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Old and New London
… Duke of WellingtonRobert Walpole and the CountrymanDover House. At the western end of Great George Street, which we … Edward Storey, the "keeper of the king's birds," whose house stood on the spot. This fact has been doubted; but that … of Government, erected on the left angle of the recruiting-house, in the Birdcage Walk, for the purpose of serving as …
Old and New London
… and priest, who did invite to a stately dinner (at his house at Totehill) the kings and queens of England and … already mentioned this nobleman in our account of Craven House, Drury Lane; and it deserves to be recorded to his … The ground was inclosed within a ditch, and a "shooting-house" was provided for shelter and retirement. The actual …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… mile S.E. of the church, is a timber-framed and plastered house of two storeys, built in the 17th century. The roof is …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Farr, Esq., of Beccles, who is the present lord. The manor-house, called Walpole Hall, is a mere fragment of a very old … angle of the southern faade converted into a farm-house. It was a good, well-proportioned building, with … much loftier. It is said to have been erected for a summer-house, as its upper floor commanded a view of the German …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… been cut back into the original mound. The gardens of the house to the S. of the site are also raised to much the same … of the site ('b' on plan) are the remains of at least two house-sites, indicating that the village street was once … 25 in. plans, Northants. LV6 and 7) only the church, manor house, rectory and six cottages remained at Plumpton. Since …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.W. angle of the former enclosure. b(3). Hill End Farm, house and outbuilding, 600 yards W.N.W. of the church. The House is of two storeys partly with attics; the walls are of … and the roofs are tiled. The stonebuilt S. block of the house dates from early in the 17th century. To the N. is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… in 1972 apparently on the site of a 19th-century boiler house. The transverse N. chapel was built in 1881 but in its …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… b(2). Mount and Bailey Castle, in the grounds of the Manor house, N. of the church, stands near a stream on level ground … chimney stack and some of the windows are old. Inside the house are chamfered ceiling-beams and a wide, open fireplace, … a farmhouse, and said to have been a Quaker meeting-house, at Brook End, about 800 yards N. of the church, is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… are tiled or thatched. Main road, W. side (3). Cowper's House (see Plate, p. 317), 200 yards N.N.E. of the church, is … stack is of 17th-century brick. ConditionGood. (4). House (see Plate, p. 317), now two tenements, N.E. of (3), is … partly blocked. ConditionGood. E. side (5). Park Farm House, in a lane on the E. side of the main road, about 200 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Clays are exposed. Medieval and Later (1) Site of Manor House (SP 77809146), in the centre of the village, on gravel … m. wide. The site is traditionally the remains of a manor house (J. Bridges, Hist. of Northants., II (1791), 359). It …