Main entry:

Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893.

Title & Author:

The ancestral homes of Britain : containing examples of its noblest castles, halls, and mansions ; with forty coloured illustrations taken from drawings executed expressly for this work ; and biographical and historical notices / by the Rev. F.O. Morris.

Publication:

London : Bell and Daldy, 1868.

Description:

iv, 90, [1] pages, 40 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Added illustrated t.p., printed in colour.
Windsor Castle: the royal residence [plate missing] -- Harewood House: Earl of Harewood -- Wilton House: Earl of Pembroke and Mongomery [text missing] -- Castle Howard: Earl of Carlisle [plate & text missing] -- Howsham Hall : Cholmley [plate missing] -- Sudeley Castle: Dent -- Picton Castle: Phillips -- Wentworth House: Earl Fitzeilliam -- Everingham Park: Lord Herries -- Holme Lacy: Stanhope, Baronet [plate missing] -- Eaton Hall: Marquis of Westminster -- Thrybergh Park: Fullerton -- Fleurs Castle: Duke of Roxburghe -- Lea: Anderson, Baronet -- Farnham House: Lord Farnham -- Ilam Hall: Watts-Russell -- Warwick Castle: Earl of Warwick -- Burton Constable: Constable, Baronet -- Franks: Bradford -- Chatsworth: Duke of Devonshire -- Guy's Cliffe: Percy -- Knowsley Hall: Earl of Derby -- Garnstone: Peploe -- Trentham Hall: Duke of Sutherland -- Charlecote: Lucy -- Ripley Castle: Ingilby, Baronet -- Burghley House: Marquis of Exeter [plate & text missing] -- Alton Towers: Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot [plate missing] -- Broadlands: Lord Palmerston -- Temple Newsam: Meynell-Ingram -- Wollaton Hall: Lord Middleton -- Inverary Castle : Duke of Argyll -- Newstead Abbey: Webb -- Blenheim: Duke of Marlborough -- Branbury Park: Chamberlayne -- Scone Palace: Earl of Mansfield [plate missing] -- Whitley Court: Earl of Dudley and Ward -- Glanusk Park: Bailey, Baronet -- Burton-Agness Hall: Boynton, Baronet [plate missing] -- Balmoral Castle: royal residence.

Resources:
Waddleton Chronology

Subject:

Historic buildings Great Britain.
Castles Great Britain.
Mansions Great Britain.
Country homes Great Britain.
Hôtels particuliers Grande-Bretagne.
Castles.
Country homes.
Historic buildings.
Mansions.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Wood engravings Color Specimens Great Britain 1868.
Gold blocked bindings Specimens Great Britain 1868.
Binders' tickets Specimens Great Britain 1868.
Booksellers' labels Specimens Great Britain 1868.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279353
Call No.: BIB 215384
Status: Available