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Sulgrave Manor Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

The English home of the WashingtonsNow little more than a farm house, the manor was a priory of St Andrew’s before the Reformation in the 16th Century. It’s located in Sulgrave, near Banbury in Oxford [...]

Keywords: manors, horses, trees, farms, colour

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-12-02

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Frontispiece: Sulgrave Manor In Unfamiliar England (1910)

Sulgrave Manor, The Cradle of the Washingtons. Painted especially for the author by Daniel Sherrin. The printing quality was rather poor, unfortunately, so this image is included more because it might [...]

Keywords: colour, manors, farms, people, sunsets, trees

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-10-23

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Cranborne Manor House: The Loggia English Homes Vol III no. 1, Late Tudor (1922)

Located near Wimborne, Dorset, and now known for its gardens. It was originally built at the start of the 13th Century, but the entrance shown here is much later, postdating the English Civil War.

Keywords: manors, entrances, arches, colour

Places shown: Cranborne; Wimborne; Dorset; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Stanton Court: The Centre of West Point English Homes Vol III no. 1, Late Tudor (1922)

The porch and oriel projections are small, and gable-ended wings stretch forth. [p. xvi]. Nowadays you can stay at Stanton Court Cottages (I think this is the same place; it’s near Broadway, Worceste [...]

Keywords: manors, windows, creeper, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Stanton; Broadway; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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Stanton Court: The Centre of West Point English Homes Vol III no. 1, Late Tudor (1922)

This is a version that I coloured slightly. The photographs in the book are monochrome, so this is just a guess on my part.

Keywords: manors, windows, creeper, windows, entrances, colour

Places shown: Stanton; Broadway; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Sheldons, Wiltshire [Frontispiece]. The Growth of the English House (1909)

“Sheldons Manor in Wiltshire is a charming example of alteration. The original house, of which the porch is a part, was built by the Gascelyns in the fourteenth century. The sixteenth-century addition [...]

Keywords: manors, entrances, trees, gates, colour

Places shown: Sheldons; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Rumwood Court [screen background version] Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

A version of Rumwood Court scaled and cropped to make it suitable for use as a screen background or ‘desktop wallpaper’.

Keywords: colour, backgrounds, houses, flowers, gardens, manors, wallpaper

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-07

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Rumwood Court Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Rumwood Court, Langley, Kent, from a water-colour drawing by E. Arthur Rowe [1863-1922]. Today, Rumwood Court is a Grade II listed building; this Elizabethan manor could be yours, since it’s for sale. [...]

Keywords: colour, houses, flowers, gardens, manors

Places shown: Rumwood Court; Langley; Kent; England

Added: 2005-02-07

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Reconstructed Interior of Fourteenth-century Hall (Penshurst, Kent). Life and Work of the People of England: The Fourteenth Century (1929)

The lord and lady are dining on the daïs, the retainers grouped round the hearth. Notice the dog and the jester. From a model of the Great Hall at Penshurst. Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, New York [...]

Keywords: interiors, windows, halls, manors, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2005-07-08

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Wilton House Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)

It was hard to do justice to the delicate colours of this 8-colour printed plate of Wilton House in Wiltshire. WILTON HOUSE, WILTON, WILTSHIRE.—EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY. Wilton House is an impo [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, trees, water, colour

Places shown: Wilton; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2007-02-10

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92.—Kirby Hall English Homes Vol III no. 1, Late Tudor (1922)

92. – The Porch and Hall Windows.
As seen through the central arch of the loggia.

Keywords: manors, windows, entrances, arches, ruins, clouds, colour

Places shown: Corby; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2003-11-27

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117.—Mantelpiece in the Gallery English Homes Vol III no. 1, Late Tudor (1922)

Beaudesert was largely demolished in 1936, although the ruins are still there. The building dated from the 15th century, with 16th century additions. This photograph must have been taken not long be [...]

Keywords: interiors, fireplaces, paneled walls, manors, greyscale

Places shown: Cannock Chase; Staffordshire; England

Added: 2009-10-21

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