Fawcett Collection (#4)

The Hendre, Monmouthshire, Wales, home of the Rolls family, c1880. The house was the childhood home of the car maker and aviator Charles Stewart Rolls

Witchingham Hall, Norfolk, home of Viscount Canterbury, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Ashcombe Park, Staffordshire, home of the Sneyd family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Underley Hall, Westmorland, home of the Earl of Bective, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Somerleyton, Suffolk, home of Baronet Crossley, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris

Tyttenhanger Park, Hertfordshire, home of the Countess of Caledon, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Penshurst Castle, Kent, Lord de L Isle and Dudley, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris

Peckforton Castle, Cheshire, home of Baron Tollemache, c1880. Designed in the style of a castle of the time of Edward I by the Gothic Revival architect Anthony Salvin

Ednaston Lodge, Derbyshire, home of the Kingdon family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Shelton Abbey, County Wicklow, Ireland, home of the Earl of Wicklow, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Gunton Park, Norfolk, home of Lord Suffield, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris

Nether Hall, Suffolk, home of the Greene family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris

Oxley Manor, Staffordshire, home of the Staveley-Hill family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Walton Hall, Warwickshire, home of Baronet Mordaunt, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Barons Court, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, home of the Duke of Abercorn, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Haddo House, Aberdeenshire, home of the Earl of Aberdeen, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Kirtling Tower, Cambridgeshire, home of Baroness North, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Kelham Hall, Nottinghamshire, home of the Manners-Sutton family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Appleby Castle, Westmorland, home of Baronet Tufton, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Adare Manor, County Limerick, Ireland, home of the Earl of Dunraven, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Deene Park, Northamptonshire, home of the Countess of Cardigan, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Galloway House, Wigtownshire, Scotland, home of the Earl of Galloway, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Elton Hall, Northamptonshire, home of the Earl of Carysfort, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Locko Park, Derbyshire, home of the Drury-Lowe family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Dromoland, County Clare, Ireland, home of Lord Inchiquin, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Wyaston Leys, Herefordshire, home of the Bannerman family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, home of the Duke of Buccleuch, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Heaton Park, Lancashire, home of the Earl of Wilton, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Bishopscourt, County Kildare, Ireland, home of the Earl of Clonmel, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Bulwell Hall, Nottinghamshire, home of the Cooper family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Capernwray, Lancashire, home of the Marton family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris

Peper Harow, Surrey, home of Viscount Midleton, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris

Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire, home of the Clarke-Thornhall family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Lumley Castle, County Durham, home of the Earl of Scarbrough, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Rolleston Hall, Staffordshire, home of Baronet Mosley, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Arundel Castle, Sussex, home of the Duke of Norfolk, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Heythrop, Oxfordshire, home of the Brassey family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris

Brockley Hall, Somerset, home of the Smyth-Pigott family, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Melton Constable, Norfolk, Lord Hastings, c1880
Melton Constable, Norfolk, home of Lord Hastings, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris

Castle MacGarrett, County Mayo, Ireland, home of Lord Oranmore, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Knole, near Sevenoaks, Kent, home of Lord Sackville, c1880. The house was built in the second half of the 15th century by Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury

Warter Priory, near Pocklington, Yorkshire, home of the Wilson family, c1880. The house was bought in 1878 by Charles Wilson, a prominent shipowner and Liberal MP for Hull

Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, Wales, home of William Gladstone, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Howick Hall, Northumberland, home of Earl Grey, c1880. Designed by William Newton, a Newcastle architect, The house was built in 1780 and was enlarged in 1809 by George Wyatt

Hawkestone, home of Viscount Hill, c1880
Hawkestone, near Hodnet, Shropshire, home of Viscount Hill, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Powis Castle, Powys, Wales, home of the Earl of Powys, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Hemsted Park, near Staplehurst, Kent, home of Viscount Cranbrook, c1880. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland

Apley Park, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, home of the Foster family, c1880. The house was rebuilt in Gothic style in 1811 by Thomas Whitmore

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