Interior view of the entrance hall at Dawpool showing the mantelpiece

Date:
Feb 1896
Location:
Dawpool, Thurstaston, Heswall, Wirral
Reference:
BL13482
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Thomas Henry Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, and his wife Margaret moved into this grand new house overlooking the Dee estuary in 1884. It was designed for them by Richard Norman Shaw, Mr and Mrs Ismay were both closely involved in the design and furnishing of Dawpool. Sadly the house survived less than fifty years: it was demolished in 1927.

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

Architect: Shaw, Richard Norman

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Client: Ismay, Thomas Henry

Keywords

Entrance Hall, Mantelpiece, Victorian Country House