The private palaces of London past and present (1908)
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868-1937 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd. · leaf 193
t his vast property, when added to his alliancesof consanguinity, or of marriage, with the first ducal families in thecountry, rendered him one of the most considerable subjects in theKingdom. When Lord Gower built the house, the site on which it was erectedwas officially described as the front… … CARRINGTON HOUSE 147 its completion Lord Gower applied for a lease of fifty years from 1779,which was granted him. Some idea of the magnificence of the house may be gained froma drawing of the grand staircase, made by C. I. Richardson, in 1819,now in the Gardner collection, and reproduced in Canon…
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