A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. With descriptive and historical letterpress (1880)
Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893, Fawcett, Benjamin, Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis) · London, Edinburgh, Dublin, William Mackenzie · leaf 35
riched with carved pilastersand panels, and set with figures of beasts and grotesque ornaments characteristic ofthe fashion of the times in which it was erected. Hatfield House continues to sustain its reputation for being honoured with thepresence of royalty, inasmuch as Queen Victoria was a… … HAMPTON COURT, NEAR LEOMINSTER, HEREFORDSHIRE. ARKWRIGHT. The descent of this ancient place is as follows:— The first structure was erected in the reign of Henry the Fourth, (by whom thefirst stone is recorded to have been laid,) by Sir Rowland Lenthall, Master of the Wardrobe to His Majesty, and…
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