Elmhurst Hall (3 results)

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 27 cms. A gatehouse with picturesque styling and estate functionality, marking the threshold of a country residence. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

2 items. The first, the abstract, manuscript on paper, 415 x 340 mm. 85 pages, folded in half, with 12 hand drawn and coloured maps, 7 of which are drawn on the verso of text, the rest bound in separately. The second, the conveyance, manuscript on vellum opening out to 980 x 750 mm. with hand coloured manuscript map opening to 1000 x 790 mm. The Elmhurst Hall offered here was built in 1806, replacing an earlier 17th Century building. George Fox, a retired Manchester businessman bought the estate from trustees of Newton John Lane [died 1769] in 1874. His trustees in turn sold it to the Smethwick brewer Henry Mitchell [to which the conveyance refers] who lived in it until his death in 1914. When his trustees failed to find a buyer, the hall was demolished in 1921.…