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Goodwood House, Sussex, by Rosemary Baird, published 24 July 1997 in Country Life (vol. 191 no. 30, article, pp.44-51)

Cobras and crocodiles return to Goodwood, by Rosemary Baird, published 23 April 1998 in Country Life (vol. 192 no. 17, article, pp.84-87)

Fox Hall, West Sussex, by Rosemary Baird, published 17 January 2002 in Country Life (vol. 196 no. 3, article, pp.54-57)

Mistress of the House: Great Ladies and Grand House, 1670-1830, by Rosemary Baird, published 10 July 2003 (336 pp., Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN-10: 0297830783 & ISBN-13: 9780297830788) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

There is an insatiable interest in well-written books with a wealth of new source material and a vigorous standpoint on the place of women in history, in this case their roles as wives, chatelaines and keepers-up of fashion in decoration and entertainment in the great Power Houses of Britain. Large town houses and country estates were created in the large part to overawe and to reinforce social and political prestige; with that went the presentational requirements needed to impress: fashion in clothes, carriages and entertainment, and in terms of an appropriate backdrop, lavish interiors and exotoc gardens. Rosemary Baird has selected 10 women whose married state as consorts to powerful men required them to take on a wide variety of roles. This is a fascinating account of their lives, taken very often from diaries, letters and new research in family archives.

Welcome to Goodwood, by Rosemary Baird, published 2004 (pamphlet, revised edition, Goodwood Estate Co Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15271] & West Sussex Libraries

Foxed by Fox Hall, by Rosemary Baird, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.215-238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This article seeks to establish the origins of two early-18th-century buildings in the village of Charlton, West Sussex. These are the 'Great Room' or 'Dome' (the first Fox Hall), which no longer stands, and the Duke of Richmond's hunting-lodge (the second Fox Hall), which survives.
The paper is a development on a short article published in Country Life on 17 January 2002. That article sought to place the hunting-lodge in context, and to attribute it to the architect Roger Morris. The article presented here additionally surveys all known details of the Great Room, or first Fox Hall, an early exercise by the great scholar-patron Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington. It also investigates the question of its location. Both buildings are looked at within the context of the early history of hunting, of the patronage of the first two Dukes of Richmond, and of the Palladian movement in architecture.
Use is made of the unpublished notes prepared by the late Charlotte Haslam for the Landmark Trust, together with a fresh look at maps in the West Sussex Record Office, some of which have been redated. This article thus draws together all previous discussion about the two buildings, combining with new information to give the fullest history possible, and the first clear picture of how the two buildings related to each other.

Goodwood: Art and Architecture, Sport and Family, by Rosemary Baird, published 9 September 2007 (256 pp., Frances Lincoln, ISBN-10: 0711227691 & ISBN-13: 9780711227699) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The estate of Goodwood is glorious not only for its famous racecourse and motor racing circuit but also for its magnificent art collection. This superbly illustrated book reveals the treasures of Goodwood. Curator Rosemary Baird tells the story of the Dukes of Richmond, from the birth of the 1st Duke (son of Louise de Kéroualle and Charles II), who purchased Goodwood. She describes events such as the Duchess of Richmond's famous ball, from which officers were called to fight in the Battle of Waterloo ('some arrived at the field of battle in silk stockings and dancing shoes') and how, with wealth largely derived from a tax on coal leaving Newcastle, the Richmond family developed Goodwood and acquired works of art to adorn it. In particular the book focuses on the great 18th-century collections of the 2nd and 3rd Dukes. The 2nd Duke was a leading exponent of the Palladian movement, building Richmond House on the banks of the Thames at Whitehall as well as an extension to Goodwood. He commissioned from Canaletto two views of the Thames, which were painted from Richmond House. The 3rd Duke patronized some of the greatest painters and architects of the day - at the age of 24 he gave the unknown George Stubbs his first commission - and collected French furniture, tapestries and porcelain.

The new book on Goodwood should encourage visits to this fascinating building and its setting. Lavishly illustrated and well written by Rosemary Baird, the Curator of the Goodwood Collection who uses her superb knowledge of the House, its collections and its setting to give a clear account of the family's life, at their home in London and at Goodwood.