Celebrity Home: Angela Lansbury

<div style="text-align: center;">London born actress Angela Lansbury, well known for her role in the film <em>Murder, She Wrote</em>, had her house built in the southeast coast in County Cork, Ireland. She appointed Stephen Pearce to make a traditional farmhouse. A serene and inviting home. And here I quote part of the AD article which I found interesting:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div color="transparent" style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"> The white, one-story structure with the slate roof is timeless in its rudimentary simplicity yet almost modern in its abstraction. Walls bow slightly, as though they had settled over time. “ It sits there like a loaf of bread,” says Lansbury.<span><br /></span>“ We didn’t want to bring stuff over from London,” she says. “ We wanted to use Irish materials—Irish wood crafted by Irish woodworkers, and Irish linen. The draperies are horse blankets.” The ceramics were potted by Pearce. <div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"> <p>She confirms the architectural simplicity by leaving the white walls bare. “ My husband never let me hang pictures because, he said, the windows are the pictures,” she recalls. “ The weather here changes the light so dramatically on the walls that you feel you’ re on a set. It’ s an artist’s dream house, full of lightness and brightness. It’s roomy, but it still feels cozy. It envelops me.” </p><br /><figure class="media"> <img alt="file" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl01_lansbury.jpg" title="" /> </figure></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item1.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl02_lansbury.jpg" /></figure></div><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Lansbury in the entrance. Love those floors, rustic and warm.<br /><br /><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl03_lansbury.jpg" /></figure><br /><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl04_lansbury.jpg" /><br />Every room is traditional Irish except for the size of the main room.<br /></figure><br /><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl05_lansbury.jpg" /><br /><figure class="media"><figure class="media"><figure class="media"><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.arsl07_lansbury.jpg" /></figure><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl06_lansbury.jpg" /></figure></figure></figure></div><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><div style="text-align: center;">In the kitchen, a long dining table takes the spotlight, allowing meals to be made and enjoyed in the same space.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/magazine/2007/06/lansbury/arsl08_lansbury.jpg" /><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item7.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl08_lansbury.jpg" /></div><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><div style="text-align: center;">A serene master bedroom is tucked at the end of the first-floor hall.<br /><figure class="media"><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item9.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl10_lansbury.jpg" /></figure><br /></div><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><div style="text-align: center;">The courtyard is protected from heavy winds. “I thought the roof would go in the first gale, so I strapped it down with steel. We’ve had 120-mile-an-hour winds, and the roof is still on,” says Pearce.<br /><br /><img alt="" class="photo" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/magazine/2007-06/lansbury_slideshow_062007/jcr:content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_pagination_container/cn_slideshow/item8.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.arsl09_lansbury.jpg" /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I find it extremely hard to find a celebrity house that I like, let alone love. I really love this one. What about you?<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photographs by Derry Moore</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">All images and information from <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a>.</span></div></div></div><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Celebrity Home: Angela Lansbury

London born actress Angela Lansbury, well known for her role in the film Murder, She Wrote , had her house built in the southeast coast in ...

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