Willesley Hall, Leicestershire, England

Willesley Hall, Leicestershire, England. Red-brick manor house with eleven bay facade built for George Abney in the era of King Charles I, probably rebuilt in the 1720s by architect Francis Smith in gardens landscaped by William Emes. 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

Alexander Francis Lydon Baxter Process Benjamin Fawcett Colour Woodblock Great Britain King Charles I Leicestershire Mansion House Pile Privilege Reverend Francis Orpen Morris Stately Home William Mackenzie

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