The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 2 of 2

From “the Height” a most extensive view is obtained--a view unsurpassed in England for singularity and deep interest,--taking in Bolton and Warrington and other towns and villag...

[32] The lowest fortune of any gentleman in that noble corps is stated, by one of its members, to have been no less than 4000_l._ a-year in land; equal, probably, to 20,000_l._...

Over the doorway of the porch of the Great Hall are the arms of the Vernons and of Fulco de Pembridge, Lord of Tonge, in Shropshire; the latter Sir Richard Vernon was entitled t...

To the left is the Screen Hall, about fifty-six feet long, twenty-four broad, and thirty in height; the ceiling of this hall is of the date of Henry VII., the screen was added i...

The parish of St. Osyth was anciently part of the royal demesnes. Canute granted it to Godwin, Earl of Kent, who gave it to Christ’s Church, Canterbury, with permission of Edwar...

Entering a small vestibule the great hall lies to the right; it is ninety feet in length, twenty-seven feet wide, and twenty-nine feet high; it is too square to be considered in...

Brereton occurs in the Survey--when it formed part of the territorial possessions of Gilbert de Venables, Baron of Kinderton. A family, which assumed the local name, had a grant...

Mr. Crompton was now anxious to place his sons in some business, and fixed on that of bleaching; but the unfavourable state of the times, the inexperience and mismanagement of h...

A finely carved oaken staircase, of considerable width, the balustrades of which are massive and highly decorated, leads to the Great Drawing-room, and to King Charles’ Bed-cham...

The spacious Hall is of oak, panelled, and has a gallery at the western end, of comparatively recent date; the centre drop depending from the ceiling, ornamented only at the ang...

thirty miles from London. The neighbourhood is remarkably primitive. As an example of the prevailing character of the houses, we have copied a group that stands at the entrance...

covered with works of art, of rare value and unsurpassed excellence, the productions of nearly all the great masters of Italy; including admirable examples of Guido, Titian, Sal...

[58] The other Brasses require a brief notice. The earliest is to the memory of JOHN DE COBHAM, the first Knight Banneret, and Constable of Rochester; he is dressed in a shirt o...

“In surveying Berkeley Castle,”--we quote the fine apostrophe of Dallaway--“this proud monument of feudal splendour and magnificence, the very genius of chivalry seems to presen...

Odd Rode, or Little Moreton-cum-Rode, are noticed as two manors in “The Survey,” and were subsequently granted to Hugh de Mara and Wm. Fitz Nigel. They are described in Domesday...

SAWSTON HALL CAMBRIDGESHIRE From a _J. Dafforne_. Drawing by BRERETON HALL CHESHIRE -- _H. L. Pratt_. CREWE HALL -- -- _C. J. Richardson, F.S.A._ DORFOLD HALL -- -- _C. J. Richa...