This attractive colour plate is one of a Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britian and Ireland as presented by F. O. Morris.
A greater proportion of the drawings were by Alexander F. Lydon, and printed from coloured wood-blocks using the Baxter process by Benjamin Fawcett.
Published by William Mackenzie, Ludgate Hill, Edinburgh and Dublin.
Condition: EXCELLENT CONDITION. The colors are rich and bright and the image shows elaborate detail and is in Excellent Condition. Blank on Reverse side and printed on heavy quality paper.
Excerpt from the old descriptive: STOURTON, NEAR KNARESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. - LORD STOURTON.
STOURTON is situated in the parish of AIlerton Manleverer, between four and five miles to the east of Knaresborough, in the West Riding of the county of York. Together with the hamlets of Clareton and Hopperton, the parish consists of about two thousand three hundred acres of land, mostly the property of Lord Stourton, the Lord of the Manor. The park itself consists of about five hundred acres. It is described by Bigland, in his "Beauties of England and Wales," as "charmingly picturesque, presenting a great variety of hills, dales, and groves, delightfully interspersed, and a beautiful lake contributes to ornament the scenery. On a lofty eminence, finely shaded with trees, is an octagonal tower, consisting of two rooms, the first thirty-six feet by twenty, the second twenty feet by fifteen. The entrance is by a double flight of steps both of which, as well as the terrace round the building, are secured by iron palisades. From this commanding situation are seen to the greatest advantage the variegated landscapes of the park, together with extensive views of the surrounding conutry." The house is a handsome stone building, in the Modem Tudor style of architecture. In ancient times the estate belonged to the family of MAULEVERER. It next came into that of LORD GALLWAY, by whom it was sold to HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, who again sold it in the year 1789 to COLONEL THORNTON, who gave the house the name of Thornville Royal.
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A copy of the circa 1870s descriptive, which covers some wonderful landscape history and some genealogy information will be included with the print. |
