STONE HOUSE, STONE 1925
Brown cloth with gilt title lettering on upper board. Album size 10x13 inches. Album worn at edges else good. Internally very good. 20 sepia photographs, each 165x210mm [c7x9 inches] and in landscape format. Most photographs have the monogram W D H in pencil beneath and the first photograph has the signature of Henry Howard on the card mount. The images show the house in its garden setting, the layout of the gardens and main rooms of the house including a large scale detail from the Sheldon Tapestry. [ Howard appears to have owned a number of tapestries.] This house, is an 18th century house with late 19th century additions. [Some latterly removed] The photographs may have been taken by Henry Howard. The history of the house and its occupants is recorded in a planning statement of 2024. https://docs.planning.org.uk/20240823/68/SI74VGSIHW800/l6whvi7z1yetdz2w.pdf This reveals that the Howard family, occupied the property from 1881. It appears to have been a leasehold property in the ownership of Lieutenant Henry Calvins Russell-OldnalI at this time but the Howards occupied it until just sold before the second world war to the Garrett family. The Garrett's subsequently moved to Canada. The photo album reveals the house arrangements, furniture, and the layout of the gardens 100 years ago and is an excellent record for that moment. I could form a useful document for garden and house restoration.