Title

Combermere Abbey, Shropshire, home of Viscount Combermere, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Combermere Abbey, Shropshire, home of Viscount Combermere, c1880. Originally a 12th century Cistercian monastery, Combermere Abbey was given to Sir George Cotton after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Sir Stapleton Cotton, who later became Viscount Combermere, had the house altered and extended in the 1810s. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume II, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C48_420

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (6,8Mb) / 16,8in x 11,6in / 5029 x 3494 (300dpi)

Keywords

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