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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The round-headed W. doorway has an ashlar surround of Portland stone, with Tuscan pilasters, entablature and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… that Radnor spent at least 20,000 on the estate (H.M.C. Portland, V, 341; some of the money certainly went on … marriage. A letter to him from Dr. John Covel (H.M.C. Portland, V, 562) dated 17 Aug. 1718 makes it clear that the … Museum; letter from Matthew Prior to Harley, H.M.C. Portland, V, 610; drawing, Bodleian Gough Maps 46, 191, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… her kinsman and her asserted paramour, and the manors of Portland, Weymouth, and Wyke were given on the occasion by … erected in 1686, is supported on columns and arches of Portland stone, and ornamented at the north end with a statue …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… surface is occupied by the monument of Richard Weston Lord Portland, lord treasurer to Charles I, with a bronze effigy …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… is plain and battled. Both parapets were renewed in Portland stone in 18001. The passage between the two chapels … is a built-out projection of four stages, with quoins of Portland stone, which evidently formed part of some older …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 1696 bestowed large portions of these rents on the Earl of Portland and Lord Somers. 398 The matter was brought up in … App. iii, 83). Marlborough, Conduct of the Duchess, 222. Portland MSS. (Hist. MSS. Com.), v, 3745; Dict. Nat. Biog. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… angles of the projecting bay and of the main block have Portland stone quoins with rusticated joints; between the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Ham Hill stone bowl with chamfered underside, octagonal Portland stem on square base with spurs, probably …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… stands in the centre of the village. The walls are of Portland rubble with similar dressings; the roofs are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… spiked cresting, late 18th or early 19th century. Font: of Portland stone (Plate 27), with moulded octagonal bowl on … Skinner of Dewlish, 1756, and his wife Barbara, 1769, Portland stone table-tomb with panelled and enriched sides, …