Stately Collection (page 6)

Stately cryptophragmium, Cryptophragmium venustum.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

How staff are informed of movements at the Front by Matania
A scene in a stately French chateau. From the roar and the excitement of the trenches to the peaceful calm of a French chateau - a despatch rider at British headquarters with reports from

Stately Home, Unknown Location, *, near *, *, . Date: 1910s

Silhouette of contrasting transport, 1874 and 1924, by H.L. Oakley, in Tennis magazine, 24 July 1924. Above: a group of people arriving at a country house by horse-drawn carriage in 1874

India - Jumma Musjeed
Black and white. A large stately building with domes and arched doorways/windows.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 234. Date: circa 1890s

Stately Home
Hand coloured. Image of a very grand building (perhaps a palace or stately home) with a circular drive at the front.. Part of Box 365, Miscellaneous Part 1, Boswell collection. Date: circa 1900

Children in period costume, Lanhydrock House, Cornwall
Children in period costume at Lanhydrock House, Cornwall, taking part in an educational visit which included dancers from the Royal Ballet. Date: circa 1980s

Rock Garden at Rounton Grange, East Rounton, Yorkshire
The Rock Garden at Rounton Grange. The house was designed in 1870 for Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell and his wife by the leading Arts&Crafts architect Philip Webb. Sadly demolished in 1953

Trent Park Teacher Training College, North London (later part of Middlesex University). Being remote from road access and water supply

Britain poster, A Show Garden of England, viewed from the porch of a country house, for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938

Lord Londesboroughs hospital at Scopwick
Some of the wounded soldiers convalescing at the hospital at Scopwick House near Blankney, Lincolnshire, home of Lord Londesborough

Advert for Drake & Gorham electric lighting 1914
Advertisement for Drake & Gorham Limited electric lighting, as used in country houses such as Brancepeth Castle, Eccleshall Castle, Gordon Castle, Chirk Castle and Ford Castle

Queen Victoria departs Waddesdon Manor, 1890
The departure of Queen Victoria from Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, on 14th May 1890. Date: 14th May 1890

Queen Victoria planting a tree at Waddesdon Manor, 1890
Queen Victoria at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire: planting a tree in memory of her visit on 14th May 1890. Date: 14th May 1890

Queen Victoria arrives at Waddesdon Manor, 1890
The arrival of Queen Victoria at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, on 14th May 1890. 14th May 1890

Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, in the days when it was an Elizabethan manor house. Date: 18th century

Two gardeners sweeping leaves, 1889
Two gardeners at work sweeping leaves in the grounds of a stately home. Date: 1889

Guests arrive at a ball during the London Season, 1886
Hundreds of guests ascend the stately staircase of a large hall inside a London mansion to attend a ball or reception during the London Season. Date: 1886

Twelve young people standing in a line, from the tallest to the smallest, with a large building in the background. Date: 1930

Donington Hall, near Derby to serve as an internment camp ag
View of Donington Hall, near Derby, famous during the years 1914 - 1918 as an internment camp for German officers, taken over by the Government again in 1939 to serve the same purpose during World

New Cross Rolls Hse
The stately home of John Rolls is one of the few ornaments of this otherwise not particularly distinguished suburb in southeast London (at this time it is in Kent) Date: 1805

James Paine
JAMES PAINE Industrious British architect who was responsible for many stately homes, bridges and other works commissioned by the nobility and gentry. Date: 1725 - 1789

Felicia Hemans - 4
FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Popular writer of uplifting verses - The boy stood on the burning deck, The stately homes of England etc. Date: 1793 - 1835

Felicia Hemans - 3
FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Popular writer of uplifting verses - The boy stood on the burning deck, The stately homes of England etc. Date: 1793 - 1835

Kedleston Hall near Derby, Derbyshire - the seat of the Curzon family whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy Date: 1906

Wootton Wawen Hall, near Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire
View of Wootton Wawen Hall, near Henley-in-Arden in Warwickshire. It was built mainly in 1687 in the Palladian style, incorporating parts of an earlier, probably Elizabethan, house

Alton Towers / Staffs
Alton Towers, Staffordshire Date: 1870s

Convalescent Wounded Soldiers - WWI
During the First World War, injured soldiers returning from the front were often billeted in Stately homes and grand houses

Wartime toddlers at Taplow Court, 1939
In a room hung with family portraits and valuable paintings, small children are given a morning meal in the early weeks of World War II at Taplow Court in Buckinghamshire. Date: 1939

Moor Place, Hampshire
Moor Place, Great Hadham, Hampshire Date: circa 1810

Norton Hall, Derbyshire
Norton Hill, Derbyshire, the seat of Samuel Shore Esquire Date: 1787

TEEING OFF
A golfer about to tee off in the grounds of his stately pile. Date: 1966

Ravensworth Castle, County Durham
A distant view of Ravensworth Castle, County Durham, the seat of Thomas Henry Liddell, Baron Ravensworth. Date: 1832

Peper Harow, Surrey
Deer in the park of Peper Harow, Surrey Date: early 19th century

Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire
Distant view of Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, the seat of the Earl of Harcourt Date: 1811

KNEBWORTH HOUSE, Hertfordshire
Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, home of the Lytton family of writers and statesmen Date: circa 1830

Rycot, Oxfordshire
Young men and cattle rest in the shade, in the grounds of Rycot, Oxfordshire, the seat of the Earl of Abingdon Date: 1787

Rougham Hall, Suffolk
A shepherd with his flock in the grounds of Rougham Hall, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the seat of Philip Bennet Esquire. Date: circa 1830

Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire
Sheep graze and ducks dabble in the grounds of Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire, the seat of the Hon Mrs C Medlycott. Date: 1829

Melbury House, Dorset, viewed across the water. Date: circa 1830

Packington Hall, Warwickshire
Deer and sheep relax in the grounds of Packington Hall, Warwickshire, the seat of the Earl of Aylesford Date: circa 1830

Montacute House, Somerset
The east front of Montacute House, Somerset Date: 1830

Ingestrie, Staffordshire Date: circa 1830

Nostell Priory, Yorkshire
Distant view of Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, the seat of Charles Winn Esquire Date: 1829

The Moat, Kent, the seat of Lord Romney -- it appears to be located near Romney Marsh. Date: 1783

Ingress Park, Kent, the seat of William Havelock, who this year read in his newspaper about Bonapartes ill-fated invasion of Russia while his daughter, Miss Helen Havelock, drew this picture

High Cliff, Hampshire, the seat of the Earl of Bute Date: late 18th century

Rufford Hall, Nottinghamshire
Distant view of Rufford Hall, Nottinghamshire, across a stretch of water. Date: circa 1830

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