Downton Hall, Shropshire, England

Downton Hall, Shropshire, England. The house was built in 1733 by lawyer Wredenhall Pearce, , designed by William Smith Jr. and has a twelve-bay frontage and balustraded parapet. In 1824, a new entrance with Doric-style portico was added by architect Edward Haycock. Colour woodblock by Benjamin Fawcett in the Baxter process of an illustration by Alexander Francis Lydon from Reverend Francis Orpen Morris's A Series of Picturesque Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie, London, 1880

Alexander Francis Lydon Baxter Process Benjamin Fawcett Colour Woodblock Gothic Revival Mansion House Pile Privilege Reverend Francis Orpen Morris Shropshire Stately Home William Mackenzie

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