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English Homes No. XLIII: Alton Towers, 1898. Creator: Unknown.

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English Homes No. XLIII: Alton Towers, 1898. 'Chinese fountain in the gardens. Although the present Towers of Alton are completely modern - they were built within the present century - the Manor of Alton or Alveton is a very ancient one. It is clearly to be traced as far back as Doomsday Book and William the Conqueror, and has a traditional ownership extending even further into antiquity. Alton Towers is the crowning feature of a high hill in a romantic corner of Staffordshire...The conservatory looks down into Lady Shrewsbury's private garden, in an inner court: a delightful little retreat laid out in the Dutch style, and further adorned with a Chinese pagoda'. Edward Rose. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM26A15_012

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8.0Mo (900.4Ko) / 11.0cm x 18.2cm / 1298 x 2147 (300dpi)

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travel building buildings UK England house houses garden gardens arts country fountain fountains China art Chinese British pagoda location century Britain newspapers press print B&W Staffordshire tourist attraction country house water feature stately home 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century tourism The Print Collector Alton Towers Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper landscape Unknown Alton 19th-century The Illustrated London News