Kirby Hall is an Elizabethan country house dating from 1570, now in the guardianship of English Heritage. The photograph is part of a set taken for G & A Brown, whose business included stone carving. From what has been recorded in the Bedford Lemere daybook, it is not clear why the photograph was taken, but it may have been because G & A Brown carried out some restoration work here. In 1930, the Office of Works took over the management of the building and repairs were subsequently carried out.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Bracket, Tudor Country House