Melton Constable, Norfolk, England

Melton Constable, Norfolk, England. 17th-century country house designed in the Christopher Wren-style with Elizabethan interior for Sir Jacob Astley. Park with aviary landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century. Colour woodblock by Benjamin Fawcett in the Baxter process of an illustration by Alexander Francis Lydon from Reverend Francis Orpen Morris's Picturesque Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie, London, 1880

17th-century Alexander Francis Lydon Aviary Baxter Process Benjamin Fawcett Capability Brown Colour Woodblock Country House Great Britain Landscaped Mansion House Pile Privilege Reverend Francis Orpen Morris Stately Home William Mackenzie

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