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A History of the County of Leicester
… the atmosphere of earlier days. Here stand the vicarage, a house in the Georgian style built in 1825, 7 and the two fine houses known as Belgrave House and Belgrave Hall. Belgrave Hall was built for Edmund … 1709 and 1713; 8 the stable building, which adjoins the house, may be more precisely dated to 1710. 9 The house is …
A History of the County of Leicester
… crest of a rise stands Braunstone Hall, a plain red-brick house of three stories in the late Georgian style. It was … a dovecote in the gable, are survivals from the old manor-house, which was probably built by Henry Hastings in c. 1600. … west, along Braunstone Lane, stands a timber-framed farm-house in dark red brick, with the front of the upper story …
A History of the County of Leicester
… hall, built in the 1830's for Henry Coleman, is a stucco house and is now a convent school. 5 Evington House was built in 1836 6 and is a brick house, with some later additions. It retains some of its …
A History of the County of Leicester
… century, although parts of the building may be older. This house now forms part of the Towers Hospital, as does the … a slate roof. It was restored in 1954. 4 The other manor-house is probably represented by the homestead site in what … on the north side of Main Street, is a late18th-century house of three stories. The Grange, on the south side of the …
A History of the County of Leicester
… the early 17th century. Knighton Hall, formerly the manor-house, also dates from the 17th century. The oldest parts of … on the Harborough road. Parts of The Stoney Gate, 227 London Road, date probably from the late 17th century and … for their own use; these were for the most part on the London road. About 1865 the side roads appeared, and the area …
A History of the County of Leicester
… Earl of Huntingdon (d. 1595), and usually called Cavendish House. 130 In 1645 it was destroyed by the royalists, shortly … still exist, 132 and from them it is evident that the house was partly constructed with stone from the abbey … with small patches of sand and gravel. Leicester Frith House is a brick mansion, built for Thomas Taylor in 1873. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… space; on the northwest side of which is a good brick house of mid-17th-century date, two stories in height, with … of blue brick. At the south-west is an early 18th-century house of red brick, much modernized and repaired. A little … road leading towards Astley, is a good half-timber farm-house of the early 17th century, L-shaped on plan, and two …
A History of the County of Worcester
… diagonally upon it. None of the internal fittings of the house are original, but the stables are of old black and … The plate consists of a cup and cover paten, both with the London mark for 1571, and a large paten of the 18th century, …
A History of the County of Hertford
… road running up from King's Langley on the west, the manor-house stands back on the left, and the hamlet of Kitter's … a half to the west of the village, on the main line of the London and North Western Railway. The subsoil is chalk, with … estate was sold to Mr. William Jones Loyd, 28 a banker of London, who, dying in 1885, left it to his son, Mr. E. Henry …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… to Wood Walton. On its north side is the rectory, a brick house with a large well-wooded garden. Northward of the … 9 Sept. 1841; Caroline eldest daughter of J. W. Buck, of London, wife of Rev. Wm. Rooper, d. 20 April 1834, and … the present third was recast by John Warner and Sons, London, 1875. The plate consists of two silver cups marked …