Mansion Collection (page 10)

Mansion House and Cheapside, London - a hold-to-light postcard Date: circa 1901

Houghton House
The ruins of Houghton House, near Ampthill, on a ridge overlooking the Bedfordshire Plain, England. This Jacobean mansion was built in 1615 for Mary, Countess of Pembroke. Date: 17th century

Old Mansion House
In a court off Bow Lane, at the side of Bow Church, Cheapside, London, is this building, reputed to be the original Old Mansion House. Date: 1950s

Neo Classical Colonnade
A Neo Classical colonnade at a country mansion, Newton Kyne, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England. Date: 18th century

Blaise Castle House, near Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; a late 18th century mansion, which now houses a folk museum which opened to the public in 1949. Date: late 18th century

KIRBY HALL
The ruins of Kirby Hall, near Gratton, Northamptonshire, England. The hall was formerly a residence of the Earl of Winchelsea and was built 1570s to 1590s. Date: 16th century

Harewood House Hallway
Harewood House, near Leeds, Yorkshire, a stately home built (1759) for the Lascelles family, whose fortune came from haberdashery and Customs work in the West Indies. Date: built 1759 - 1769

Fountain Row - not in the grounds of a mansion in the heart of the countryside, but on the Roof Garden at Derry and Toms, Kensington High Street, central London. Date: 1950s

Rowleys House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is a combination of an early 17th century mansion and a warehouse and has been a museum since the 1930s. Date: early 17th century

SAMSON & HERCULES
Samson and Hercules, two great wooden figures, supporting the porch of the Samson and Hercules Mansion, built by Christopher Jay in 1657, Tombland, Norwich. Date: 17th century

Forde Abbey
Originally a Cistercian abbey founded in 1136 by Richard Fitzbaldwin, Forde Abbey, Dorset, England, was extensively remodelled by Edmund Prideaux in the 1600s Date: 12th to 17th century

BROOM HALL
Broom Hall, Broom, Warwickshire, England, a fine Elizabethan mansion, built in 1577 for Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Gough Court. Date: 16th century

Snowy Georgian Mansion
A snow-covered Georgian mansion in Braintree, Essex, England. Date: 1960s

York Mansion House
Some of the treasures of York Mansion House : Some swords and a mace. Date: 1950s

Air Scouts learning aircraft recognition
One Air Scout from St Pauls School draws a picture of a Spitfire on a blackboard for a group of other Air Scouts to learn aircraft recognition

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
A view of Cumberland Lodge in Windsor, the home of Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig Holstein, grand-daughter of Queen Victoria. Date: 1891

Edwardian Classes
An Edwardian aristocratic family, standing in the ornate entrance hallway of their country mansion, with their many servants lined up behind them. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Aristocracy / Ball
Ball at Mansion House Date: 1870

Fire at Clumber House
Clumber House, the Nottinghamshire seat of the Duke of Newcastle, showing the mansion on fire with the fire brigade from Worksop fighting hard to control it

Tandil, Argentina - Estancia Maryland
Tandil, Argentina - The re, arkable Gothic pile of the Estancia Maryland - view from an Aeroplane. Testament to the wealth created by the Argentinian beef industry

Traditional Yali house - Istanbul
Traditional Turkish houses. This specific style of building is known Yali - " Waterside Mansion"

Scene on the Bosphorus - European side
A scene on the banks of the Bosphorous on the European side with old Turkish housing - the waterside mansions are called Yali

Poultry, The City, London - looking toward the Mansion House

Carved staircase, Cromwell House, Highgate Hill
The carved staircase in Cromwell House, 104 Highgate Hill, North London. According to tradition, the 17th century mansion was presented by Oliver Cromwell to his eldest daughter Bridget

Brazil - Bahia - Ponta de S. Antonio
Brazil - Bahia State - Ponta de Santo Antonio

Lord Mayors Ball, Mansion House, 1909
Illustration showing the Lord Mayor of Londons Ball for all the lord mayors, mayors, lord provosts and provosts in the United Kingdom at Mansion House, London, 1909

Royal Procession passing the Mansion House, London, 1844
Engraving showing the Royal carriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert passing the Mansion House, London, on their way to officially open the Royal Exchange, 1844

London Birdseye 4
Bird s-eye view of London at the end of the 19th century : Dannon Street to the Mansion House, the Tower &c

The Royal Exchange Ball, Mansion House, London, 1844
Engraving showing the Royal Exchange Ball, which was held at the Mansion House, London, 1844

The Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, London, 1884
Engraving showing the interior of the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, with a formal event underway, 1884

Ruins of Nether Hall
The ruins of Nether Hall, Roydon, Essex, England. This fine old red brick archway is all that remains of a magificent mansion which was built in 1470

Edwardian Upper Classes
The wealthy Edwardian upper classes enjoy strolling around the gardens of their country estate, while their servants are lined up outside the mansion in the background

Edwardian Costume
An Edwardian upper class husband and wife on the steps of their mansion. She wears a full-length mauve outfit, with wide brim hat and fur stole, he wears a hat and overcoat

Castle Howard, near New Malton in North Yorkshire; the seat of the Earl of Carlisle

Jablochkoffs electric light apparatus
Diagrams showing Jablochkoffs candle lamp. Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1894) was a Russian telegraph engineer who would rise to the post of director of telegraphs between Moscow and Kursk

Electric lighting in the city
Engravings from the Graphic showing the effect of electric street lighting on different parts of London. The main image showing the Royal Exchange and Mansion House, the top pictures show St

Dour Butler at Doors
A rather dour butler opens the doors of an Edwardian mansion

Plas Mawr / Conway / Wales
Plas Mawr or The Great Mansion on the High Street in Conway. This fine building was built in 1576 by the Wynne family and has recently been restored

Kseshinskaya Mansion
Soldiers occupy the Kseshinskaya Mansion, home of the celebrated dancer who was a favourite of Nicolas II

Reds at Kseshinskaya
Members of the Red Guard at the Kseshinskaya Mansion, Petrograd, home of a notable dancer who was a favourite of Nicolas II

England / Levens Hall
Levens Hall, Cumbria, an Elizabethan mansion famous for its topiary garden

Merton Hall 1930S
A garden party at Merton Hall, Norfolk, England. An Elizabethan mansion was completed by William de Grey in 1613 and the building was extended in the 19th century

Serving Goose at Banquet
Serving the Christmas dinner in a grand mansion - the dance of the fools accompanies the second course of pheasant

Christmas Banquet C16
Trumpeters announce the arrival of the Boars Head, brought in procession to the Christmas diners in an Elizabethan hall

Montacute House, England
Montacute House, situated in the South Somerset village of Montacute. A fantastic example of late Elizabethan architecture The three floored mansion, constructed of local Ham Hill stone

Belvedere Mansion
The impressive mansion in Belvedere, Kent, England, seat of Sir Sampson Gideon, a fabulously wealthy financier. Sadly demolished in 1959

Street, City of London
Seventeen buses jam the street outside the Mansion House, London - not to mention the wagons, parked or moving. Quicker to take the underground

Social / Mansion House 20C
Pedestrians and horse bus at the Mansion House crossing, City of London

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