View from the drive looking towards the courtyard and house at Abbeystead

Date:: 6 Jun 1888

Location:: Abbeystead, Over Wyresdale, Abbeystead, Lancaster, Lancashire

Reference:: BL08722

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, Victorian Country House, Victorian Hunting Lodge