Interior view of the nursery at Thornton Manor

Date:
1883 - 1889
Location:
Thornton Manor, Manor Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral
Reference:
BL08946
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)
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Description

Thornton Manor was built c1840s-1850s. The Bedford Lemere daybook lists the client as William Hesketh Lever, who rented the house from 1888. There is also mention of the interior designer Waring, later of Waring and Gillow, who probably designed the furnishings shown in the image. The house underwent substantial alterations in later years.

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: Lever, William Hesketh

Interior Designer: Waring, Samuel James

Keywords

Nursery, Victorian Country House