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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gallery, from which an extensive and pleasing view of the country is obtained. The gardens in the rear are laid out … infants," who are put under the care of nurses in the country till of a proper age to receive instruction. There …
Survey of London
… already commissioned designs from him: a large Tudor-style country house at Newmarket for W. M. Johnstone in 1892 and a … who also worked for Cholmondeley on the restoration of his country seat, Condover Hall, Shropshire. 114 As well as being … Hardy. 140 He died in 1901, at his then recently acquired country house in Sussex, leaving 'effects' valued at over …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of which teeth (termed by quarrymen in some parts of the country fossil leeches) and fin-spines are met with at Weston …
Old and New London
… by lending his Royal Highness money. 'This is a strange country, this England,' said his Royal Highness once; 'I am … Astley built also on the roof a large painting-roomhis country-house, as he called itoverlooking the Park, to which … The youngest of the three daughters of a plain country gentleman, Mr. Richard Jennings, of Holywell, on the …
Old and New London
… patriots who had 'killed the tyrant,' and relieved their country from his arbitrary sway; and lastly, a collection was …
Survey of London
… and stepped crowning gable. Photographs reproduced in Country Life 24 show that the interior was simply decorated, … Builder, 26 May 1860, p. 323. E.S. 7534; B.A. 9224; P.O.D. Country Life, 25 Feb. 1954, pp. 5045. Sir Sidney Lee, King …
Survey of London
… macaroni 'was far from being universally known in this country till the commencement of the last peace [1763]: when … the Marquis of Lothian, 1905, pp. 253– 254. The Town and Country Magazine, May 1772, pp. 242–3. The Macaroni and … Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum). The Town and Country Magazine, Dec. 1772, p. 635. Walpole, op. cit., vol. …
Survey of London
… 14 June 1837. Marcus Whiffen, 'The Reform Club', in Country Life, 3 Nov. 1950, pp. 14989. Fagan, op. cit., pp. …
Survey of London
… if not the very first, attempt to introduce into this country that species of rich astylar composition which has … for 'spoiling one of the most charming libraries in the country by turning the oaken columns into white and gold ones … did not fit him for commerce and in 1815 he retired to the country to devote himself to more congenial work. He edited a …
Survey of London
… of the wing. An article on the shop was published in Country Life, 1958. 216 It is tempting to connect this domed … Gill, London Houses from 1660 to 1820, 1911, Plate XVIII. Country Life, 15 May 1958, pp. 10589. Ibid., vol. XXII, 1950, …