Pictures Dated 25th November 2008

Corsham Court, Wiltshire, home of Lord Methuen, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Corsham Court, Wiltshire, home of Lord Methuen, c1880. The manor of Corsham Court was in royal hands supposedly from the days of Ethelred the Unready until the reign of Elizabeth I. The house was built in the 1580s by Thomas Smythe and passed into the hands of the Methuen family in the mid 18th century. The house and gardens were remodelled by Capability Brown in the 1760s, representing probably his most important commission after Blenheim Palace. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume II, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.

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Combermere Abbey, Shropshire, home of Viscount Combermere, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Combermere Abbey, Shropshire, home of Viscount Combermere, c1880. Originally a 12th century Cistercian monastery, Combermere Abbey was given to Sir George Cotton after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Sir Stapleton Cotton, who later became Viscount Combermere, had the house altered and extended in the 1810s. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume II, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.

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Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire, home of the Gregory family, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire, home of the Gregory family, c1880. The house was built for Sir Gregory Gregory between 1837 and 1845. It combines Elizabethan, Jacobean and Baroque styles. The original architect was Anthony Salvin, who was replaced by William Burn, who was responsible for much of the interior. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume II, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.

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