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Pictures from English Homes Vol III, No. 1, Late Tudor & Early Stuart, 1558 - 1649, 1922.
This is a huge book, measuring 40×28cm (approx. 11×16 inches), and it used not to fit on my scanner. Since then I got a new scanner, a larger one, and I can more easily publish the images. The pictures are out of copyright (published before 1923 in the US, and UK photographs taken before 1957)
Title: English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649)
City: London, New York
Date: 1922
Total items: 21
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
Wollaton Hall From the North-East
Wollaton Hall was designed by Robert Smythson and completed in the 1588. It has been described as the first English house to abandon the traditional central courtyard; instead it had a high-ceilinged [...] [more...] [$]
Taken at Condover Hall, Shropshire. [$]
108.—[Beadesert Hall] From the South-West.
The cleaner, newer part on the right is the “new dining room” build in the 16th century. See the ground plan. Beaudesert Hall was mostly demolished in the 1930s. [more...] [$]
117.—Mantelpiece in the Gallery
Beaudesert was largely demolished in 1936, although the ruins are still there. The building dated from the 15th century, with 16th century additions. This photograph must have been taken not long before the demolition. There are 17 pictures of it, and [...] [more...] [$]
Stanton Court: The Centre of West Point
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, Worcestershire, if so). [more...] [$]
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