A distant view of the south-east facade of Coombe House, a large country house built in 1886 by Mark Beaufoy MP, a vinegar manufacturer originally from Barnsley. Here the house is seen from the village of Higher Coombe to the south-east.

Date:: 1886 - 1900

Location:: Coombe House, Donhead St. Mary, Higher Coombe, Wiltshire; Show all locations

St Mary's School, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire

Reference:: OP19831

Type:: Photograph (Platinum Print)

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Description

The house was converted into a hotel known as Coombe House Hotel in the early 1930s, and is now in use as St Mary's School, a Catholic boarding school for girls.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/45 Early Photographic Print Collection: Wiltshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Victorian Country House