The garden front at Caversham Park

Date:
13 Apr 1892 - 14 Apr 1892
Location:
Caversham Park, Caversham Park, Reading, Reading
Reference:
BL11442
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Country house rebuilt in 1850 after a fire, later to become the BBC World monitoring station and base for BBC Radio Berkshire. The photograph was taken for C J Crawshay to show work carried out by architect Horace Jones. The Crawshay family, the owners of the house, also owned ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil and the Rhymney Valley.

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

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Architect: Jones, Horace

Client: Crawshay, C T

Keywords

Victorian Country House