Somerset House, Halifax, Calderdale

A detailed view of a plaster panel in Somerset House, illustrating Aesop's Fable, the Fox and the Stork - Somerset House originally consisted of a town house and two warehouses, which have since been used as a bank, commercial, residential and local authority residencies. The house dates to 1766 and the warehouses to c1780, and all have undergone 19th and 20th century alterations. The buildings form three sides around a forecourt in the south. The interior of the house has plasterwork by Guiseppe Cortese, including panels illustrating scenes from Aesop's Fables

1766 Alterations C1780 Calderdale Consisted Cortese Dates Detailed Fable Fables Forecourt Guiseppe Halifax Illustrating Panels Plaster Plasterwork Stork Undergone Warehouse Warehouses

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