The entrance to Abbeystead, with the Molyneux arms carved in stone over the doorway

Date:
6 Jun 1888
Location:
Abbeystead, Over Wyresdale, Abbeystead, Lancaster, Lancashire
Reference:
BL08721
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)
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Description

Abbeystead was built in 1886 by Douglas and Fordham as a country house and hunting lodge for the Earl of Sefton. The image is one of a set taken for the Earl of Sefton.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Client: Sefton

Architect: Fordham, John P

Architect: Douglas, John

Keywords

Elizabethan Revival, Door, Entrance, Victorian Country House, Victorian Hunting Lodge