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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1596, 1604, 1632, and 1654 the family served the office of high sheriff. The present mansion is a large, square, … about 700 acres, fenced round for the greater part with a high wall, and contains some fine timber. The old … streets, especially along the Holyhead road, where, in the High street, are shops of every description, a convenient …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… ceiling-beams. ConditionGood or fairly good, unless noted. High Street, S.W. side: b(4). Bay Horse Inn (Plate 22), 25 … timber-framing. S.E. side b(29). House, 140 yards S.W. of High Street, has some exposed timber-framing. a(30). House, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… was purchased, about the year 1750, by Evan Hughes, Esq., high sheriff of the county in 1754: from this gentleman it …
Survey of London
… pristine state all the houses were probably three storeys high plus basements and garrets, but with the exception of … end, the rest of Brook Street remained within the orbit of high fashion centred on Grosvenor Square. In 1807 Brook …
Survey of London
… March 1898 obtained the Duke's leave 'to dispense with the high gables at the corner house of South Molton Lane, . . . … and continues towards the front of the house, leaving a high toplt void in the upper part of the main staircase … in The Builder in the following year as an example of high-quality street architecture arising from 'the …
Survey of London
… The new gallery at the rear (Plate 4c), approached through high double doors, has a less shallow segmental ceiling, … 131 The toplit room was forty feet square and twelve feet high, and surrounded by thirty-two scagliola columns with … that Mivart's was 'the fashionable rendez-vous for the high Corps Diplomatique', remarked among its residents …
Survey of London Monograph
… Northumberland, and in 1530 was employed in the arrest for high treason of his old employer Cardinal Wolsey. He had many … Herts. The pole only is said to be now left, about 20 feet high, of fir, encircled with a thin plate of iron from the …
Survey of London Monograph
… DESCRIPTIVE. The Front of Brooke House From the Clapton High Road one is neither attracted nor impressed with the … this last, was an octagonal turret three or four storeys high; and a similar turret, some remains of which may still … shape of an E, the open side of the letter fronting to the high road ; a later owner closing up the open side by adding …
Survey of London Monograph
… carried the origin of this denominationthe King's Manoras high as King Alfred, from whose grant the Kings-land is … reign) granted Sir William Herbert for the support of his high appointment a manor in Hackney "of the clear yearly … and in 1644 William Benning, gentleman, of Tottenham High Cross. It was afterwards, in 1646, the property of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… steep-sided, wooded valleys cut deep into the surrounding high ground. Broomfield hamlet, in the southwestern part of …