-or-less mid-to-late Victorian England AU. (Much of it very AU, like, well, it is peopled with furries). This story is mostly set in a large, remote estate house, and the house, specifically, is what I'm concerned with. What I need are examples of older dwellings in which a very good family might inhabit (and possibly has for generations). The architecture should predate Victorian architecture (I think, anyhow) but I don't want to set it in a castle...at least, not one that hasn't been modernized. To, uh, 1800s modernity, anyhow. This is a place you might expect to see suits of armor in, but not necessarily turrets and moats.
Does anyone with more experience in this stuff than I, or perhaps who has been in Europe more recently, have examples or suggestions of mansions/manor houses I might use to base the grim House of Redpride? Links and images are LOVED.
I also digress. My problem is this: the physical setting of the story. It is set in a more-or-less mid-to-late Victorian England AU. (Much of it very AU, like, well, it is peopled with furries). This story is mostly set in a large, remote estate house, and the house, specifically, is what I'm concerned with. What I need are examples of older dwellings in which a very good family might inhabit (and possibly has for generations). The architecture should predate Victorian architecture (I think, anyhow) but I don't want to set it in a castle...at least, not one that hasn't been modernized. To, uh, 1800s modernity, anyhow. This is a place you might expect to see suits of armor in, but not necessarily turrets and moats.
Does anyone with more experience in this stuff than I, or perhaps who has been in Europe more recently, have examples or suggestions of mansions/manor houses I might use to base the grim House of Redpride? Links and images are LOVED.
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Date: 2008-11-04 11:31 pm (UTC)- Coombe Abbey
- Hartwell House
- Margam Castle (actually built in the early Victorian period as a Gothic Revival house)
- Montacute House
- Owlpen Manor
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