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A History of the County of Bedford
… road, about a mile south of the village, is Howbury Hall, an early 19th-century mansion, the residence of Mr. … in the borough of Southwark. He made his seat at Howbury Hall and died in 1784, being succeeded by his second son and … its name and identity have both been preserved, Howbury Hall being the residence of Mr. C. H. Polhill, present lord …
Magna Britannia
… the history of the two manors is exactly the same. Hunter Hall, an old mansion belonging to the late William Randall … and residence of Edward Bachelor Harraden, Esq. Nunwick Hall is the property and residence of Miss E. Wilkinson. The … Dacre gave it in exchange to John Denton, Esq. of Denton-hall, in exchange for Denton, in the year 1496: his immediate …
A History of the County of Worcester
… stories in height with an attic, contains a large entrance hall on the ground floor with the drawing room on the east … room was probably devoted to the pantry and buttery. The hall is entered at the north-west through a three-storied … other detail here is modern. On the southern side of the hall are two octagonal turrets rising above the eaves of the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… 100 feet in length and 40 in breadth, called the great hall.' This, no doubt, was of the height of two stories; for … A carved over-door with fruit, flowers, &c, off the stair hall, is reminiscent of the work of Grinling Gibbons, as is … pediment fixed in the wall in the upper part of the stair hall. 'Queen Anne' House (or No 11 The Green) is a building, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… and residence of Mr. W. R. Woolrych, J.P. Micklefield Hall, which lies to the west, is the property of Mr. T. … was disused. In 1868 it was pulled down and a town hall erected on the site. The market has long been … as in design and decoration. The portico opens to a large hall of the ideal cubical proportion, on either side of which …
A History of the County of Bedford
… two of which have been thrown together to form a parish hall. Three public wells constitute the principal water … away.' 4 In 1279 there is an entry to the effect that the 'hall' of the prior at Segenhoe with the solar annexed was …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the cemetery, consecrated in 1893. There is a Temperance Hall built in 1861, and a Village Institute built in 1908. At …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… market place, around which stand the church and the Town Hall erected by Mr. John Morant in 1868. There are a Lecture Hall in Christchurch Street, built in 1874 by Miss Carter of … a Unitarian chapel, Salvation Army barracks and a mission hall. At Crow is a Wesleyan chapel, at Kingston a …
A History of the County of Worcester
… date. In the village, near the cross, is Ripple Hall, the residence of Miss Behrens, a good half-timbered … pt. v, Harewell and Coventry. This moiety included the hall with the cellars and rooms over and the 'Crosse House' …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of his first-cousin Sir Thomas Honywood, of Marks-hall, in Essex; since whose death, in 1666, it has descended down in like manner as Marks-hall, and his other estates in this county, to Filmer Honywood, esq. now of Marks-hall, late knight of the shire for this county, who is the …