The east elevation of the fire damaged Oulton Hall with rubble and timbers piled in the foreground

Date:
6 Aug 1926
Location:
Oulton Hall, Little Budworth, Cheshire West And Chester
Reference:
BL28501/005
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This Baroque mansion, built in 1715 for John Egerton, was gutted by fire in February 1926. The building lay in ruins until it was later hit by bombs during the Second World War. The photograph forms part of a set commissioned by H Farquharson, possibly Horace Farquharson, architect.

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: Farquharson, Horace

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Georgian Country House, Sundial, Fire